Illinois Administrative Code
Title 68 - PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS
Part 1140 - ACUPUNCTURE PRACTICE ACT
Section 1140.100 - Unprofessional Conduct
Universal Citation: 68 IL Admin Code ยง 1140.100
Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 12, March 22, 2024
a) Pursuant to Section 110 of the Act, unethical, unauthorized or unprofessional conduct in the practice of acupuncture shall include, but not be limited to:
1) Procuring, attempting to procure or
renewing a license by bribery or by fraudulent misrepresentation;
2) Willfully making or filing a false report
or record, willfully failing to file a report or record required by State or
federal law, or willfully impeding or obstructing such filing or inducing
another person to do so;
3)
Circulating untruthful, fraudulent, deceptive or misleading
advertising;
4) Willfully failing
to report any violation of the Act or this Part;
5) Willfully or repeatedly violating a lawful
order of the Board or the Division previously entered in a disciplinary
hearing;
6) Accepting and
performing professional responsibilities that the licensee knows, or has reason
to know, he/she is not competent to perform;
7) Delegating professional responsibilities
to a person when the licensee delegating such responsibilities knows, or has
reason to know, that such person is not qualified by training, experience or
licensure to perform them;
8) Gross
or repeated malpractice or the failure to deliver acupuncture services with
that level of care, skill and treatment that is recognized by a reasonably
prudent acupuncturist with similar professional training as being acceptable
under similar conditions and circumstances;
9) Dividing with anyone, other than
physicians with whom the licensee receives referrals or another acupuncturist
with whom the licensee works, any fee, commission, rebate or other form of
compensation for any professional services not actually and personally
rendered. Nothing contained in this subsection prohibits persons holding valid
and current licenses under this Act from practicing in a partnership, limited
liability partnership, limited liability company or a corporation under the
Professional Corporation Act or from pooling, sharing, dividing or apportioning
the fees and monies received by them or by the partnership or
corporation;
10) Engaging in
immoral conduct in the commission of any act related to the licensee's
practice;
11) Engaging in sexual
abuse, sexual misconduct, or sexual exploitation.
b) The Division hereby incorporates by reference the "Code of Ethics" of the National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine, 2025 M Street NW, Suite 800, Washington DC 20036 (January 2016), with no later amendments or editions.
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