Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 435 - State Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision › Chapter 50 - Licensed Pedorthists › Subchapter 7 - Regulation of Practice › Section 435:50-7-1 - Grounds for disciplinary action

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
(a) The Advisory Committee on Pedorthics may
				recommend to the Board to reprimand or place on probation any holder of a
				Pedorthics license (L. Ped.), or to limit, suspend or revoke privileges, or to
				revoke or suspend any license issued to an L.Ped. or to deny a license to an
				applicant for unprofessional conduct. Acts which constitute unprofessional
				conduct include, but are not limited to:
(1)
				Habitual intemperance or habitual use of any habit forming drug, chemical or
				substance that could result in behavior that interferes with the practice of
				pedorthics and the responsibilities of the licensee.
(2) Unauthorized possession or use of illegal
				or controlled substances or pharmacologic agents without lawful authority or
				prescription by an authorized and licensed practitioner of the healing
				arts.
(3) Any conduct which
				potentially or actually jeopardizes a patient's life, health or
				safety.
(4) Falsely manipulating
				patient records, or forging a prescription for a pedorthic device, or
				presenting a forged prescription.
(5) Conviction of, or confession, plea of
				guilty or plea of no contest to a felony or a crime involving moral
				turpitude.
(6) Conviction of, or
				confession or plea of guilty or plea of no contest to, a drug related
				offense.
(7) Falsifying documents
				submitted to the Advisory Committee on Pedorthics or the Oklahoma State Board
				of Medical Licensure and Supervision.
(8) Obtaining or attempting to obtain a
				license, certificate or documents of any form by fraud or deception.
(9) Aiding, abetting or assisting any other
				person to violate or circumvent any law or rule or regulation.
(10) Failure to report the unsafe or illegal
				practice of any person who is licensed under this act.
(11) Negligence while in practice as a
				pedorthist or violating the "Standards of Ethics and Professional Conduct"
				adopted by the Board.
(12) Engaging
				in fraudulent billing practices and/or violation of federal Medicare and
				Medicaid laws or state medical assistance laws.
(13) Being adjudged mentally incompetent by a
				court of competent jurisdiction.
(14) Failing to timely make application for
				license renewal.
(15) Verbally or
				physically abusing patients.
(16)
				Discriminating in the rendering of patient care and pedorthic
				assignment(s).
(17) Inaccurate
				recording, falsifying or altering of patient records.
(18) Leaving a patient care assignment or
				patient without properly advising appropriate personnel.
(19) Violating the confidentiality of
				information or knowledge concerning a patient.
(20) While engaged in the care of a patient,
				engaging in conduct with a patient, patient amily member or significant other
				which is seductive or sexually demeaning/exploitive in nature.
(21) Violating any provision of the Oklahoma
				Licensed Pedorthists Act or the rules promulgated by the Board.
(22) Failure to furnish the Board, its
				investigators or representatives, information lawfully requested by the
				Board.
(23) Failure to cooperate
				with a lawful investigation conducted by the Board.Violation of any
				provision(s) of the medical practice act or the rules and regulations of the
				Board or of an action, stipulation, agreement or order of the Board.