- Registers veterinary surgeons;
- Sets standards of good veterinary medicine practice;
- Promotes and maintains high standards of veterinary medical education; and
- Deal firmly and fairly with veterinary surgeons following the approved code of professional practice and ethics and their fitness to practice.
- To authorize registration of veterinary surgeons;
- To maintain a Register of all registered veterinary surgeons in Malaysia;
- To issue practicing certificates to registered veterinary surgeons;
- To recognize and accredit veterinary institutions;
- To determine and regulate the professional conduct and ethics of veterinary surgeons;
- To consider the cases of veterinary surgeons who, because of some mental or physical condition, may be unfit to practice medicine;
- To advise and make recommendations to the Minister of Agriculture and Food Industries on matters relating to the practice of veterinary medicine in Malaysia; and
- To perform such other functions so as to give effect to the Veterinary Surgeons Act 1974 as may be prescribed in the Act or assigned by the Minister.