251-15 Wyo. Code R. §§ 15-3 - Grounds for Discipline

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;

Notes

251-15 Wyo. Code R. §§ 15-3

Adopted, Eff. 5/13/2021.