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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/utility/feedstylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>When did it change that a practice manager no longer was required to be a MRCVS?</title><link>https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/f/nonclinical-discussions/32376/when-did-it-change-that-a-practice-manager-no-longer-was-required-to-be-a-mrcvs</link><description> Hello! 
 
 Random question but I can&amp;#39;t find the date or publication about the change. There was a change, a number of years ago, where a practice manager no longer needed to be a MRCVS, therefore opening the role to RVNs, etc. Is anyone able to direct</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>Telligent Community 10</generator><item><title>RE: When did it change that a practice manager no longer was required to be a MRCVS?</title><link>https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/178001?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2023 17:55:22 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:e3fd273f-7659-4744-be78-3068e0296219</guid><dc:creator>Tara Davies</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Sorry i hadnt realised&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: When did it change that a practice manager no longer was required to be a MRCVS?</title><link>https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/177998?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2023 15:33:10 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:21c8b699-7c45-4066-b262-57928f818055</guid><dc:creator>Arlo Guthrie</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="/members/taraleannepugh" class="internal-link view-user-profile"&gt;Tara Davies&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;er, you just clicked &amp;#39;disagree&amp;#39; with my post above ... I wondered what exactly you disagree with ... I didn&amp;#39;t think I&amp;#39;d written anything controversial or factually wrong there!!! Confushed.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: When did it change that a practice manager no longer was required to be a MRCVS?</title><link>https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/177992?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2023 17:41:28 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:b1b434f2-9267-4694-9440-f1fc87e53bd7</guid><dc:creator>Cats meow</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;This is exactly what I was looking for.&amp;nbsp; Thank you!!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: When did it change that a practice manager no longer was required to be a MRCVS?</title><link>https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/177991?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2023 17:12:29 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:20d9e155-6036-4bf1-85ca-40aadb586514</guid><dc:creator>Arlo Guthrie</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;[quote userid="64037" url="~/001/nonclinical/f/life-in-veterinary-practice/32376/when-did-it-change-that-a-practice-manager-no-longer-was-required-to-be-a-mrcvs/177989#177989"]I’m not sure about the law regarding practice managers but up until 1999 practice owners had to be vets.[/quote]
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="/members/bizzy" class="internal-link view-user-profile"&gt;Bizzy Allen-McClure&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;-&amp;nbsp;I&amp;#39;m sure you&amp;#39;re right, there hasn&amp;#39;t ever been a law about who can be a practice manager, the law concerned who could own a practice, which, when it changed in 1999, opened the role to RVNs, not to mention corporate ownership:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.vettimes.co.uk/article/big-6-rising-corporatisation/"&gt;https://www.vettimes.co.uk/article/big-6-rising-corporatisation/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: When did it change that a practice manager no longer was required to be a MRCVS?</title><link>https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/177989?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2023 15:54:26 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:5ad03445-73ca-4d49-9a70-6adc75dc6eb6</guid><dc:creator>Bizzy Allen-McClure</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;I&amp;rsquo;m not sure about the law regarding practice managers but up until 1999 practice owners had to be vets. There is some more info here:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://vethelpdirect.com/vetblog/2022/03/25/did-you-know-you-dont-have-to-be-a-vet-to-own-a-vet-practice/"&gt;vethelpdirect.com/.../&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>