The powers and duties of the board must include, but not be limited to, the following:

1. (1) To adopt and promulgate regulations, pursuant to the State Administrative Procedures Act, governing the practice of veterinary medicine as are necessary to enable it to carry out and make effective the purpose and intent of this article. These regulations may include minimum standards for all facilities where veterinary medicine is practiced and minimum standards for continuing education for relicensure;
2. (2) To adopt rules of professional conduct prior to July 1, 1993, appropriate to establish and maintain a high standard of integrity, skills, and practice in the profession of veterinary medicine. In prescribing such rules of professional conduct, the board may be guided by the principles of veterinary medical ethics adopted by the American Veterinary Medical Association and the South Carolina Association of Veterinarians;
3. (3) To print its regulations and distribute them to all persons licensed to practice veterinary medicine in this State;
4. (4) To bring proceedings in courts for the enforcement of this article or any regulations made pursuant thereto;
5. (5) To establish qualifications for persons wishing to be licensed to practice veterinary medicine;
6. (6) To pass upon the qualifications of applicants for a license to practice veterinary medicine in this State;
7. (7) To approve schools and colleges of veterinary medicine which maintain sufficient standards of training and reputability;
8. (8) To prescribe the subjects, character, manner, time, and place of holding examinations and the filing of applications for examinations and to conduct the examinations;
9. (9) To issue temporary permits or licenses to duly qualified applicants;
10. (10) To provide for, regulate, and require all persons licensed in accordance with the provisions of this article to renew their license annually;
11. (11) To conduct investigations and hearings upon complaints calling for discipline of a licensee or applicant for license;
12. (12) To take testimony on any matter under its jurisdiction and to administer oaths;
13. (13) To issue summons and subpoenas, including subpoenas duces tecum, for any witness, in connection with any matter within the jurisdiction of the board, which must be signed by either the chairman or the secretary-treasurer of the board;
14. (14) (Reserved);
15. (15) To inspect licenses;
16. (16) To conduct investigations of all alleged violations;
17. (17) To prosecute according to law or instigate the prosecution of all violators of this chapter;
18. (18) To adopt regulations for the sale and dispensing of prescriptions and controlled veterinary drugs, pharmaceuticals, and biologics in accordance with federal and state laws.