Alabama Administrative Code › Title 930 - ALABAMA STATE BOARD OF VETERINARY MEDICINE › Chapter 930-X-1 - GENERAL RULES › Section 930-X-1-.38 - Rules Of Professional Conduct For Certified Euthanasia Technicians/Grounds For Discipline

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
(1) The
			 following conduct is unprofessional and violates Article 6 of the Alabama
			 Veterinary Practice Act and is grounds for discipline by the board.
(a) Failure to effectively carry out the
			 duties of a Certified Euthanasia Technician;
(b) Abuse of any chemical substance,
			 including;
(i) Personally using any addictive
			 or controlled substance;
(ii)
			 Selling or otherwise providing other people with any addictive or controlled
			 substance;
(iii) Stealing or
			 otherwise illegally procuring any addictive or controlled substance;
(iv) Aiding or abetting anyone in any of the
			 foregoing activities;
(c) The exercising of fraud or
			 misrepresentation or deception in obtaining certification as a euthanasia
			 technician;
(d) Conviction of a
			 felony; conviction of any offense punishable by incarceration in either a state
			 or federal penitentiary; or conviction of any other criminal act that in any
			 way reflects negatively on other euthanasia technicians. A copy of the record
			 of conviction, certified by the clerk of the court entering the conviction,
			 shall be conclusive evidence of such punishment;
(e) Failure to follow proper record keeping
			 procedures as outlined and required by the Alabama State Board of Veterinary
			 Medical Examiners (ASBVME);
(f)
			 Failure to maintain and store equipment as outlined and required by the
			 ASBVME;
(g) Failure to properly
			 secure, store and record the use of restraint drugs and approved controlled
			 substance preparations as required by the ASBVME and the Drug Enforcement
			 Agency (DEA);
(h) Representing ones
			 self to the public as a licensed Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) or as a
			 Licensed Veterinary Technician (LVT);
(i) Allowing anyone else to use your status
			 as a euthanasia technician to represent themselves as a euthanasia
			 technician;
(j) Utilizing drugs
			 approved for animal euthanasia for purposes other than to accomplish animal
			 euthanasia or using approved euthanasia drugs contrary to the manufacturers
			 label instructions;
(k) Violation
			 of any federal or state law relating to the administration, prescribing or
			 dispensing of controlled substances;
(l) Engaging in unethical or unprofessional
			 conduct, including but not limited to the following;
(i) Working in conjunction with any agency or
			 person illegally practicing as a euthanasia technician; aiding or abetting a
			 person practicing as a euthanasia technician without ASBVME
			 certification;
(ii) Failing to
			 provide sanitary facilities or to employ unsanitary procedures in performing
			 animal euthanasia;
(iii) Performing
			 euthanasia of animals in a manner that endangers the health and welfare of the
			 public;
(iv) Demonstrating
			 incapacity or incompetence to perform as a euthanasia technician;
(v) Being unable to practice as a euthanasia
			 technician with reasonable skill and safety because of the use of drugs,
			 alcohol, narcotics, chemicals or as a result of any mental or physical
			 condition;
(vi) Gross negligence or
			 malpractice in the performance of duties, tasks and functions assigned to
			 euthanasia technicians;
(vii)
			 Cruelty to animals;
(viii) Swearing
			 falsely in any testimony or affidavit relating to practicing as a euthanasia
			 technician;
(m) Failure
			 of a euthanasia technician to annually renew certification and pay the annual
			 certification fee;
(n) Failure of a
			 euthanasia technician to satisfy the annual continuing requirement for
			 re-certification.