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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".09" citation="COMAR 15.14.01.09" title_num="15" subtitle_num="14" chapter_num="01" heading="Maintenance of Professional Standards and Reporting Requirements.">
  <text>It shall be considered a violation of this regulation for any veterinarian to commit any of the following acts of omission or commission:</text>
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>To fail to report promptly when required by law or regulations, any dangerous, infectious, or contagious disease known to the veterinarian;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>To fail to report promptly the results of any tests when required to do so by law or regulation or to apply or report them fraudulently;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>To willfully make any misrepresentation in the inspection of foodstuffs;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>To issue or use fraudulently any health certificate, inspection certificate, vaccination certificate, test chart, or other blank form used in the practice of veterinary medicine, including signing these forms in their blank state and dispensing them as such to the client;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>To conduct a practice in violation of the regulations prescribed by the Board for proper sanitary and hygienic methods in the care and treatment of animals.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>