Authorized disciplinary action; private reprimands prohibited; orders imposing discipline deemed public records.
1. If the Board determines that any applicant for a license or any person licensed pursuant to this chapter has committed any of the acts which are grounds for disciplinary action, the Board may:
(a) Refuse to issue a license.
(b) Refuse to renew a license.
(c) Revoke a license.
(d) Suspend a license for a definite period or until further order of the Board.
(e) Impose a fine in an amount not to exceed $10,000 for each act which constitutes a ground for disciplinary action.
(f) Place a licensee on probation subject to any reasonable conditions imposed by the Board, including requiring courses in continuing education or a periodic or continuous review of his practice.
(g) Administer a public reprimand.
(h) Limit the practice of the licensee to specified branches of veterinary medicine.
(i) Require the licensee to take a competency examination or a mental or physical examination.
2. The Board shall not administer a private reprimand.
3. An order that imposes discipline and the findings of fact and conclusions of law supporting that order are public records.
Last modified: February 27, 2006