§ 5-39.1-13 - Disciplinary sanctions.
SECTION 5-39.1-13
§ 5-39.1-13 Disciplinary sanctions. –(a) The board may recommend that the director impose any of the followingsanctions, singly or in combination, when it finds that a licensee is guilty ofany offenses described in § 5-39.1-10:
(1) Revoke the license;
(2) Suspend the license for any period of time;
(3) Censure the licensee;
(4) Issue a letter of reprimand;
(5) Place a licensee on probationary status and require thelicensee to submit to any of the following:
(i) Report regularly to the board upon matters, which are thebasis of probation;
(ii) Continue to renew professional education until asatisfactory degree of skill has been attained in those areas, which are thebasis of probation;
(6) Refuse to renew a license; or
(7) Revoke probation, which has been granted and impose anyother discipline provided in this section when the requirements of probationhave not been fulfilled or have been violated.
(b) The board may recommend that the director reinstate anylicensee to good standing under this chapter, if, after a hearing, the board issatisfied that the applicant's renewed practice is in the public interest.
(c) Upon the suspension or revocation of a license issuedunder this chapter, a licensee shall be required to surrender the license orregistration to the director, and upon failure to do so, the director has theright to seize the license or registration.
(d) The director shall make available annually a list of thenames and addresses of all licensees under the provisions of this chapter, andof all persons who have been disciplined within the preceding twelve (12)months.
(e) Any person convicted of violating the provisions of thischapter or a rule promulgated under this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor,punishable by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000).