Senate Bill No. 666
(By Senators Bowman and McKenzie)
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[Introduced February 19, 2007; referred to the Committee on
Government Organization.]
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A BILL to amend and reenact §30-10-11 of the Code of West Virginia,
1931, as amended,
relating to authorizing the Board of
Veterinary Medicine to revoke the certificate of authority for
any individual veterinarian or veterinary medical corporation
which operates a facility in violation of the law.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That §30-10-11 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended,
be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 10. VETERINARIANS.
§30-10-11. Complaints; disciplinary action.
The board may at any time upon its own motion, and shall upon
the written complaint of any person, conduct an investigation to
determine whether there are any grounds for the board to suspend or
revoke the license of a veterinarian issued under the provisions of
this article or otherwise discipline a licensed veterinarian.
By a concurrence of four members, the board may suspend for a
certain time or revoke the license of or otherwise discipline, for
any of the following reasons:
(a) The employment of fraud, misrepresentation or deception in
obtaining his or her license;
(b) An adjudication of insanity;
(c) Chronic inebriety or the habitual use of drugs;
(d) The use of advertising or solicitation which is false,
misleading or is otherwise deemed unprofessional under reasonable
rules promulgated by the board;
(e) Conviction of a felony or other crime involving moral
turpitude;
(f) Incompetence, gross negligence or other malpractice in the
practice of veterinary medicine;
(g) Having professional association with or employing any
person practicing veterinary medicine unlawfully;
(h) Fraud or dishonesty in the application or reporting of any
test for disease in any animal or animals;
(i) Failure to keep veterinary premises and equipment in a
clean and sanitary condition;
(j) Failure to report, as required by law, or making false
report of, any contagious or infectious disease;
(k) Dishonesty or gross negligence in the inspection of
foodstuffs or the issuance of health or inspection certificates;
(l) Cruelty to animals;
(m) Revocation of a license to practice veterinary medicine by
another state, territory or district of the United States on
grounds other than nonpayment of any registration or license fee or
fees; or
(n) Unprofessional conduct as defined in reasonable rules
promulgated by the board; or
(o) Operating a veterinary medicine facility or veterinary
medical corporation in violation of the law.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Board of
Veterinary Medicine to revoke the certificate of authority for any
individual veterinarian or veterinary medical corporation which
operates a facility in violation of the law.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from
the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would
be added.
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