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Agvetlink Special Issue for Veterinarians March 2005

Approved PAR Trader Update 

Last year the ACVM Group initiated the Approved PAR Trader Program.  Initial efforts have been focussed on gathering the details of all parties, both veterinary and non-veterinary, involved in the sale of PAR veterinary medicines.

Trading entities

All veterinarians are considered to be approved PAR traders by virtue of their New Zealand veterinary registration.  However, the ACVM Group still requires notification of all ‘Trading entities’ actively engaged in selling PAR products to the public.  It was assumed that the majority of such entities would take the form of veterinary clinics.  On this basis, letters were sent to clinics known to the Veterinary Council of New Zealand asking them to nominate the person(s) in the practice who would be responsible for overseeing the PAR product management and sale systems.

Non-veterinarians

It would appear that the majority of veterinary clinics responded and have nominated one of the veterinarians as the responsible person.  Some clinics have forwarded the names of several people, including non-veterinarians.  You are reminded that non-veterinarians will be approved as responsible persons only following a ‘fit and proper person’ assessment.

Next steps

The ACVM Group is currently developing the next steps in the Approved PAR Trader Program.  For veterinarians this is likely to involve random auditing of clinic processes and documentary management against the trading requirements detailed in the ACVM Standard for Prescription Animal Remedy Veterinary Medicines (available on the ACVM website under Regulatory Standards).

Information

For further information regarding the Approved PAR Trader Program, consult the September 2004 special AgVetLink issue for PAR traders and the ‘Approved Traders of PAR Products’ section of the ACVM website.