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<section article="gag" article_name="Agriculture" number="2-304" title_number="2" title_name="Department of Agriculture" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The Board may:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Adopt rules and regulations to effectuate this subtitle;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Engage additional employees for professional, clerical, and special work as necessary and as provided in the State budget;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Subpoena any witness to take his testimony;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Require production of books, papers, records, and other documentary evidence, and examine them in relation to any matter which the Board may investigate or hear; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>Establish reasonable standards for the practice of veterinary medicine, including conduct and ethics.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Members or their designated inspectors may enter veterinary facilities at any reasonable hour to enforce the Board rules and regulations.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The Board shall maintain an office within the State and a telephone number listed for use by the general public.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The Board shall inspect every veterinary hospital facility in the State at least once every 2 years.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>On or before December 31 each year, the Board shall report to the Governor and, in accordance with § 2–1257 of the State Government Article, the General Assembly on the Board’s disciplinary activities for the previous fiscal year.</text>
  </level>
</section>
