Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024
A. The board may refuse to issue a license
to, or suspend, revoke, or impose probationary conditions and restrictions on
the license of an applicant for licensure or a licensed athletic trainer for
any of the causes provided by
R.S.
37:3308.1 of the Louisiana athletic trainers
law (R.S.
37:3301-3313) if the licensee or applicant:
1. has been convicted of or entered a plea of
guilty or nolo contendere to a criminal charge constituting a felony under the
laws of Louisiana, of the United States, or of the state in which such
conviction or plea was entered;
2.
has been convicted of or entered a plea of guilty or nolo contendere to any
criminal charge arising out of or in connection with the practice of an
athletic trainer;
3. commits
perjury, fraud, deceit, misrepresentation, or concealment of material facts in
obtaining a license to practice as an athletic trainer;
4. provides false testimony before the board
or provides false sworn information to the board;
5. engages in habitual or recurring abuse of
drugs, including alcohol, which affect the central nervous system and which are
capable of inducing physiological or psychological dependence;
6. solicits patients or self-promotion
through advertising or communication, public or private, which is fraudulent,
false, deceptive, or misleading;
7.
makes or submits false, deceptive, or unfounded claims, reports, or opinions to
any patient, insurance company, indemnity association, company, individual, or
governmental authority for the purpose of obtaining anything of economic
value;
8. demonstrates cognitive or
clinical incompetency;
9. engages
in unprofessional conduct;
10.
engages in continuing or recurring practice which fails to satisfy the
prevailing and usually accepted standards of practice as an athletic trainer in
this state;
11. knowingly performs
any act which in any way assists an unlicensed person to practice as an
athletic trainer, or having professional connection with or lending one's name
to an illegal practitioner;
12.
pays or gives anything of economic value to another person, firm, or
corporation to induce the referral of injured athletes to an athletic
trainer;
13. has been interdicted
by due process of law;
14. is
unable to practice as an athletic trainer with reasonable competence, skill, or
safety to patients because of mental or physical illness, condition, or
deficiency, including but not limited to deterioration through the aging
process or excessive use or abuse of drugs, including alcohol;
15. refuses to submit to an examination and
inquiry by an examining committee of physicians appointed by the board to
inquire into the applicant's or licensee's physical or mental fitness and
ability to practice as an athletic trainer with reasonable skill or
safety;
16. practices or otherwise
engages in any conduct or functions beyond the scope of practice of an athletic
trainer as defined by this Chapter or the board's rules;
17. has been subjected to the refusal of the
licensing authority or another state to issue or renew a license, permit, or
certificate to practice as an athletic trainer in that state, or the
revocation, suspension, or other restriction imposed on a license, permit, or
certificate issued by such licensing authority which prevents, restricts, or
conditions practice, or the surrender of a license, permit, or certificate
issued by another state when criminal or administrative charges are pending or
threatened against the holder of such license, permit, or
certificate;
18. has been subjected
to denial, revocation, suspension, probation, or other disciplinary sanction
from the BOC or its successor for violation of the standards of professional
practice;
19. has violated any
rules and regulations of the board, or any provisions of this
Chapter.
B. The board
may reinstate any license suspended or revoked hereunder, or restore to
unrestricted status any license subjected to probationary conditions or
restrictions by the board upon payment of the reinstatement fee and
satisfaction of such terms and conditions as may be prescribed by the board;
provided, however, that an application for reinstatement of a license revoked
by the board shall not be made or considered by the board prior to the
expiration of one year following the date on which the board's order of
revocation became final.
C. The
board may, as part of a decision, consent order, or other agreed order, require
the applicant or license holder to pay all costs of the board's proceedings and
a fine not to exceed $1,000.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
Promulgated in accordance with
R.S.
37:3301-3313.
