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