Illinois Administrative Code › Title 32 - ENERGY › Part 401 - ACCREDITING PERSONS IN THE PRACTICE OF MEDICAL RADIATION TECHNOLOGY › Section 401.120 - Suspension, Revocation and Denial of Accreditation

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) The Agency may act to suspend or revoke an
			 individual's accreditation, or refuse to issue or renew accreditation, for any
			 one or a combination of the following causes:
1) Knowingly causing a material misstatement
			 or misrepresentation to be made in the application for initial accreditation or
			 renewal of accreditation if such misstatement or misrepresentation would impair
			 the Agency's ability to assess and evaluate the applicant's qualifications for
			 accreditation under this Part;
2)
			 Knowingly making a false material statement to an Agency employee during the
			 course of official Agency business;
3) Willfully evading the statute or
			 regulations pertaining to accreditation, or willfully aiding another person in
			 evading the statute or regulations pertaining to accreditation;
4) Performing procedures under or
			 representing as valid to any person either a certificate of accreditation not
			 issued by the Agency, or a certificate of accreditation containing on its face
			 unauthorized alterations or changes that are inconsistent with Agency records
			 regarding the issuance of that certificate;
5) Having been convicted of a crime that is a
			 felony under the laws of this State or conviction of a felony in a federal
			 court, unless the individual demonstrates to the Agency that he/she has been
			 sufficiently rehabilitated to warrant the public trust (see subsection
			 (b));
6) Exhibiting significant or
			 repeated incompetence in the performance of professional duties;
7) Having a physical or mental illness or
			 disability that results in the individual's inability to perform professional
			 duties with reasonable judgment, skill and safety;
8) Continuing to practice medical radiation
			 technology when knowingly having a potentially serious disease, such as those
			 listed in 77 Ill. Adm. Code
			 690.100,
			 which could be transmitted to patients;
9) Having an actual or potential inability to
			 practice radiologic technology with reasonable skill and safety on patients or
			 other individuals due to use of alcohol, narcotics or stimulants;
10) Having had a similar credential by
			 another state or the District of Columbia suspended or revoked if the grounds
			 for that suspension or revocation are the same as or equivalent to one or more
			 grounds for suspension or revocation set forth in this Section;
11) Failing to meet child support orders as
			 provided in
			 5 ILCS 100/10-65. The
			 action will be based solely upon the certification of delinquency made by the
			 Department of Healthcare and Family Services, Division of Child Support
			 Enforcement, or its successor agency, or the certification of violation made by
			 the court. Further process, hearing or redetermination of the delinquency or
			 violation by the Agency shall not be required (see
			 5 ILCS
			 100/10-65(c) );
12) Failing to pay a fee or civil penalty
			 properly assessed by the Agency;
13) Failing to respond to an audit request by
			 the Agency for documentation of continuing education;
14) Applying ionizing radiation to a human
			 being when not operating in each particular case under the direction of a duly
			 licensed practitioner or to any person or part of the human body other than
			 specified in the law under which the practitioner is licensed;
15) Interpreting a diagnostic image for a
			 physician, a patient, the patient's family or the public;
16) Performing in a way that deviates from
			 accepted professional conduct; and
17) Engaging in conduct with a patient or
			 another individual that is sexual, in any verbal behavior that is sexually
			 demeaning to a patient, or in sexual exploitation of a patient or former
			 patient. This applies to any unwanted sexual behavior, verbal or
			 otherwise.