The MVMA Council is excited to engage with membership through the MVMA PIPS By-Law Rewrite 2025 Consultation. This consultation brings together the work of various committees that worked on this document as well as the extensive feedback that was provided in the 2024 PIPS By-Law Rewrite Consultation. The MVMA Council appreciates the dedication of membership to provide valuable feedback to ensure that the PIPS process upholds the MVMA’s mandate to protect the public interest.

The current 2025 Summer Draft of the MVMA PIPS By-Law can be located here.

Click here to access the Consultation materials.

Please note that the MVMA, through the PIPS Resource Development Working Group has developed a number of resource documents for PIPS inspected practices. These documents are linked directly in the By-Law document; however, can also be accessed below. Documents are provided in both Microsoft Word and PDF format.

In 2020 the MVMA Council had noted long standing issues with the PIPS By-Law.

In the fall of 2020, the MVMA Council decided to undertake a Manitoba based review of current standards. A small committee was formed to create a Terms of Reference for the Ad Hoc PIPS Rewrite Committee, which was passed by Council.

The Committee met monthly from June 2021-May 2022 at which time they reviewed standards as a large group. The Committee then broke into smaller working groups in the fall of 2022 to address outstanding practice standards. These standards were then reviewed by the Committee, MVMA Staff, and the MVMA Council.

As this was a large change to a well-established program, the MVMA Council determined that extensive consultation was needed. Consultation in various forms was undertaken throughout 2024 (more information below).

The new proposed MVMA PIPS By-Law is different from the current MVMA PIPS By-Law in that the new proposed MVMA PIPS By-Law:

• Updates practice standards
• Ensure practice standards reflect a minimum standard of practice
• Include a more formalized provisions for closing a veterinary practice
• Require the appointment of a responsible veterinarian
• Change the permitting and inspection program
• Include an annual permit renewal
• Separates practice modalities (brick and mortar, ambulatory, ect) from practice activities (vaccines, Small Animal Surgery Under Local Anesthesia, Temporary Clinics, etc).

Consultation Timeline