Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 73 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS (§§ 73-1-1 — 73-79-1) › Chapter 23 - PHYSICAL THERAPISTS (§§ 73-23-1 — 73-23-101) › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 73-23-1 — 73-23-67) › Section 73-23-64 - Disciplinary sanctions; summary suspension of license; consent orders or stipulations; advisory letter; levy of costs for investigation and prosecution

(1)
The board may impose any of the following sanctions, singly or in combination, when it finds an applicant or a licensee has committed any violation listed in Section
73-23-59
:
(a)
Revocation of the license or privilege to practice;
(b)
Suspension of the license or privilege to practice, for any period of time;
(c)
Censure the licensee;
(d)
Impose a monetary penalty in an amount not to exceed Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) for the first violation, One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) for the second violation, and Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) for the third violation and for each subsequent violation;
(e)
Place a licensee on probationary status and require the licensee to submit to any of the following:
(i)
report regularly to the board, or its designee, upon matters which are the basis of probation;
(ii)
continue to renew professional education until a satisfactory degree of skill has been attained in those areas which are the basis of probation; or
(iii)
such other reasonable requirements or restrictions as are proper;
(f)
Refuse to issue or renew a license or refuse to issue a privilege to practice;
(g)
Revoke probation which has been granted and impose any other disciplinary action in this subsection when the requirements of probation have not been fulfilled or have been violated;
(h)
Restrict a license or privilege to practice; or
(i)
Accept a voluntary surrendering of a license or privilege to practice based on an order of consent from the board.
(2)
The board may summarily suspend a license or privilege to practice under this chapter without a hearing simultaneously with the filing of a formal complaint and notice for a hearing provided under this section pending proceedings before the board. If the board suspends summarily a license or privilege to practice under the provisions of this subsection, a hearing must begin within twenty (20) days after such suspension begins, unless continued at the request of the licensee.
(3)
Disposition of any formal complaint may be made by consent order or stipulation between the board and the licensee.
(4)
The board may reinstate any licensee to good standing under this chapter if the board is satisfied that the applicant's renewed practice is in the public interest. The procedure for the reimbursement of a license or privilege to practice that is suspended for being out of compliance with an order for support, as defined in Section
93-11-153
, shall be governed by Section
93-11-157
or
93-11-163
, as the case may be.
(5)
The board shall seek to achieve consistency in the application of the foregoing sanctions, and significant departure from prior decisions involving similar conduct shall be explained by the board.
(6)
In addition to any other power that it has, the board may issue an advisory letter to a licensee if it finds that the information received in a complaint or an investigation does not merit disciplinary action against the licensee.
(7)
The board may also assess and levy upon any licensee or applicant for licensure or the privilege to practice the costs incurred or expended by the board in the investigation and prosecution of any licensure or disciplinary action, including, but not limited to, the cost of process service, court reports, expert witnesses, investigators, and attorney's fees.
Laws, 1992, ch. 376, § 5; Laws, 2002, ch. 449, § 13; Laws, 2008, ch. 448, § 14, eff. 7/1/2008.
Amended by Laws, 2017, ch. 326, HB 309, 8, eff. 7/1/2017.