# S.D. Codified Laws § 36-12-22: Grounds for refusal, suspension, or revocation of license and certificate > South Dakota · Statutes · In force URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SD_T36_C12_S36-12-22 ## Section - **Citation:** S.D. Codified Laws § 36-12-22 - **Heading:** Grounds for refusal, suspension, or revocation of license and certificate - **Jurisdiction:** South Dakota - **Kind:** Statutes - **Status:** In force - **Text as of:** August 14, 2026 - **Source:** Compiled text - **Location:** SD Code / Title 36 / Chapter 12 / Section 36-12-22 ## Text The State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners may, in compliance with chapter 1-26 , either refuse to issue a license or refuse to issue a certificate of registration or suspend or revoke a license and certificate of registration upon any of the following grounds: (1) Fraud or deception in procuring the license; (2) The publication or use of any untruthful or improper statement, or representation, with a view of deceiving the public, or any client or customer in connection with the practice of veterinary medicine; (3) Habitual intemperance in the use of intoxicating liquors, or habitual addiction to the use of morphine, cocaine, or other habit-forming drugs; or entry of a plea of guilty to, or nolo contendere to, or conviction of a violation of any federal or state law relating to controlled drugs or substances; (4) Immoral, unprofessional, or dishonorable conduct manifestly disqualifying the licensee from practicing veterinary medicine; (5) Malpractice, including failure to furnish to the board, upon written application by it, any report or information relating thereto; (6) The employment of an unlicensed person to perform work which under this chapter can lawfully be done only by persons licensed to practice veterinary medicine; (7) Fraud or dishonest conduct in applying or reporting diagnostic biological tests or in issuing health certificates; (8) Failure to keep one's premises in a reasonably clean and sanitary condition and failure to use reasonably sanitary methods in the practice of veterinary medicine; (9) The use, prescription, or sale of any veterinary prescription drug in the absence of a valid veterinary client-patient relationship; (10) Professional incompetence which constitutes a deviation from the statewide standard of competence, which is that minimum degree of skill and knowledge necessary for the performance of characteristic tasks of a veterinarian in at least a reasonably effective way. Source: SDC 1939, § 40.0206; SL 1961, ch 201, § 13; revised pursuant to SL 1972, ch 15, § 4; SL 1993, ch 279, § 4; SL 2001, ch 204, § 1; SL 2005, ch 199, § 39. ## Nearby sections - [S.D. Codified Laws § 36-12-1 Acts constituting practice of veterinary medicine](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SD_T36_C12_S36-12-1.md) - [S.D. Codified Laws § 36-12-2 Persons not considered engaged in practice of veterinary medicine](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SD_T36_C12_S36-12-2.md) - [S.D. Codified Laws § 36-12-3 Board of examiners appointed--Qualifications of members--Terms of office](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SD_T36_C12_S36-12-3.md) - [S.D. Codified Laws § 36-12-4 Period of practice required for appointment to board](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SD_T36_C12_S36-12-4.md) - [S.D. 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Codified Laws § 36-12-9.1 Board continued within Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources--Records and reports](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SD_T36_C12_S36-12-9.1.md) - [S.D. Codified Laws § 36-12-10 Records kept by secretary of board](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SD_T36_C12_S36-12-10.md) - [S.D. Codified Laws § 36-12-11 Fees used to pay expenses](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SD_T36_C12_S36-12-11.md) - [S.D. Codified Laws § 36-12-12 Application for license as veterinarian--Education requirement--Fee--Promulgation of rules](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SD_T36_C12_S36-12-12.md) --- Source: Frix Law Library, https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SD_T36_C12_S36-12-22. Check the current official text before relying on it. Not legal advice.