Alabama Administrative Code › Title 930 - ALABAMA STATE BOARD OF VETERINARY MEDICINE › Chapter 930-X-1 - GENERAL RULES › Section 930-X-1-.37 - Rules Of Professional Conduct For Licensed Veterinary Technicians/Grounds For Discipline

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
(1) The
			 following conduct is unprofessional and violates Section
			 34-29-94(j) of the Alabama Veterinary Practice Act and is grounds for disciplinary action
			 by the board.
(a) Practicing or offering to
			 practice as a licensed veterinary technician without being employed and
			 supervised by a licensed veterinarian;
(b) Accepting payment for services rendered
			 as a licensed veterinary technician from someone other than the veterinary
			 technician's employer;
(c)
			 Compromising the confidentiality of the veterinarian-client-patient
			 relationship;
(d) Failing to
			 acknowledge that the licensed veterinary technician is not a licensed
			 veterinarian or that the veterinary technician is an employee of a
			 veterinarian;
(e) Undertaking
			 procedures or performing treatment that has not been authorized by the
			 supervising veterinarian;
(f)
			 Undertaking procedures or performing treatment that the licensed veterinary
			 technician is not trained or competent to perform;
(g) Soliciting patients for any practitioner
			 of veterinary medicine;
(h)
			 willfully or negligently divulging professional information or discussing a
			 veterinarian's diagnosis or treatment without the express permission of the
			 veterinarian;
(i) Being unable to
			 practice as a licensed veterinary technician with reasonable skill and safety
			 to patients because of the use of drugs, alcohol, narcotics, chemicals or as a
			 result of any mental or physical condition;
(j) Fraud or misrepresentation in applying
			 for or procuring a license to practice as a licensed veterinary technician in
			 the State of Alabama, or for any other purpose;
(k) Impersonating another person licensed as
			 a licensed veterinary technician or allowing any person to use the licensee's
			 license;
(l) Aiding or abetting the
			 practice of veterinary medicine or veterinary technology by a person not
			 licensed by the board;
(m) Gross
			 negligence or malpractice in the performance of duties, tasks or functions
			 assigned to a licensed veterinary technician by a licensed
			 veterinarian;
(n) Demonstrating
			 incapacity or incompetence to perform as a licensed veterinary
			 technician,
(o) Giving false sworn
			 information in testimony or affidavit about the content of clinical records or
			 the rendering of patient care in the course of practice as a licensed
			 veterinary technician;
(p) Cruelty
			 to animals;
(q) Any conduct
			 unbecoming a person identified as a licensed veterinary technician, reflecting
			 negatively on the veterinary medical profession or detrimental to the best
			 interests of the public;
(r)
			 Conviction of a felony or conviction of any offense punishable by incarceration
			 in either a state or federal penitentiary. A copy of the record of conviction,
			 certified by the clerk of the court entering the conviction, shall be
			 conclusive evidence of such punishment;
(s) Failure of a licensed veterinary
			 technician to annually renew the license to practice veterinary technology or
			 to satisfy the annual continuing education requirement;