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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".03" citation="COMAR 15.14.11.03" title_num="15" subtitle_num="14" chapter_num="11" heading="Violations.">
  <text>The Board may impose a penalty on a veterinarian who does any of the following:</text>
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Fails to provide direct supervision for employees;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Practices veterinary medicine without a current registration;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Operates a veterinary hospital without a veterinary hospital license;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>Fails to conform to minimum sanitary standards for veterinary facilities;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>Conducts a veterinary practice in a manner which violates professional and ethical standards;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="F.">
    <text>Violates a Board regulation after receiving a license;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="G.">
    <text>Engages in false or misleading advertising;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="H.">
    <text>Obtains a license to practice veterinary medicine by fraud or misrepresentation;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="I.">
    <text>Employs or permits an unlicensed person to practice veterinary medicine;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="J.">
    <text>Employs or permits a veterinarian who does not possess a current veterinary registration to practice veterinary medicine;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="K.">
    <text>Practices veterinary medicine without a valid license issued by the Board;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="L.">
    <text>Conducts a veterinary practice incompetently;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="M.">
    <text>Violates any federal or State law relating to narcotic drugs;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="N.">
    <text>Is convicted of a felony, or of a crime involving moral turpitude;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="O.">
    <text>Is deliberately cruel to an animal; or</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="P.">
    <text>Is grossly negligent in the practice of veterinary medicine.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>