§ 3-514. Prohibited acts.

(1) Engage in the practice of veterinary medicine unless the person is duly licensed to practice veterinary medicine pursuant to this subchapter;

(2) Practice or offer to practice veterinary medicine under any name except the name in which he or she is licensed by the Mayor;

(3) Engage in the practice of veterinary medicine without having his or her license and current renewal card conspicuously displayed in the office in which he or she practices;

(4) Sell or offer to sell a diploma conferring a veterinary medicine degree, a certificate granted for post graduate work, or a license granted pursuant to authority contained in this subchapter;

(5) Fraudulently procure a diploma, certificate, or any other evidence of satisfactory completion of the required educational and professional training for becoming a licensee under this subchapter; or to use such a fraudulently altered document in order to obtain a license to engage in the practice of veterinary medicine;

(6) Alter, with fraudulent intent, any diploma, certificate, license or any other evidence of satisfactory completion of the required educational or professional training for becoming a licensee under this subchapter; or to use such fraudulently altered document in order to obtain a license to engage in the practice of veterinary medicine;

(7) Practice veterinary medicine under a false name, or assume a title, or append or prefix to his or her name letters which falsely represent him or her as having a degree from a school of veterinary medicine, or make use of the words "veterinary college" or "veterinary school" or equivalent words, when not lawfully authorized to do so;

(8) Use, in connection with his or her name, any title, words, abbreviations, or letters in a manner or under circumstances which tend to induce the belief that the person using them is qualified to do any act described in § 3- 502(13), except where such person is a licensed veterinarian;

(9) Impersonate another at any examination held by the Mayor, or knowingly make a false application or misrepresentation in connection with such examination;

(10) Accept any fee, rebate, refund, commission or unearned discount, whether in the form of money or otherwise, as compensation for referring animals to any person in connection with the furnishing of veterinary care or service, diagnosis, treatment, or medication.