36-7-24.   Grounds for revocation of certificate. The Board of Examiners, in compliance with chapter 1-26, may revoke the certificate of any registrant for any one, or any combination, of the following causes:

             (1)      Conviction of a felony, as shown by a certified copy of the record of the court of conviction;

             (2)      Obtaining, or attempting to obtain, a certificate of registration by fraudulent misrepresentation;

             (3)      Malpractice;

             (4)      Continued practice by a person knowingly having an infectious or contagious disease;

             (5)      Habitual drunkenness or habitual addiction to the use of morphine, cocaine, or other habit-forming drugs;

             (6)      Being guilty of unprofessional conduct;

             (7)      Failure to submit to or cooperate with the criminal background investigation requested by the board.

Source: SDC 1939, § 27.0707; SL 1951, ch 131, § 4; revised pursuant to SL 1972, ch 15, § 4; SL 2005, ch 199, § 19; SL 2009, ch 179, § 2.

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