2012 South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 36 PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS
Chapter 07. Optometrists
§36-7-24 Grounds for revocation of certificate.
36-7-24. Grounds for revocation of certificate. The Board of Examiners, in compliance with chapter 1-26, may revoke the certificate of any registrant for any one, or any combination, of the following causes:
(1) Conviction of a felony, as shown by a certified copy of the record of the court of conviction;
(2) Obtaining, or attempting to obtain, a certificate of registration by fraudulent misrepresentation;
(3) Malpractice;
(4) Continued practice by a person knowingly having an infectious or contagious disease;
(5) Habitual drunkenness or habitual addiction to the use of morphine, cocaine, or other habit-forming drugs;
(6) Being guilty of unprofessional conduct;
(7) Failure to submit to or cooperate with the criminal background investigation requested by the board.
Source: SDC 1939, § 27.0707; SL 1951, ch 131, § 4; revised pursuant to SL 1972, ch 15, § 4; SL 2005, ch 199, § 19; SL 2009, ch 179, § 2.
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