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<section article="gho" article_name="Health Occupations" number="16-311" title_number="16" title_name="Podiatrists" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Licensing">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Subject to the hearing provisions of § 16–313 of this subtitle, the Board, on the affirmative vote of a majority of its members then serving, may deny a license or a limited license to any applicant, reprimand any licensee or holder of a limited license, impose an administrative monetary penalty not exceeding $50,000 on any licensee or holder of a limited license, place any licensee or holder of a limited license on probation, or suspend or revoke a license or a limited license if the applicant, licensee, or holder:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Fraudulently or deceptively obtains or attempts to obtain a license for the applicant or licensee or for another;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Fraudulently or deceptively uses a license;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Is convicted of or pleads guilty or nolo contendere to a felony or to a crime involving moral turpitude, whether or not any appeal or other proceeding is pending to have the conviction or plea set aside;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Abandons a patient;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>Provides professional services while:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Under the influence of alcohol; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Using any narcotic or controlled dangerous substance, as defined in § 5–101 of the Criminal Law Article, or other drug that is in excess of therapeutic amounts or without valid medical indication;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>Has a condition, illness, or disease that may impair the ability of the individual to perform podiatric services;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>Personally uses a controlled dangerous substance in violation of the law;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="8">
      <text>Prescribes or distributes a controlled dangerous substance to any other person in violation of the law, including in violation of § 1–223 of this article;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="9">
      <text>Promotes the sale to a patient of drugs, devices, appliances, or goods in a manner that exploits the patient for financial gain;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="10">
      <text>Willfully makes or files a false report or record of podiatric services rendered;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="11">
      <text>Willfully fails to file or record any report as required by law, willfully impedes or obstructs the filing or recording of the report, or induces another to fail to file or record the report;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="12">
      <text>Submits a false statement to collect a fee;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="13">
      <text>Fails to provide the details of the medical records of a patient to a licensed health care practitioner or institution or an authorized insurance carrier on proper request;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="14">
      <text>Pays or agrees to pay any sum to any person for bringing or referring a patient;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="15">
      <text>Practices podiatry with an unauthorized person or aids an unauthorized person in the practice of podiatry;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="16">
      <text>Grossly overutilizes health care services;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="17">
      <text>Behaves fraudulently, immorally, or unprofessionally in the practice of podiatry;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="18">
      <text>Is professionally or mentally incompetent;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="19">
      <text>Violates any provision of this title;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="20">
      <text>Advertises in a false or misleading manner;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="21">
      <text>Has been disciplined by a licensing or disciplinary authority of any state or country or convicted or disciplined by a court of any state or country, or disciplined by any branch of the uniformed services or the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, for an act that would be grounds for disciplinary action under the Board’s disciplinary statutes;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="22">
      <text>Violates any rules or regulations adopted by the Board;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="23">
      <text>Fails to comply with the provisions of § 12–102 of this article;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="24">
      <text>Refuses, withholds from, denies, or discriminates against an individual with regard to the provision of professional services for which the licensee is licensed and qualified to render because the individual is HIV positive;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="25">
      <text>Except in an emergency life–threatening situation where it is not feasible or practicable, fails to comply with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s guidelines on universal precautions;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="26">
      <text>Fails to display the notice required under § 16–404 of this title;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="27">
      <text>Fails to cooperate with a lawful investigation conducted by the Board; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="28">
      <text>Fails to submit to a criminal history records check in accordance with § 16–302.1 of this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Subject to the hearing provisions of § 16-313 of this subtitle, the Board, on the affirmative vote of a majority of its members then serving, may revoke the license of a podiatrist who practices podiatry while the podiatrist’s license is suspended.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>On an affirmative vote of the majority of its members then serving, the Board may issue advisory opinions when:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Board determines that the licensee should modify or eliminate certain practices and that continuation of the practices may result in an action against the licensee’s license; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Board determines that there is not sufficient evidence to reprimand the licensee, place the licensee on probation, or suspend or revoke the license of the licensee.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The Board may impose a monetary penalty under this section alone or in addition to a reprimand, probation, suspension, or revocation.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>By regulation, the Board shall establish standards for the imposition of penalties under this section.</text>
  </level>
</section>
