Code of Practice
For the Registration of Suitably Qualified Persons (SQPs)
to sell POM-VPS and NFA-VPS Medicines

The DEFRA Code of Practice is issued by the Secretary of State under the Veterinary Medicines Regulations. It sets down the standards that must be complied with by AMTRA, by SQPs who are registered with AMTRA having passed the required examinations and who may therefore supply veterinary medicinal products classified as POM-VPS and NFA-VPS, and by retail businesses with premises that are registered to be able to hold and supply veterinary medicinal products.

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Code of Practice from October 2008

A new Code of Practice is in force from 1 October 2008. AMTRA SQP examinations are always based upon the Code of Practice currently in force. Note that there is no new code issued under the 2009 Regulations - the Code from 2008 is still in force.

The full text of the Code is available as a PDF file:

• Code issued under the 2008 Regulations, in force from 1 October 2008

In addition to abiding by the terms of the Code of Practice, SQPs should follow the guidance offered by VMD Guidance Note 3.

In particular, SQPs should study the examples on how to meet the requirements set out in paragraph 48 starting on page 12 of the Guidance Note dated September 2009 (which was paragraph 57 in the 2008 version).

Archive:

• Code issued under the 2007 Regulations, in force from 1 October 2007
• Code issued under the 2006 Regulations, in force from 1 October 2006
• Code issued under the 2005 Regulations, in force from 30 October 2005

This page last updated 25/09/2009