The license of any person licensed by the Board may be suspended or
revoked or a reprimand may be issued by the Board. The registration of a Clinical Fellow
(CF), Fourth-Year Intern or a Speech-Language Pathology or Audiology Assistant may be
suspended or revoked or a reprimand may be issued by the Board. The licensed supervisor
of the CF, Fourth-Year Intern or Speech-Language Pathology or Audiology Assistant shall
be responsible for the legal, ethical, and moral professional behavior of the registered
CF, Fourth-Year Intern or Assistant. A second reprimand within a five-year period will be
cause for revocation of a license. A license or registration may be suspended or revoked
or a reprimand may be issued upon a finding by the Board that:
(1) The licensee or registered clinician (CF,
Fourth-Year Intern or Speech-Language Pathology or Audiology Assistant) has been
convicted of a felony in any court within the United States, if the acts for which the
person has been convicted are found by the Board to have a direct bearing on whether the
person should be entrusted to serve the public as a speech-language pathologist or
audiologist.
(2) The licensee or registered
clinician (CF, Fourth-Year Intern or Speech-Language Pathology or Audiology Assistant)
has been guilty of fraud or deceit in connection with services rendered as a
speech-language pathologist or audiologist.
(3) The licensee or registered clinician (CF,
Fourth-Year Intern or Speech-Language Pathology or Audiology Assistant) has aided or
abetted a person, not a licensed speech-language pathologist or audiologist, in illegally
representing such person as a speech-language pathologist or audiologist within this
state.
(4) The licensee or registered
clinician (CF, Fourth-Year Intern or Speech-Language Pathology or Audiology Assistant)
has been grossly negligent in the practice of speech-language pathology and/or
audiology.
(5) The licensee or registered
clinician (CF, Fourth-Year Intern or Speech-Language Pathology or Audiology Assistant)
has willfully violated any of the provisions of state law governing said licensee or any
regulations adopted by the Board.
(6) The
licensee or registered clinician (CF, Fourth-Year Intern or Speech-Language Pathology or
Audiology Assistant) has been guilty of unprofessional conduct or violation of the Code
of Ethics.
(7) The licensee or registered
clinician (CF, Fourth-Year Intern or Speech-Language Pathology or Audiology Assistant)
has used fraud or deception in applying for a license.
(8) Any disciplinary violation by a licensee may be
punished with a fine not to exceed $1000.00 per violation. Any disciplinary violation by
a registered clinician (CF, Fourth-Year Intern or Speech-Language Pathology or Audiology
Assistant) may be punished with a fine not to exceed $500.00 per violation. The Board has
the authority to effect any legal proceedings necessary to enforce compliance of this
rule.
