The board, in compliance with chapter 1-26, may impose disciplinary sanctions against any optometrist for the following causes:

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

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(2) Obtaining, or attempting to obtain, a license by fraudulent misrepresentation;

(3) Malpractice;

(4) Continued practice when knowingly having an infectious or contagious disease, or after sustaining a physical or mental disability that renders further practice potentially harmful or dangerous;

(5) Use of alcohol or other substances that renders the optometrist unfit to practice with reasonable skill and safety;

(6) Unprofessional conduct; or

(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; SL 2013, ch 173, § 4; SL 2022, ch 147, § 14.