Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 10 - MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Part 4 › Subtitle 32 - BOARD OF PHYSICIANS › Chapter 10.32.20 - Licensure of Perfusionists › Section 10.32.20.14 - Prohibited Conduct

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 14, July 12, 2024
A. Subject
				  to the hearing provision of Health Occupations Article, §
										14-405, Annotated
				  Code of Maryland, the Board may deny a license to any applicant, reprimand any
				  licensee, place any licensee on probation, or suspend or revoke a license if
				  the applicant or licensee:
(1) Fraudulently or
				  deceptively obtains or attempts to obtain a license for the applicant or
				  licensee or for another;
(2)
				  Fraudulently or deceptively uses a license;
(3) Is guilty of unprofessional or immoral
				  conduct in the practice of perfusion;
(4) Is professionally, physically, or
				  mentally incompetent;
(5) Abandons
				  a patient;
(6) Is habitually
				  intoxicated;
(7) Is addicted to, or
				  habitually abuses, any narcotic or controlled dangerous substance as defined in
				  Criminal Law Article, §
											5-101, Annotated Code of
				  Maryland;
(8) Provides professional
				  services while:
(a) Under the influence of
				  alcohol; or
(b) Using any narcotic
				  or controlled dangerous substance as defined in Criminal Law Article, §
												5-101, Annotated Code of
				  Maryland, or any other drug that is in excess of therapeutic amounts or without
				  valid medical indication;
(9) Promotes the sale of services, drugs,
				  devices, appliances, or goods to a patient so as to exploit the patient for
				  financial gain;
(10) Willfully
				  makes or files a false report or record in the practice of perfusion;
(11) Willfully fails to file or record any
				  report as required under law, willfully impedes or obstructs the filing or
				  recording of a report, or induces another to fail to file or record a
				  report;
(12) Breaches patient
				  confidentiality;
(13) Pays or
				  agrees to pay any sum or provide any form of remuneration or material benefit
				  to any person for bringing or referring a patient or accepts or agrees to
				  accept any sum or any form of remuneration or material benefit from an
				  individual for bringing or referring a patient;
(14) Knowingly makes a misrepresentation
				  while practicing perfusion;
(15)
				  Knowingly practices perfusion with an unauthorized individual or aids an
				  unauthorized individual in the practice of perfusion;
(16) Knowingly delegates a perfusion duty to
				  an unlicensed individual;
(17)
				  Offers, undertakes, or agrees to cure or treat disease by a secret method,
				  treatment or medicine;
(18) Is
				  disciplined by a licensing or disciplinary authority or is convicted or
				  disciplined by a court of any state or country or is disciplined by any branch
				  of the United States uniformed services or the US Department of Veterans
				  Affairs for an act that would be grounds for disciplinary action under the
				  Board's disciplinary statutes;
(19)
				  Fails to meet appropriate standards for the delivery of perfusion
				  services;
(20) Knowingly submits
				  false statements to collect fees for which services are not provided;
(21) Has been subject to investigation or
				  disciplinary action by a licensing or disciplinary authority or by a court of
				  any state or country for an act that would be grounds for disciplinary action
				  under the Board's disciplinary statutes; and has:
(a) Surrendered the license, if any, issued
				  by the state or country; or
(b)
				  Allowed the license, if any, issued by the state or country to expire or
				  lapse;
(22) Knowingly
				  fails to report suspected child abuse in violation of Family Law Article,
				  §
											5-704, Annotated Code of
				  Maryland;
(23) Sells, prescribes,
				  gives away, or administers drugs for illegal or illegitimate medical
				  purposes;
(24) Practices or
				  attempts to practice beyond the authorized scope of practice;
(25) Is convicted of or pleads nolo
				  contendere to a felony or to a crime involving moral turpitude, whether or not
				  any appeal or other proceeding is pending to have the conviction or plea set
				  aside;
(26) Refuses, withholds
				  from, denies, or discriminates against an individual with regard to the
				  provision of professional services for which the licensee is licensed and
				  qualified to render because the individual is HIV positive;
(27) Practices or attempts to practice a
				  perfusion procedure or uses or attempts to use perfusion equipment if the
				  applicant or licensee has not received education and training in the
				  performance of the procedure or the use of the equipment; or
(28) Fails to cooperate with a lawful
				  investigation of the Board.