Common Applicable Standards

A list of Statutes and Rules commonly cited in complaints

1. The Board’s legal mandate to investigate·        

•  21 NCAC 66.0601(e): States the Committee "shall investigate" the complaint.

2. Failure to Protect Public Welfare

• NCGS § 90-179 – Powers and duties of the Board

• NCGS § 90-180 – Regulation of veterinary practice

• NCGS § 90-182 – Enforcement authority of the Board

3. Unlicensed Practice

• NCGS § 90-187.10 – Requirement for license to practice veterinary medicine

• NCGS § 90-181(6) – Definitions of veterinary practice and personnel

• 21 C.F.R. §§ 530.10–11 – FDA regulations on extralabel drug use (cannot be performed by unlicensed personnel)

• NCGS § 90-185(3) and 21 NCAC 66.0601(a),(e) – Board’s duty to investigate unlicensed practice

4. VCPR and Telemedicine Standards

• 21 C.F.R. §§ 530.10–11 – FDA extralabel drug regulations

• 21 C.F.R. § 530.3(i) – Federal VCPR requirements

• 21 NCAC 66.0211(a),(b),(d),(e) – NC Telemedicine and VCPR standards

• NCGS § 90-181(7a) – VCPR definition

• NCGS § 90-187.8(16),(17),(18),(19) – Discipline of licensees failing to enforce FDA regulations

• NCGS § 90-187.8(c)(6) – Incompetence standard

5. Minimum Standards of Care

• 21 NCAC 66.1003(2) – Definition of adequate veterinary care

• NCGS § 90-187.8(c)(6) – Competence and standard of care

• NCGS § 90-181(3a) – Animal cruelty by omission or neglect

6. Abandonment and Continuity of Care

• 21 C.F.R. § 530.3(i) – Federal VCPR definition

• NCGS § 90-181(7)c – Duty of veterinarians to provide responsible oversight

• 21 NCAC 66.0207(19)(b)(19)(A–D) – After-hours emergency care requirements

7. Medical Record Integrity

• 21 NCAC 66.0207(12) – Accurate, complete, contemporaneous medical records required

• 21 NCAC 66.0211(e) – Telemedicine medical record standards

• NCGS § 90-185(3) and 21 NCAC 66.0601(a),(e) – Board’s duty to investigate record integrity

8. Withholding of Medical Records

• 21 NCAC 66.0902(o) – Timely provision of medical records to clients

9. Deceitful Statements to the Board / Misrepresentation

• 21 NCAC 66.0205(1),(2),(4),(5) – Prohibition on untrue or misleading statements

• NCGS § 90-187.8(14),(19) – Discipline for violations of professional standards

10. Arbitrary and Capricious Action (note: OAH lacks jurisdiction.  Superior Court is the correct venue)

• NCGS § 150B-23 – Contested case procedure; prohibition on arbitrary and capricious agency action

• § 150B-51 Whole record required

• N.C.G.S. § 150B-45 - Procedure for seeking review