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<section article="gho" article_name="Health Occupations" number="5-311" title_number="5" title_name="Licensed Dietitian-Nutritionists" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Licensing">
  <text>Subject to the hearing provisions of § 5–312 of this subtitle, the Board, on the affirmative vote of a majority of its members then serving, may deny a license to any applicant, reprimand any licensee, or suspend or revoke a license 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>Violates any provision of this title or any regulations adopted under this title;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="4">
    <text>Refuses, withholds from, denies, or discriminates against an individual with regard to the provision of professional service for which the licensee is licensed and qualified to render because the individual is HIV positive;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="5">
    <text>Commits fraud or deceit in the practice of dietetics;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="6">
    <text>Is convicted of or pleads 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="7">
    <text>Obtains or attempts to obtain a fee through fraud or misrepresentation;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="8">
    <text>Employs any individual to practice dietetics whose license or certificate to practice a health occupation under this article has been suspended;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="9">
    <text>Uses or promotes or causes the use of any misleading, deceiving, or untruthful advertising matter, or promotional literature, testimonial, guarantee, warranty, label, brand, insignia, or other representation;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="10">
    <text>Commits any act of unprofessional conduct, as defined by the rules and regulations of the Board, or violates the code of ethics adopted by the Board;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="11">
    <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="12">
    <text>Is disciplined by a licensing or disciplinary authority of any other state or country, or disciplined by any branch of the uniformed services or the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, or convicted or disciplined by a court of any other state or country for an act that would be grounds for disciplinary action under the Board’s disciplinary statutes;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="13">
    <text>Practices dietetics with an unauthorized individual or supervises or aids an unauthorized individual in the practice of dietetics;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="14">
    <text>Fails to file or record any report or record as required by law in the practice of dietetics, impedes or obstructs the filing or recording of the report or record, or induces another to fail to file or record the report or record;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="15">
    <text>Submits a false statement to collect a fee;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="16">
    <text>Is professionally, physically, or mentally incompetent;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="17">
    <text>Promotes the sale of devices, appliances, or goods to a patient so as to exploit the patient for financial gain;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="18">
    <text>Fails to cooperate with a lawful investigation conducted by the Board; or</text>
  </level>
  <level label="19">
    <text>Fails to submit to a criminal history records check in accordance with § 5–302.1 of this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
</section>
