NRS638.147. Authorized disciplinary action; private reprimands prohibited; orders imposing discipline deemed public records.

      1.  If the Board determines that any applicant for a license or any person licensed pursuant to this chapter has committed any of the acts which are grounds for disciplinary action, the Board may:

      (a) Refuse to issue a license.

      (b) Refuse to renew a license.

      (c) Revoke a license.

      (d) Suspend a license for a definite period or until further order of the Board.

      (e) Impose a fine in an amount not to exceed $10,000 for each act which constitutes a ground for disciplinary action.

      (f) Place a licensee on probation subject to any reasonable conditions imposed by the Board, including requiring courses in continuing education or a periodic or continuous review of the licensee’s practice.

      (g) Administer a public reprimand.

      (h) Limit the practice of the licensee to specified branches of veterinary medicine.

      (i) Require the licensee to take a competency examination or a mental or physical examination.

      2.  The Board shall not administer a private reprimand.

      3.  An order that imposes discipline and the findings of fact and conclusions of law supporting that order are public records.

      (Added to NRS by 1975, 1147; A 1981, 56; 1985, 1256; 1995, 1686; 2003, 3454)