Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 24 - Mental Health › Part 6 - Rules, Regulations and Application Guidelines for the Mental Health Therapist Program › Chapter 8 - Complaints, Disciplinary Hearings, Sanctions, Disciplinary Appeal › Section 24-6-8-1 - Grounds for Disciplinary Action

Current through June 25, 2024
A. Provisional
				certificants, certificants and licensees shall conduct their activities and
				services in accordance with applicable federal and state laws, these rules and
				regulations, ethical principles and any other applicable rules.
B. A provisional certificant, certificant or
				licensee may be subject to the exercise of disciplinary action if the Review
				Board finds that he/she is guilty of any of the following or has knowledge of
				the following and has not reported such to the Division. Grounds for
				disciplinary action include, but are not limited to:
(1) Negligence in the practice or performance
				of professional services or activities;
(2) Engaging in dishonorable, unethical,
				unprofessional conduct of a character likely to deceive, defraud, or cause harm
				in the course of professional services or activities;
(3) Engaging in lewd conduct in connection
				with professional services or activities;
(4) Obtaining a Department of Mental Health
				certificate or renewal document by fraud, deceit, material deception or other
				misrepresentation;
(5) Perpetrating
				or cooperating in fraud or material deception in obtaining or renewing
				certification/licensure or attempting the same;
(6) Being convicted of any crime which has a
				substantial relationship to the provisional
				certificant's/certificant's/licensee's activities and services or an essential
				element of which is misstatement, fraud, or dishonesty;
(7) Being convicted of any crime which is a
				felony under federal or state law;
(8) Engaging in or permitting the performance
				of unacceptable services personally or by assistants working under the
				provisional certificant's/certificant's/licensee's supervision due to the
				provisional certificant's/certificant's/licensee's deliberate or grossly
				negligent act or failure to act, regardless of whether actual damage is
				established;
(9) Treating any
				person differentially or detrimentally because of race, color, creed, age, sex,
				religion, national origin, or disability;
(10) Engaging in false or misleading
				advertising;
(11) Revealing
				confidential information except as may be required by law;
(12) Failing to inform a client of the fact
				that the client no longer needs the services of the provisional
				certificant/certificant/licensee;
(13) Performing services for compensation or
				representing oneself as a DMH-certified/licensed professional while holding a
				certificate in a Suspended, Surrendered, or Revoked status;
(14) Attempting to utilize the certificate
				issued by the Department of Mental Health for private practice or for services
				outside the scope of practice;
(15)
				Engaging in any conduct considered by the Review Board to be detrimental to the
				profession; or,
(16) Engaging in
				any conduct considered by the Review Board to be in violation of the Principles
				of Ethical and Professional Conduct.