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SECTION 14. (1) Upon a written complaint sworn to by any person, the board, in its sole discretion, may, after a hearing,

revoke, suspend or limit for a certain time a license, impose an administrative fine not to exceed One Thousand Dollars

($1,000.00) for each separate offense, or otherwise discipline any licensed veterinarian for any of the following reasons:

(a) The employment of fraud, misrepresentation or deception in obtaining a license.

(b) The inability to practice veterinary medicine with reasonable skill and safety because of a physical or mental

disability, including deterioration of mental capacity, loss of motor skills or abuse of drugs or alcohol of sufficient degree to

diminish the person's ability to deliver competent patient care.

(d) Conviction of the following in any federal court or in the courts of this state or any other jurisdiction, regardless

of whether the sentence is deferred:

(i) Any felony;

(ii) Any crime involving cruelty, abuse or neglect of animals, including bestiality;

(iii) Any crime of moral turpitude;

(iv) Any crime involving unlawful sexual contact, child abuse, the use or threatened use of a weapon, the

infliction of injury, indecent exposure, perjury, false reporting, criminal impersonation, forgery and any other crime

involving a lack of truthfulness, veracity or honesty, intimidation of a victim or witness, larceny, or alcohol or drugs.

For the purposes of this paragraph, a plea of guilty or a plea of nolo contendere accepted by the court shall be

considered as a conviction.

(e) Incompetence, gross negligence or other malpractice in the practice of veterinary medicine.

(f) Aiding the unlawful practice of veterinary medicine.

(g) Fraud or dishonesty in the application or reporting of any test for disease in animals.

(h) Failure to report, as required by law, or making false or misleading report of, any contagious or infectious

disease.

(i) Failure to keep accurate patient records.

(j) Dishonesty or gross negligence in the performance of food safety inspections or in the issuance of any health or

inspection certificates.

(k) Failure to keep veterinary premises and equipment, including practice vehicles, in a clean and sanitary

condition.

(l) Failure to permit the board or its agents to enter and inspect veterinary premises and equipment, including

practice vehicles, as set by rules promulgated by the board.

(m) Revocation, suspension or limitation of a license to practice veterinary medicine by another state, territory or

district of the United States.

(n) Loss or suspension of accreditation by any federal or state agency.

(o) Unprofessional conduct as defined in regulations adopted by the board.

(p) The dispensing, distribution, prescription or administration of any veterinary prescription drug, or the extralabel

use of any drug in the absence of a veterinarian-client-patient relationship.

(q) Violations of state or federal drug laws.

(r) Violations of any order of the board.

(s) Violations of this act or of the rules promulgated under this act.

(2) A certified copy of any judgment of conviction or finding of guilt by a court of competent jurisdiction or by a

governmental agency, or agency authorized to issue licenses or permits, including the United States Department of

Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, the Mississippi Board of Animal Health and the Mississippi Board

of Health, of a veterinarian or veterinary technician of any matters listed in this section shall be admissible in evidence in

any hearing held by the board to discipline such veterinarian or technician and shall constitute prima facie evidence of the

commission of any such act.

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