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August 15, 2021

Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners Louisiana Revised Statutes Title 37 restrictions on any license or certificate issued under this Part for the following causes:

Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners

Louisiana Revised Statutes Title 37

restrictions on any license or certificate issued under this Part

for the following causes:

(1) Conviction of a felony.

(2) Conviction of any crime or offense arising out of or relating

to the practice of medical psychology.

(3) Fraud, deceit, or perjury in obtaining a diploma or

certificate.

(4) Fraud or deception in applying for or procuring a license to

practice psychology or medical psychology.

(5) Making any fraudulent or untrue statement to the board.

(6) Refusal to appear before the board after having been

ordered to do so in writing by a duly authorized agent of the

board.

(7) Habitual or recurring abuse of drugs, including alcohol,

which affect the central nervous system and which are capable

of inducing physiological or psychological dependence.

(8) Refusing to submit to the examinations and inquiry of an

examining committee of physicians appointed or designated

by the board to inquire into an applicant or licensee's physical

and mental fitness and ability to practice medical psychology

with reasonable skill and safety to patients.

(9) Prescribing, dispensing, or administering legally controlled

substances or any dependency-inducing medication without

legitimate medical justification therefore or in other than a

legal or legitimate manner.

(10) Impersonation of another licensed practitioner.

(11) Incompetence.

(12) Voluntary or involuntary commitment or interdiction by

due process of law.

(13) Failure to self-report in writing to the board any personal

action which constitutes a violation of this Part within thirty

days of the occurrence.

(14) Solicitation of patients or self-promotion through

advertising or communication, public or private, which is

fraudulent, false, deceptive, or misleading.

(15) Making or submitting false, deceptive, or unfounded

claims, reports, or opinions to any patient, insurance company

or indemnity association, company, individual, or

governmental authority for the purpose of obtaining any thing

of economic value.

(16) Soliciting, accepting, or receiving any thing of economic

value in return for and based on the referral of patients to

another person, firm, or corporation or in return for the

prescription of medications.

(17) Unprofessional conduct.

(18) Continuing or recurring practice which fails to satisfy the

prevailing and usually accepted standards of medical

psychology practice in this state.

(19) Gross, willful, and continued overcharging for

professional services.

(20) Abandonment of a patient.

(21) Knowingly performing any act which, in any way, assists

an unqualified person to practice medical psychology, or

having professional connection with or lending one's name to

an illegal practitioner.

(22) Inability to practice medical psychology with reasonable

skill or safety to patients because of mental illness or

deficiency; physical illness, including but not limited to

deterioration through the aging process or loss of motor skills;

or excessive use or abuse of drugs, including alcohol.

(23) Violation of ethical principles and codes of conduct as

promulgated by the American Psychological Association or

violation of any code of ethics adopted in the rules and

regulations of the board or other immoral, unprofessional, or

dishonorable conduct as defined in the rules and regulations

of the board.

(24) Practicing medical psychology in such a manner as to

endanger the welfare of patients, including but not limited to:

(a) Harassment, intimidation, or abuse, sexual or otherwise, of

a patient.

(b) Engaging in sexual intercourse or other sexual contact with

a patient.

(c) Gross malpractice, repeated malpractice, or gross

negligence in the practice of medical psychology.

(25) Use of repeated untruthful, deceptive, or improbable
statements concerning the licensee's qualifications or the
effects or results of proposed treatment, including functioning