Section 332-B:19 Enforcement. - New Hampshire Statutes

   I. Any person who shall practice veterinary medicine without a currently valid license or temporary permit shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and each act of such unlawful practice shall constitute a distinct and separate offense.
   II. No person who shall practice veterinary medicine without a currently valid license or temporary permit may receive any compensation for services so rendered.
   III. The board or any citizen of this state may bring an action to enjoin any person from practicing veterinary medicine without a currently valid license or temporary permit. If the court finds that the person is violating, or is threatening to violate, the provisions of this chapter, it shall enter an injunction restraining the person from such unlawful acts.
   IV. The successful maintenance of an action based on any one of the remedies set forth in this section shall in no way prejudice the prosecution of an action based on any other of the remedies.
   V. In addition to other penalties imposed by this section, a person who practices veterinary medicine without a currently valid license or temporary permit shall be subject to civil penalties assessed by the board in the amount of $2,000 per violation, or, in the case of continuing violations, $200 for each day the violation continues, whichever is greater. A person who disputes such an assessment may request a hearing by the board, and any final disposition rendered by the board shall be enforceable as any other civil judgement.

Source. 1971, 328:1. 1973, 528:218. 1999, 314:30, 31, eff. Jan. 1, 2000.