Chương IV Thông tư 12/2020/TT-BNNPTNT: Tổ chức thực hiện

Chapter IV

IMPLEMENTATION

Article 23. Responsibilities of specialized agencies

1. The Department of Animal Health shall:

a) organize, provide guidance on, supervise, assess and inspect the implementation of this Circular;

b) organize dissemination of information about import, export, transit, production, trading in, use, delivery, transport and storage of narcotic substance- and precursor-containing veterinary drugs and veterinary drug materials; veterinary prescribing and reasonable and effective use of veterinary drugs;

c) organize inspection of prescribing of veterinary drugs containing antibiotics used in animal feeds;

d) provide guidance on professional training in veterinary prescribing to holders of veterinary practice certificates;

d) submit to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development amended Lists of veterinary active ingredients belonging to group of critically important, highly important and important antibiotics provided in the Appendices VIII, IX and X hereof.

2. The Department of Livestock Production shall:

a) provide guidance, supervise and inspect animal establishments producing animal feeds containing veterinary drugs;

b) organize training and dissemination of information about veterinary prescribing and reasonable and effective use of animal feeds containing veterinary drugs.

3. The Directorate of Fisheries shall:

a) organize dissemination of information about use of veterinary drugs to aquaculture establishments;

b) cooperate with the Department of Animal Health in inspect the use of veterinary drugs by aquaculture establishments.

4. Every provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development shall direct competent units to:  

a) organize, provide guidance on, supervise and inspect the implementation of this Circular in areas under their management;

b) manage lists and sample signatures of prescribers making up prescriptions of narcotic- and precursor-containing veterinary drugs;

c) provide training and disseminate information about management of narcotic- and precursor-containing veterinary drugs during their trading, use, delivery, transport and storage; veterinary prescribing in areas under their management;

d) inspect the trading in, use, storage, delivery and transport of narcotic- and precursor-containing veterinary drugs as prescribed in this Circular in areas under their management;

dd) on the 25^th of every month, submit a report on trading in, use and delivery of narcotic- and precursor-containing veterinary drugs to the Department of Animal Health and Sub-department of Animal Health in areas under their management according to the form in the Appendix II hereof;

e) provide professional training in veterinary prescribing to holders of veterinary practice certificates;

g) build a roadmap for management of database of prescriptions in areas under their management.

Article 24. Responsibilities of relevant organizations and individuals

1. Producers and importers of narcotic- and precursor-containing veterinary drugs shall:

a) only sell narcotic- and precursor-containing veterinary drugs to traders that have the certificate of eligibility to trade veterinary drugs as prescribed, facilities licensed to practice animal diagnosis, examination, surgery and testing;

b) archive documents as prescribed in this Circular; on the 25th of the last month of each quarter and December 20 ever year or upon request, submit a report on production and use of narcotic- and precursor-containing veterinary drugs to the Department of Animal Health and Sub-department of Animal Health in areas under their management according to the form in the Appendix II hereof.

2. Traders of veterinary drugs shall:

a) only sell veterinary drugs to other traders of veterinary drugs that have been issued with the certificate of eligibility to trade veterinary drugs and to users with prescriptions as prescribed in this Circular;

b) receive narcotic- and precursor-containing veterinary drugs that are yet to be used or expired from animal owners or their representatives as prescribed in Clause 2 Article 9 hereof;

c) archive prescriptions as prescribed in Article 22 hereof;

d) archive documents as prescribed in this Circular; on the 20^th of every month or upon request, submit to the provincial veterinary authority a report on quantity and purposes of veterinary drugs imported or sold, address of the veterinary drug purchaser, quantity of narcotic- and precursor-containing veterinary drugs recalled according to the form in the Appendix II hereof.

3. Animal diagnosis, examination, surgery and testing facilities shall:

a) supply and sell veterinary drugs when a prescription prescribed in this Circular is presented;

b) receive narcotic- and precursor-containing veterinary drugs returned by animal owners or their representatives;0}

c) archive prescriptions as prescribed in Article 22 hereof;

d) on the 20th of every month or upon request, submit to the local veterinary authority a report on quantity, purposes, address of the purchaser of narcotic- and precursor-containing veterinary drugs according to the form in the Appendix II hereof.

4. Veterinary prescribers shall:

a) decide and take responsibility for dose, instructions for use and shelf life of prescribed veterinary drugs;

b) provide instructions on use of drugs to animal owners or their representatives;

c) join professional training courses on veterinary prescribing organized by the competent training institution or veterinary authority.

5. Producers of animal feeds containing veterinary drugs shall:

a) only mix animal feeds with veterinary drugs subject to prescription if having prescriptions made up as prescribed in this Circular;

b) archive prescriptions as prescribed in Article 22 hereof;

6. Users of veterinary drugs shall:

a) use veterinary drugs according to the prescription; return unused or underused narcotic- and precursor-containing veterinary drugs as prescribed in this Circular;

b) document the use of narcotic-, precursor- and antibiotic-containing veterinary drugs in animals;

c) promptly notify prescribers and nearest veterinary authority if animals show unusual symptoms after using drugs;

d) archive prescriptions as prescribed in Article 22 hereof.

7. Organizations and individuals providing counseling or technical assistance in veterinary medicine, animal husbandry, aquaculture, processing, preliminary processing and storage of animals and animal products shall use veterinary drugs as prescribed in this Circular.

8. Institutions providing training in animal husbandry, veterinary medicine, aquaculture and aquatic animal pathology shall train students and learners in regulations on veterinary prescribing.

Article 25. Roadmap for veterinary prescribing

1. Regulations on prescribing of narcotic- and precursor-containing veterinary drugs shall apply from the effective date of this Circular.

2. Regulations on prescribing of veterinary drugs that do not contain narcotics and precursors for provision of treatment and preventive treatment for terrestrial animal diseases shall apply:

a) large-scale farming from the effective date of this Circular;

b) medium-scale farming from January 01, 2022;

c) small-scale farming from January 01, 2023;

d) family farming from January 01, 2025.

The livestock production scale shall be determined as prescribed in Article 21 of the Decree No. 13/2020/ND-CP.

3. Regulations on prescribing of veterinary drugs that do not contain narcotics and precursors for disease treatment in aquaculture shall apply to:

a) establishments carrying out intensive aquaculture of key aquatic species from the effective date of this Circular;

b) establishments carrying out intensive aquaculture of non-key aquatic species and semi-intensive aquaculture establishments from January 01, 2023;

c) other types of aquaculture from January 01, 2025;

d) If an importing country or goods owner sets forth veterinary prescribing regulations other than those specified in this Circular, the regulations set forth by such importing country or goods owner shall prevail.

4. Regulations on veterinary prescribing in production of animal feeds shall apply from the effective date of this Circular.

5. Livestock production establishments and aquaculture establishments are encouraged to comply with prescribing regulations before the compulsory dates of application specified Clauses 2 and 3 of this Article.

Article 26. Amendments to Circular No. 18/2018/TT-BNNPTNT

Clause 21 of the Circular No. 18/2018/TT-BNNPTNT is amended as follows:

“5. Conformity of veterinary drugs shall be declared as prescribed by law from February 1, 2024”.

Article 27. Transitional clauses

Animal feeds containing veterinary drugs subject to prescription, which are produced and imported before the effective date of this Circular, may be sold and used until their expiry date written on the package.

Article 28. Implementation clause

1. This Circular comes into force from December 25, 2020.

2. The Department of Animal Health, Department of Livestock Production, Directorate of Fisheries, provincial Departments of Agriculture and Rural Development and relevant organizations and individuals are responsible for the implementation of this Circular.

3. Difficulties that arise during the implementation of this Circular should be reported to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (the Department of Animal Health) for consideration and resolution./.

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