169.19 - ENFORCEMENT -- PENALTIES.
169.19 ENFORCEMENT -- PENALTIES.
1. Any person who practices veterinary medicine without a
currently valid license or temporary permit is guilty of a fraudulent
practice. Each act of such unlawful practice shall constitute a
distinct and separate offense.
2. A person who shall practice veterinary medicine without a
currently valid license or temporary permit shall not receive any
compensation for services so rendered.
3. The county attorney of the county in which any violation of
this chapter occurs shall conduct the necessary prosecution for such
violation. Notwithstanding this provision, the board of veterinary
medicine 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. The action brought to restrain a
person from engaging in the practice of veterinary medicine without
possessing a license shall be brought in the name of the state of
Iowa. If the court finds that the individual is violating or
threatening to violate this chapter it shall enter an injunction
restraining the individual from such unlawful acts.
4. 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 remedy set forth in this
section.
5. The department shall co-operate with the board of veterinary
medicine in the enforcement of the provisions of this chapter. Section History: Early Form
[S13, § 2538-l; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 2805--2807; C46, 50,
54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, § 169.45--169.48; C79, 81, § 169.19]
Section History: Recent Form
83 Acts, ch 115, § 12
Referred to in § 331.756(31)