36-7-24. Grounds for revocation of license.
The board, in compliance with chapter 1-26, may impose disciplinary sanctions against any optometrist for 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 license by fraudulent misrepresentation;
(3)Malpractice;
(4)Continued practice when knowingly having an infectious or contagious disease, or after sustaining a physical or mental disability that renders further practice potentially harmful or dangerous;
(5)Use of alcohol or other substances that renders the optometrist unfit to practice with reasonable skill and safety;
(6)Unprofessional conduct; or
(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; SL 2013, ch 173, §4; SL 2022, ch 147, §14.
Structure South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 36 - Professions and Occupations
Section 36-7-1 - Scope of practice defined.
Section 36-7-1.1 - Restrictions on scope of practice.
Section 36-7-1.2 - Prohibitions on use of oral therapeutics and oral steroids.
Section 36-7-1.3 - Definition--Board.
Section 36-7-3 - Composition of Board of Examiners--Qualifications of members--Terms of office.
Section 36-7-3.2 - Board continued within Department of Health.
Section 36-7-10 - Practice of optometry without license--Violation.
Section 36-7-11 - Requirements for licensure.
Section 36-7-14 - Recording of certificate of registration.
Section 36-7-15 - Powers of the board--Promulgation of rules.
Section 36-7-18 - Display of license in office--Violation.
Section 36-7-20 - Annual renewal of license--Revocation on default--Restoration of license.
Section 36-7-21 - Remission of annual fee while in military service.
Section 36-7-24 - Grounds for revocation of license.
Section 36-7-25 - Unprofessional conduct defined--No basis for criminal prosecution.
Section 36-7-26 - Appeal from Board of Examiners.
Section 36-7-27 - Reinstatement of license after revocation.
Section 36-7-28 - Injunction to prevent violation of chapter--Election of remedies.
Section 36-7-30 - Entry and inspection by board--Purpose--Drug records and inventories.
Section 36-7-34 - Sale of contact lenses without prescription prohibited--Violation as misdemeanor.