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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".07" citation="COMAR 15.14.01.07" title_num="15" subtitle_num="14" chapter_num="01" heading="Professional Judgment and Practice.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>A veterinarian, when caring for and treating a patient, shall conform to those minimal standards of care and treatment which are customary among veterinarians in this State.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>If a veterinarian professes to the public or colleagues to be a specialist in a particular area of veterinary medicine, the veterinarian, when caring for and treating a patient, shall conform to the minimum standards of care and treatment which are customary among these specialists.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>A veterinarian may not provide professional services while:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Using any narcotic or controlled dangerous substance, as defined in Criminal Law Article, Annotated Code of Maryland; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Under the influence of alcohol or any drug that impairs that veterinarian's judgment or motor skills.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>