Act on Veterinarians (No. 464 of 2014).

The Act sets regulations on the right to practice the veterinary profession in laboratories and in Veterinary Health Council. Professionals shall pass the degree examination at the University of Copenhagen and must follow ethical and professional duty thereof, managing drug administration and testing of animals for the wellbeing of these. The Minister for Food, Agriculture and Fisheries may lay down rules for veterinarians to report results of diagnostic laboratory findings when investigating animal diseases. The Minister for Food, Agriculture and Fisheries establishes rules related to required written communication form which shall now be electronically and the use of certain IT systems (digital formats, digital signature etc.). Regulations derogating from the signature requirements shall be prescribed in a way that appeals for personal signature cannot be waived for certain documents (articles 37a-c).
The Act consists of 11 Chapters: Scope (1); Veterinarian activites (2); Veterinarian duties (3); Medicine for animals (4); Registry (5); Withdrawal of veterinarians' rights (6); The Veterinary Council (7); Veterinarian laboratories (8); Monitoring, appeals and payment (9); Duty of digital notification (9a); Penalty (10); Entry into force and transitional provisions (11).