Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS › Part XLV - Medical Professions › Subpart 3 - Practice › Chapter 57 - Athletic Trainers › Subchapter D - Grounds for Administrative Action › Section XLV-5719 - Causes for Administrative Action

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 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.