36-12-27. Unauthorized practice of veterinary medicine as misdemeanor.
Any person engaging in the practice of veterinary medicine for which a license and registration certificate is required without such license or registration certificate, or without a temporary permit to do so, is guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor.
Source: SDC 1939, §§40.0202, 40.9902; SL 1961, ch 201, §19; SL 1977, ch 190, §174.
Structure South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 36 - Professions and Occupations
Section 36-12-1 - Acts constituting practice of veterinary medicine.
Section 36-12-2 - Persons not considered engaged in practice of veterinary medicine.
Section 36-12-3 - Board of examiners appointed--Qualifications of members--Terms of office.
Section 36-12-4 - Period of practice required for appointment to board.
Section 36-12-5.1 - Lay member of board--Appointment and term of office.
Section 36-12-6 - Removal of board member.
Section 36-12-7 - Filling of vacancies on board.
Section 36-12-8 - Annual meeting and election of officers.
Section 36-12-8.1 - Executive secretary--Duties--Bond--Limitation on board's expenditures.
Section 36-12-9 - Quorum of board.
Section 36-12-10 - Records kept by secretary of board.
Section 36-12-11 - Fees used to pay expenses.
Section 36-12-13 - Notice and scope of examination of applicants.
Section 36-12-14 - Issuance of licenses to qualified applicants.
Section 36-12-15 - Licensing on certification from another state--Fee.
Section 36-12-16 - Continuing validity of previously issued certificates--Recording of names.
Section 36-12-17 - Temporary student permits.
Section 36-12-18 - Temporary permits to applicants awaiting examination.
Section 36-12-19 - Registration certificate required--Fee.
Section 36-12-19.1 - Continuing education requirement--Waiver--Promulgation of rules.
Section 36-12-19.2 - Maximum length of study--Attendance at course of study certified.
Section 36-12-21 - Display of license and annual certificate in office.
Section 36-12-21.1 - Employment of technicians authorized--Registration required.
Section 36-12-21.2 - Qualifications of technicians provided by rules and regulations.
Section 36-12-21.3 - Application for registry of technician--Contents--Fee.
Section 36-12-21.4 - Issuance of certificate for technician--Posting.
Section 36-12-21.6 - Supervision of technician by veterinarian--Promulgation of rules.
Section 36-12-21.7 - Maintenance of separate office by technician prohibited.
Section 36-12-21.8 - Veterinarian's responsibility for technician's acts.
Section 36-12-22 - Grounds for refusal, suspension, or revocation of license and certificate.
Section 36-12-22.1 - Revocation of technician's registration.
Section 36-12-23 - Statement preferring charges against licensee.
Section 36-12-24 - Procedure on revocation or suspension of license.
Section 36-12-25 - Judicial review on revocation of license.
Section 36-12-26 - Reinstatement after revocation of license.
Section 36-12-27 - Unauthorized practice of veterinary medicine as misdemeanor.