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This report addresses the need for the Board to appropriately
discipline veterinarians when warranted. Veterinarian consultants the Auditor General
retained found as many as one out of every six complaints dismissed by the Board in fiscal
year 1996 should have resulted in some discipline. In addition, the Board needs to improve
its complaint investigation process by interviewing all complainants and allowing the
Board investigators to thoroughly and independently investigate complaints. The Board
should also consider implementing additional procedures to improve access to public
information, and the Legislature should consider increasing public membership on the Board
to 50 percent.
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