Authority of Board to take disciplinary or other action; private reprimands prohibited; orders imposing discipline deemed public records.

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1. If the Board determines that any applicant for a license or any person licensed pursuant to this chapter has committed any of the acts which are grounds for disciplinary action, the Board may:

(a) Refuse to issue a license.

(b) Refuse to renew a license.

(c) Revoke a license.

(d) Suspend a license for a definite period or until further order of the Board.

(e) Impose a fine in an amount not to exceed $10,000 for each act which constitutes a ground for disciplinary action.

(f) Place a licensee on probation subject to any reasonable conditions imposed by the Board, including requiring courses in continuing education or a periodic or continuous review of the licensee’s practice.

(g) Administer a public reprimand.

(h) Limit the practice of the licensee to specified branches of veterinary medicine.

(i) Require the licensee to take a competency examination or a mental or physical examination.

2. The Board shall not administer a private reprimand.

3. An order that imposes discipline and the findings of fact and conclusions of law supporting that order are public records.

(Added to NRS by 1975, 1147; A 1981, 56; 1985, 1256; 1995, 1686; 2003, 3454)


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