Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 251 - Veterinary Medicine, Board of › Sub-Agency 0001 - Veterinary Medicine, Board of › Chapter 15 - PRACTICE AND PROCEDURES FOR DISCIPLINARY, APPLICATION, AND LICENSURE MATTERS › Section 15-3 - Grounds for Discipline

Current through July 13, 2024
In addition to the grounds identified in Wyoming
				  Statute
										33-30-212, the Board may take disciplinary
				  action, or refuse to issue or renew a license or certificate for the any one
				  (1) or more of the following acts or conduct:
(a) Practicing veterinary medicine outside
				the scope of practice authorized by the Act and these rules;
(b) Incapacity or impairment that prevents a
				licensee from practicing veterinary medicine with reasonable skill, competence
				and safety to the public;
(c)
				Failure to provide medical records in a timely fashion upon proper request by
				the client, law enforcement, the Board or other regulatory agency;
(d) Unauthorized disclosure of confidential
				information;
(e) Being found by the
				Board or any court of competent jurisdiction to have engaged in acts of cruelty
				or abuse of animals;
(f)
				Misrepresentation of a fact by an applicant or licensee in statements regarding
				the licensee's skills or value of any treatment provided or to be provided or
				using any false, fraudulent, or deceptive statement connected with the practice
				of veterinary medicine including, but not limited to, false or misleading
				advertising;
(g) Fraud by a
				licensee in connection with the practice of veterinary medicine including
				engaging in improper or fraudulent billing practices;
(h) Engaging in, or aiding and abetting any
				individual engaging in the practice of veterinary medicine without a license,
				or falsely using the title of veterinarian;
(j) Failing to conform to currently accepted
				standards of practice;
(k) Conduct
				which violates the security of any licensure examination, including, but not
				limited to:
(i) Removing from the examination
				room any examination materials without authorization;
(ii) Unauthorized reproduction by any means
				of any portion of the actual examination;
(iii) Aiding by any means the unauthorized
				reproduction of any portion of the actual examination;
(iv) Paying or using professional or paid
				examination-takers for the purpose of taking or reconstructing any portion of
				the examination;
(v) Obtaining
				examination questions or other examination material, except by specific
				authorization either before, during or after an examination;
(vi) Using any examination questions or
				materials that were improperly removed or taken from any examination;
				or
(vii) Selling, distributing,
				buying, receiving, or having unauthorized possession of any portion of a
				future, current, or previously administered examination.
(viii) Making inappropriate sexual advances,
				either verbally or physically;
(ix)
				Requesting inappropriate sexual favors;
(x) Engaging in any verbal or physical
				conduct which:
(A) Deviates from generally
				accepted and prevailing practices for any given patient care
				situation;
(B) Violates
				professional boundaries;