New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 8 - EDUCATION DEPARTMENT › Chapter I - Rules of the Board Of Regents › Part 29 - Unprofessional Conduct › Section 29.6 - Special provisions for the profession of veterinary medicine

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a) Unprofessional
				conduct in the practice of veterinary medicine shall include all conduct
				prohibited by section
				29.1  of this
				Part except as provided in this section, and shall also include the following:
(1) claiming or using any secret or special
				method of treatment which the licensee refuses to divulge to the State Board
				for the Professions;
(2) failing to
				exercise adequate supervision over persons who are authorized to practice only
				under the supervision of the licensee;
(3) failing to maintain adequate records of
				visits, diagnoses and prescribed treatments for a period of at least three
				years;
(4) using the word "Doctor"
				in offering to perform professional services without also indicating that the
				licensee holds a doctorate in veterinary medicine;
(5) claiming professional superiority or
				special professional abilities, attainments, methods or resources, except that
				a specialist may indicate a specialty that has been recognized as such by the
				Board of Regents. This provision shall apply in lieu of section
				29.1(b)(12)(i)(f) 
				of this Part;
(6) guaranteeing that
				satisfaction or a cure will result from the performance of professional
				services;
(7) excessive
				administering of treatment or use of treatment facilities not warranted by the
				condition of the animal patient;
(8) abandoning or neglecting an animal
				patient under and in need of immediate care, without making reasonable
				arrangements for the continuation of such care;
(9) entering into an arrangement or agreement
				with a pharmacy for the compounding and/or dispensing of coded or specially
				marked prescriptions;
(10) for solo
				veterinary practices:
(i) failure to clearly
				identify, in the patient record, the treating veterinarian and any veterinary
				technician providing patient care for each patient visit, including any patient
				admitted as an in-patient;
(ii)
				failure of the veterinarian, who is managing the care of the patient, to
				adequately supervise both licensed and unlicensed personnel in the practice,
				who have been assigned to provide patient care within said practice;
				or
(iii) failure of the
				veterinarian to provide a practice setting, which includes appropriate
				supervision, as well as the necessary equipment, supplies, human resources,
				medical records, and client communication platforms and/or systems where
				licensed personnel can provide adequate patient care within said practice;
				or
(11) for
				multi-veterinarian veterinary practices:
(i)
				failure to clearly identify, in the patient record, the treating veterinarian
				and any veterinary technician providing patient care for each patient visit,
				including the veterinarian who is responsible for managing the care of any
				patient admitted as an in-patient;
(ii) failure of the veterinarian, who is
				managing the care of the patient, to adequately supervise both licensed and
				unlicensed personnel in the practice, who have been assigned to provide patient
				care within said practice; or
(iii)
				failure of a principal, in a multi-doctor practice, to provide a practice
				setting, which includes appropriate supervision, as well as the necessary
				equipment, supplies, human resources, medical records, and client communication
				platforms and/or systems where licensed personnel can provide adequate patient
				care within said practice.