The division has the power to deny, revoke, or suspend any license issued under this chapter or otherwise discipline a licensee upon proof of the following: (1) Conviction of a felony; and conviction of a crime arising out of the practice of veterinary medicine; (2) Addiction to narcotics, habitual drunkenness, or rendering professional services to a patient while the veterinarian is intoxicated or incapacitated by the use of drugs; (3) Knowingly placing the health of a client at serious risk without maintaining proper precautions; (4) Fraud or misrepresentation in any phase of procuring or renewing a license; (5) Unprofessional conduct, which includes the matters set forth in this section or other matters as further defined in regulations of the division; (6) Advertising designed to mislead the public; (7) Representing certain procedures are performed with greater authority or expertise; (8) Fraud or misrepresentation of treatment procedures or statements regarding the ability to treat; (9) Fee splitting or kickbacks of any kind, except where services are provided jointly; (10) Failure to maintain acceptable ation of treatment procedures or statements regarding the ability to treat; (9) Fee splitting or kickbacks of any kind, except where services are provided jointly; (10) Failure to maintain acceptable sanitation standards; (11) Malpractice, gross negligence, or wanton disregard of accepted professional standards; (12) Adjudication of mental incompetence; (13) Lack of fitness to practice by reason of mental or physical impairment or otherwise; or (14) Any other grounds to deny, revoke, or suspend a license as provided for in the rules and regulations. History of Section.P.L. 1985, ch. 531, § 2; P.L. 1997, ch. 343, § 1; P.L. 2004, ch. 467, § 1; P.L. 2021, ch. 400, § 5, effective July 13, 2021; P.L. 2021, ch. 401, § 5, effective July 13, 2021.
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