(A) The board may revoke, suspend, publicly or privately reprimand, or restrict a licensee or otherwise discipline a licensee when it is established to the satisfaction of the board that a licensee has:

(1) uttered a false or fraudulent statement or forged a statement or document or committed or practiced a fraudulent, deceitful, or dishonest act in connection with license requirements;

(2) been convicted of a felony or other crime involving moral turpitude. Forfeiture of a bond or a plea of nolo contendere is the equivalent of a conviction;

(3) violated a regulation, directive, or order of the board;

(4) knowingly performed an act which substantially assists a person to practice counseling, marriage and family therapy, or addiction counseling illegally;

(5) caused to be published or circulated directly or indirectly fraudulent, false, or misleading statements as to the skills or methods or practice of a license holder when malice is shown;

(6) failed to provide and maintain reasonable sanitary facilities;

(7) sustained physical or mental impairment or disability which renders practice dangerous to the public;

(8) violated the code of ethics adopted by the board in regulations;

(9) obtained fees or assisted in obtaining fees under deceptive, false, or fraudulent circumstances;

(10) used an intentionally false or fraudulent statement in a document connected with the practice of professional counseling, marriage and family therapy, or addiction counseling;

(11) been found by the board to lack the professional competence to practice;

(12) practiced during the time his license has lapsed or been suspended or revoked;

(13) practiced the profession or occupation while under the influence of alcohol or drugs or uses alcohol or drugs to such a degree as to render him unfit to practice his profession or occupation.

(B) In addition to other remedies and actions incorporated in this chapter, the license of a licensee adjudged mentally incompetent by a court of competent jurisdiction must be suspended automatically by the board until the licensee is adjudged competent by a court of competent jurisdiction.

HISTORY: 1998 Act No. 396, Section 8; 2018 Act No. 249 (H.4601), Section 7, eff May 18, 2018.

Editor's Note

Prior Laws:1985 Act No. 191, Section 1; 1991 Act No. 107, Section 3; 1976 Code Section 40-75-170.

Effect of Amendment

2018 Act No. 249, Section 7, in (A), in (4), substituted ", marriage and family therapy, or addiction counseling" for "or marriage and family therapy", and in (10), substituted ", marriage and family therapy, or addiction counseling" for "or marriage and family therapy".