Governmental Resolution No. 1390 on licensing veterinary practice and pharmaceutical activities in veterinary medicine.

The Government of the Republic of Lithuania resolves: 1) To approve Regulations on Licensing Veterinary Practice and Pharmaceutical Activities in Veterinary Medicine (attached). 2) To instruct the State Veterinary Service to issue licences for engagement in veterinary practice and pharmaceutical activities in veterinary medicine, to supervise compliance with the conditions of licensed activities, and suspend or cancel said licences. These regulations shall regulate the procedure of licensing engagement in veterinary practice and veterinary pharmaceutical activities. Veterinary practice and veterinary pharmaceutical activities shall only be allowed if there is a licence issued by the State Veterinary Service. The State Veterinary Service shall issue licences for: 1) engagement in veterinary practice (veterinary preventive measures, treatment of animal diseases); 2) engagement in pharmaceutical activities in veterinary medicine (production of medicines and medicinal substances, provision of medicines and medicinal substances, retail trade in medicines and medicinal substances); 3) treatment of especially dangerous animal diseases that are specified on the list approved by the State Veterinary Service, diagnosing these diseases and arranging for the elimination thereof. The State Veterinary Service shall issue licences for engagement in the activities defined in this paragraph on the basis of the laws of the Republic of Lithuania - Law on Enterprises, Law on Veterinary Activities and Law on Pharmaceutical Activities. Licences for veterinary practice shall be issued to veterinary surgeons engaged in private practice. Licences for engagement in pharmaceutical activities in veterinary medicine shall be issued: 1) to veterinary and pharmaceutical specialists with a specialised secondary or higher pharmaceutical education; 2) to companies that employ a specialist (specialists) holding a licence issued by the State Veterinary Service.