§ 5-25-8 - Penalty for unauthorized practice of veterinary medicine.
SECTION 5-25-8
§ 5-25-8 Penalty for unauthorized practiceof veterinary medicine. – Any person who is not lawfully authorized to practice veterinary medicine andis not registered or exempt from registration, as defined in this chapter,practices or attempts to practice veterinary medicine or who holds himself orherself out to the public as a practitioner of veterinary medicine, surgery ordentistry, whether by signs, words, advertisements, listings in directories,the use of the title "doctor" or any abbreviation of that word or any titleincluding "V.S." or by the use of any other means implying a practitioner ofveterinary medicine or any of its branches, fraudulently uses any posteddegree, diploma, or certificate implying a practitioner of veterinary medicineor any of its branches, or who opens an office or maintains an establishment orfacilities for the purpose of or with the intention of practicing veterinarymedicine is guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction, shall be fined notexceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000), or be imprisoned not exceeding three(3) years and upon a subsequent conviction shall be fined not exceeding fivethousand dollars ($5,000), nor be imprisoned not exceeding five (5) years, orbe both fined and imprisoned.