The Board has the authority to refuse to issue a license, a
provisional license, or registration, or may suspend, revoke, or condition a
license, a provisional license or registration for a period of time, or assess
a civil penalty against any person holding a license to practice as a Speech
Language Pathologist, or Audiologist, or Clinical Fellow or registration as a
Speech Language Pathology Assistant. In addition to the statute at T.C.A.
§
63-17-117,
unprofessional and/or unethical conduct shall include, but not be limited to
the following:
(1) Engaging in
clinical work when the licensee or registrant is not properly qualified to do
so, pursuant to Rules
1370-01-.04
and
1370-01-.14,
by successful completion of training, course work and/or supervised
practicum;
(2) Failure to take
precautions to avoid injury to the client;
(3) The guarantee or warranty of any sort,
whether expressed orally or in writing, of the results of any speech, language,
or hearing consultative or therapeutic procedure for the client;
(4) Diagnosis or treatment (excluding general
information of an educational nature) of any individual speech, language or
hearing disorders by correspondence;
(5) Willfully betraying a professional
secret;
(6) Accepting for
treatment, and/or continuing treatment of, any client where benefit cannot
reasonably be expected to accrue or is unnecessary;
(7) Violation, or attempted violation,
directly or indirectly, or assisting in or abetting the violation of, or
conspiring to violate, any provision of the practice act or any lawful order of
the Board issued pursuant thereto;
(8) Making false statements or
representations, being guilty of fraud or deceit in obtaining admission to
practice, or being guilty of fraud or deceit in the practice as a Speech
Language Pathologist, Audiologist, or Speech Language Pathology
Assistant;
(9) Engaging in the
practice as a Speech Language Pathologist, Audiologist, or Speech Language
Pathology Assistant under a false or assumed name, or the impersonation of
another practitioner under a like, similar or different name;
(10) Violation of the continuing education
provisions of Rule
1370-01-.12;
(11) Conviction of a felony or any offense
involving moral turpitude;
(12)
Failing to provide adequate supervision for any Speech Language Pathology
Assistant pursuant to Rule
1370-01-.14;
(13) Failing to provide adequate supervision
for any Clinical Fellow pursuant to Rule
1370-01-.10;
(14) Failing to provide adequate supervision
for any Audiology Clinical Extern pursuant to Rule
1370-01-.10.
(15) Failing to timely register supervision
with the Board; and
(16)
Supervising a quantity of Speech Language Pathology Assistants, Clinical
Fellows, or Audiology Clinical Externs inconsistent with the provisions of
Rules
1370-01-.14
and/or 137001-.10.
