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<section article="gho" article_name="Health Occupations" number="3-313" title_number="3" title_name="Chiropractors" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Licensing">
  <text>Subject to the hearing provisions of § 3–315 of this subtitle, the Board may deny a license to any applicant, reprimand any licensee, place any licensee on probation, with or without conditions, or suspend or revoke a license, or any combination thereof, if the applicant or licensee:</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>Practices chiropractic under a false name;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="4">
    <text>Impersonates another practitioner;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="5">
    <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="6">
    <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="7">
    <text>Solicits or advertises in a false or misleading manner or in any other manner not approved by the Board;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="8">
    <text>Is unethical in the conduct of the practice of chiropractic;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="9">
    <text>Is professionally incompetent;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="10">
    <text>Abandons a patient;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="11">
    <text>Misrepresents the effectiveness of any treatment, drugs, devices, appliances, or goods to a patient so as to exploit the patient for financial gain;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="12">
    <text>Makes or files a false report or record in the practice of chiropractic;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="13">
    <text>Fails to file or record any report as required by law;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="14">
    <text>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="15">
    <text>Pays or agrees to pay any sum to any person for bringing or referring a patient;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="16">
    <text>Overutilizes health care services;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="17">
    <text>Is disciplined by a licensing or disciplinary authority of any other state or country or convicted by a court of any state or country for an act that would be grounds for disciplinary action under this section;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="18">
    <text>Practices chiropractic with an unauthorized person or supervises or aids an unauthorized person in the practice of chiropractic;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="19">
    <text>Violates any rule or regulation adopted by the Board;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="20">
    <text>Behaves immorally in the practice of chiropractic;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="21">
    <text>Commits an act of unprofessional conduct in the practice of chiropractic;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="22">
    <text>Grossly overutilizes health care services;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="23">
    <text>Is convicted of insurance fraud under § 27–801 of the Insurance 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>Submits false statements to collect fees for which services were not provided;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="26">
    <text>Misrepresents qualifications, education, training, or clinical experience;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="27">
    <text>Is physically or mentally impaired to the extent that it impairs the applicant’s or licensee’s ability to practice chiropractic safely;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="28">
    <text>Violates any provision of this title;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="29">
    <text>Fails to submit to a criminal history records check in accordance with § 3–302.1 of this subtitle;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="30">
    <text>Fails to comply with any Board order;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="31">
    <text>Does an act that is inconsistent with generally accepted professional standards in the practice of chiropractic;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="32">
    <text>Fails to cooperate with a lawful investigation conducted by the Board; or</text>
  </level>
  <level label="33">
    <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 standard precautions.</text>
  </level>
</section>
