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Why do we need laws?

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Protect democracy
enforce justice
provide accountability of behaviour

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Criminal Law is responsible for protecting ________ and ______ from harm

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individuals

Society

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Who enforces criminal law

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the police and crown prosecution service

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Who is the head of the Crown prosecution service

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the Director of Public prosections

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who over sees the Director of public prosecutions

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the attorney general

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True or False

The CPS operate independantly to the government

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TRUE - but the attorny general is accountable to parliement

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How does the RSPCA bring cases against individuals?>

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private prosecutions under criminal law

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List the three types of criminal offences under criminal law

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Summary
Indictable
Triable either way

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Give some examples of summary offences

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speeding, animal cruelty

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give some examples of indictable offenses

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murder, rape

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giv some examples of triable either way offences

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burglary, robbery

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What are of the law is civil law concerned with?

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resolving disputes between individuals were there is no public concern

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Within a civil case, which party is the defendant

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the defendant is the person who is having the claim bought against them

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within a civil case, which party is the claimant

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the claimant is ther person bringing the civil case.

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What are the most comon civil laws that can be broken in practice

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breach of contract

tort (duty of care)

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define a contract

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a legally binding agreement between two parties

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define breach of contract

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when one party fails to uphold their part of the bargin o filfill their part of the contract

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list some other contracts that may be enetered into with a VP

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drug saftey
food saftey 
cremation/disposal
machine services
employement contracts 
suppliers
insurance 
payment plans  - illegal
consent forms
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define a tort

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a tort is a wrong against someones personal saftey, possessions or reputation

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which is the most common tort found in a veterinary practice?

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negligence

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list some torts that could be seen within a VP

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defamation (damage to reputation)
nuisance
personal injury (staff or public)
trespass
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true or false: torts can be unintentional

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true

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give an example of an intentional tort

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assult

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give an example of an unintertional tort

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leaving a swab inside a patient

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Scottish legal system: | What are the classifications of criminal cases
summary - minor cases | solemn - major cases
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Summary and Solemn cases are bought on behalf of _______ by the Lord or the _____________
the public Advocate Procurator Fiscal
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What is the Scottish equivlient to the Crown Prosecution Service?
the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service
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Who is the head of the COPFS (Scotland)?
The Lord Advocate
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What types of cases are bought into the Justice of the Peace Court and the Sheriff Court?
Summary cases (minor)
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are the cases tried before a jury in Justice of the Peace Court and the Sheriff Court?
no
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Do Justices of the Peace have any legal training or qualifications?
No, they are advised by a legal clerk
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Where are Solemn cases bought?
To the Sherrif court, or the High Court of Justiciary
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Are solemn cases seen before a jury in the Sherrif court, or the High Court of Justiciary?
Yes, of 15 people
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What role does the Jury play in Sherrif court, or the High Court of Justiciary?
They decided the verdict, (majoirty vote)
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What is the Scottish equivilent to TORT law?
Dialect
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Where are civil cases bought in scotland?
Sherrif Court, or the Court of Session.
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What are the two main types of law?
Statutue Law Common Law
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describe statute law
created by Acts of Parliament. | Bills that have been passed through both House of Commons and House of Lords - then signed by the Queen
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describe common law
created by previous decisions by courts, 'precedent'. If an offence i snot covered by specific legislation then a judge will look at how previous similar cases were considered
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What can be done if an individual is unhappy with decision made by a court?
they can appeal to a higher court against the decision. - in the UK, this is the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court
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are there any other sources of UK law?>
Yes, the European union Law and European convention on human rights
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when the did European union Law and European convention on human rights orginiate?
1950's after WW2 and were attempts to keep europe united
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Does EU law get cancelled by UK law?
No, EU law takes precedence, because the UK has chosen to be part of the EU (may change, after brexit - unsure)
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How are EU laws made?
Created by represenatives of the member states, nominated commissioners, government ministers and directly elected MEPs
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What does the Veterinary Surgeons Act cover?
``` Who can treat/prescribe/perform surgery on animals Deligation to lay staff/nurses Training and education registration of veterinary surgeons diciplineary actions ```
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What is the purpose of the Veterinary Surgeons Act?
Outlay all infomation in a central place | ensure standards accross practices
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Which part of the Veterinary Surgeons Act is most relevent to Veterinary Nurses?
Schedule 3: exemptions from restrictions of practice of Veterinary Surgery
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What does 'veterinary surgery' mean?
``` 'art & science' of veterinary surgery and medicines diagnosis of disease giving advice based on diagnosis medical/surgical treatment performance of surgical operations ```
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What is an owner able to do for their pets?
First aid administration of medicines as per VS instruction sub cut injections
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are RVNs responsible for their actions?
Yes, those on the register can be held accountable for their actions
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are SVNs responsible for their actions?
to a lesser extent, they are supposed to have supervision for all tasks that fall under scheduale 3
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are there different rules for animals involved in agriculture?
Yes - farm animals can have procedures or medical treatment or minor surgery not entering a body cavity. this does not need to be performed by a VS
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For a RVN to perform a schedule 3 procedure on an animal, what does their relationship with the VS need to be?>
Vet = employer. Or acting on behalf of employer Animal is under care of the VS Nurse is doing procedure under vets direction Vet satisfied with VNs competency
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how does schedule 3 define a student veterinary nurse?
'those who are enrolled with the RCVS for the purpose of training at an approved practice or centre'
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according to Schedule 3 - what aspects of anaesthesia are RVNs allowed to carry out?>
administration of a specific quantity of medications maintain anaesthesia under direction of the VS monitoring recover on behalf of the VS
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What exemptions are made under section 19 of the Veterinary Surgeons Act?
Lab animals Schedule 3 procedures Xenotransplantation - human surgeons can remove animal (pig) body parts for organ transplantation exemption orders - physio/artificial insemination/embryo collection
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When was the Veterinary Surgeons Act first published?
1966
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What features define a profession?
``` advanced qualifications skill set + expertise (potentially) well paid done appropriate training accountability and autonomy behaviour and ethics - codes of conduct CPD requirements ```
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What are the functions of a professional regulatory body: | RCVS role as regultory body
seets out rules for VSs and VNs Code of conduct Acts as an authority on complex matters Investigates complaints
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what types of action can be taken as a result of the disciplnary system?
supervised practice retraining removal or suspension from the register
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when was a disciplinary procedure first introduced for RVNs
2011 | they were superceeded in 2014
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What is covered by the Veterinary Nurse regulation rules?
by laws registration fees CPD needed Entitlement of registration
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what three criteria must a person furfil in order to be entitled to registration?
- meets requirements for education and training - discloses matters relevent to good character - pays registration fee
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the VN disciplinary committee and the VN preliminary Investigation Committee consist of what type of people?
Lay members VNs VSs
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how soon after being removed from the register can you apply to be replaceD?
10 months
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what type of wrongdoing may lead to a nurse being suspended/removed from the register
professional misconduct | criminal offensces which make a nurse unfit to practice
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Code of Professional Conduct of Veterinary Nurses: how many principles of practice are there, what are they?
``` 5 - competence honesty independance client confidentially professional accountability ```
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what type of of behaviour must a veterinary nurse not engage in (public confidence)
behaviour that would bring the profession into disrepute
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which members of the veterinary team must veterinary nurses delegate to?
people with appropriate competence and registration
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Under what circumstances may client confidentiality be breaches without clients permission?
animal welfare public interest abuse dangerous dogs

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