PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor                               Ch. 70

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Agriculture
Section 2-310

Annotated Code of Maryland
(1985 Replacement Volume and 1994 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - Agriculture

2-310.

The Board may prescribe reasonable standards for the practice of veterinary
medicine, including conduct and ethics. It may refuse, suspend, or revoke any application
or license, and censure or place on probation any licensee after a hearing, if the
veterinarian:

(1)     Is adjudicated insane;

(2)     Is convicted of a violation of any federal or State law relating to
[narcotic] PRESCRIPTION drugs, A CONTROLLED DANGEROUS SUBSTANCE UNDER
ARTICLE 27, § 279 OF THE CODE, OR A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE AS DEFINED BY 21
U.S.C. § 812;

(3)     Is convicted of a felony, or of a crime involving moral turpitude;

(4)     Is convicted of violating any provision of this subtitle, any unlawful or
fraudulent practice, or any fraudulent, misleading, or deceptive representation or
advertising concerning his professional qualifications or the quality of materials or drugs
used by him in his professional work or in the treatment of animals;

(5)     Has a final judgment entered against him in a civil malpractice case
involving gross personal negligence;

(6)     Obtains the license by fraud or misrepresentation, either in the
application, or in passing the examination;

(7)     Is guilty of employing or permitting to practice veterinary medicine any
person who does not hold a license to practice veterinary medicine in the State;

(8)     Fails to comply with Board rules or regulations after receiving a license;

(9)     Is grossly negligent or deliberately cruel to an animal; or

(10)   After a hearing, is determined by four members to be incompetent as a
veterinary practitioner.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October 1, 1995.

Approved April 11, 1995.

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