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<section article="gho" article_name="Health Occupations" number="1-603" title_number="1" title_name="Definitions; General Provisions" subtitle_number="6" subtitle_name="General Clarification of the Disciplinary Process">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, a health occupations board may not bring charges against a licensee or certificate holder based solely on events contained in a complaint the board receives more than 6 years after:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>The day the complainant actually discovered the facts that form the basis of the complaint; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The day when a reasonable person exercising due diligence should have discovered the facts that form the basis of the complaint.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>This section does not apply to a complaint based on:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Criminal convictions or sexual misconduct or other similar boundary violations;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Reciprocal discipline matters;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Ongoing substance abuse;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Fraudulent concealment of material information; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>Acts that occur while a patient is a minor.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
