Med. Weter. 81
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| ANDRZEJ DZIKOWSKI |
| Obtaining the right to practice veterinary medicine in Poland. Legal and procedural characteristics |
| This article analyses the legal nature of the right to practice the veterinary profession and the decision to grant or deny it to a candidate. The tasks, roles, and importance of the resolution of the Local Veterinary Medical Council have been defined. Attention has been drawn to the possibility of a factual assessment of the candidate’s health qualifications and ethical predispositions to practice veterinary medicine. The administrative nature of obtaining this right through an administrative decision is presented as a manifestation of the application of law to an individual application and registration, which is secondary and incidental in nature. It is also demonstrated that in the Polish veterinary law, the veterinary oath is a ceremonial, traditional act without legal force. The results indicate that the right to practice veterinary medicine is a public subjective right resulting from a constitutive decision of an administrative authority, and practicing the profession without it is subject to criminal penalties. |
| Keywords: veterinary law, public law, administrative law, veterinary jurisprudence |