2013 Maryland Code
AGRICULTURE
§ 2-304 - Powers and duties of Board generally


MD Agric Code § 2-304 (2013) What's This?

§2-304.

(a) The Board may:

(1) Adopt rules and regulations to effectuate this subtitle;

(2) Engage additional employees for professional, clerical, and special work as necessary and as provided in the State budget;

(3) Subpoena any witness to take his testimony;

(4) Require production of books, papers, records, and other documentary evidence, and examine them in relation to any matter which the Board may investigate or hear; and

(5) Establish reasonable standards for the practice of veterinary medicine, including conduct and ethics.

(b) Members or their designated inspectors may enter veterinary facilities at any reasonable hour to enforce the Board rules and regulations.

(c) The Board shall maintain an office within the State and a telephone number listed for use by the general public.

(d) The Board shall inspect every veterinary hospital facility in the State at least once every 2 years.

(e) (1) The Board may authorize the practice of a health occupation on an animal by a health care practitioner licensed, certified, or otherwise authorized under the Health Occupations Article.

(2) If the Board authorizes the practice of a health occupation on an animal under paragraph (1) of this subsection, the Board may:

(i) Impose requirements for education, training, and supervision by a veterinary practitioner; and

(ii) Require the registration of each health care practitioner authorized to practice a health occupation on an animal in accordance with this subsection.

(f) (1) The Board shall adopt regulations encouraging a veterinary practitioner to report suspected instances of animal cruelty, including suspected animal fighting, to a local law enforcement or county animal control agency.

(2) A veterinary practitioner shall be immune from any civil liability that results from a report in good faith to a local law enforcement or county animal control agency under this subsection.

§ 2-304 - 1. Veterinary hospital license

(a) "Veterinary hospital" defined. -- As used in this subtitle, "veterinary hospital" means any building or portion of a building which is regularly used for the treatment of animals by a veterinary practitioner.

(b) License required; fee; issued to owner. -- Every veterinary hospital shall be licensed by the Board. The Board shall set the annual license fee in accordance with § 2-303(b) of this subtitle. The license shall be applied for and issued to the owner of the hospital.

(c) Suspension or revocation. -- The Board may reject an application, or suspend or revoke the license for failure to maintain the facility properly. The rejection, suspension, or revocation shall be in accordance with the procedures set out in § 2-311 of this subtitle.

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