R156-28-502. Unprofessional Conduct

  Unprofessional conduct includes:

  (1) deviating from the minimum standards of veterinary practice set forth in Section R156-28-503;

  (2) permitting unlicensed assistive personnel to perform duties that the individual is not competent by education, training or experience to perform; and

  (3) failing to conform to the generally accepted and recognized standards and ethics of the profession, including:

  (a) the Principles of Veterinary Medical Ethics of the American Veterinarian Medical Association (AVMA), as approved by the AVMA Executive Board, revised April 2016, which are hereby incorporated by reference ("Principles"); and

  (b) if a licensee fails to establish the veterinarian-client-patient relationship as required in Section II of the Principles, such failure shall not excuse the veterinarian from complying with all other duties that would be imposed on the veterinarian if the veterinarian had properly established the veterinarian-client-patient relationship.