[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 9, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 9CFR161.4]

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                  TITLE 9--ANIMALS AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS
 
  CHAPTER I--ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF 
                               AGRICULTURE
 
PART 161_REQUIREMENTS AND STANDARDS FOR ACCREDITED VETERINARIANS AND 
SUSPENSION OR REVOCATION OF SUCH ACCREDITATION--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 161.4  Suspension or revocation of veterinary accreditation; 
criminal and civil penalties.

    (a) The Administrator is authorized to suspend for a given period of 
time, or to revoke, the accreditation of a veterinarian when he or she 
determines that the accredited veterinarian has not complied with the 
``Standards for Accredited Veterinarian Duties'' as set forth in Sec. 
161.3 of this part, or, in lieu thereof, to issue a written notice of 
warning to the accredited veterinarian when the Administrator determines 
a notice of warning will be adequate to attain compliance with the 
Standards.
    (b) Accreditation shall be automatically terminated when an 
accredited veterinarian is not licensed or legally able to practice 
veterinary medicine in at least one State.
    (c) Accreditation shall be automatically revoked when an accredited 
veterinarian is convicted of a crime in either State or Federal court, 
if such conviction is based on the performance or nonperformance of any 
act required of the veterinarian in his or her capacity as an accredited 
veterinarian.
    (d) Any accredited veterinarian who knowingly issues or signs a 
false, incorrect, or mislabeled animal health or inspection certificate, 
blood sample, official brucellosis vaccination certificate, or official 
tuberculin test certificate in accordance with this chapter, shall be 
subject to such civil penalties and such criminal liabilities as are 
provided by 7 U.S.C. 8313, 18 U.S.C. 1001, or other applicable Federal 
statutes. Such action may be in addition to, or in lieu

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of, suspension or revocation of accredited veterinarian status in 
accordance with this section.

[57 FR 54912, Nov. 23, 1992, as amended at 68 FR 6346, Feb. 7, 2003]