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<section article="gho" article_name="Health Occupations" number="8-316" title_number="8" title_name="Nurses" subtitle_number="3">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Subject to the hearing provisions of § 8–317 of this subtitle, the Board may deny a license or grant a license, including a license subject to a reprimand, probation, or suspension, to any applicant, reprimand any licensee, place any licensee on probation, or suspend or revoke the license of a licensee if the applicant or licensee:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Fraudulently or deceptively obtains or attempts to obtain a license for the applicant or for another;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Fraudulently or deceptively uses a license;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Is disciplined by a licensing or disciplinary authority of any state or country, 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="4">
      <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="5">
      <text>Willfully and knowingly:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Files a false report or record of an individual under the licensee’s care;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Gives any false or misleading information about a material matter in an employment application;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Fails to file or record any health record that is required by law;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>Obstructs the filing or recording of any health record as required by law; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>Induces another individual to fail to file or record any health record as required by law;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>Knowingly does any act that has been determined by the Board, in its rules and regulations, to exceed the scope of practice authorized to the individual under this title;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <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="8">
      <text>Does an act that is inconsistent with generally accepted professional standards in the practice of registered nursing or licensed practical nursing;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="9">
      <text>Is grossly negligent in the practice of registered nursing or licensed practical nursing;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="10">
      <text>Has violated any provision of this title;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="11">
      <text>Submits a false statement to collect a fee;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="12">
      <text>Is physically or mentally incompetent;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="13">
      <text>Knowingly fails to report suspected child abuse in violation of § 5–704 of the Family Law Article;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="14">
      <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="15">
      <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="16">
      <text>Is in independent practice and fails to display the notice required under § 8–506 of this title;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="17">
      <text>Is in breach of a service obligation resulting from the applicant’s or licensee’s receipt of State or federal funding for the applicant’s or licensee’s nursing education;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="18">
      <text>Has a substance use disorder;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="19">
      <text>Is addicted to, or habitually abuses, any narcotic or controlled dangerous substance as defined in § 5–101 of the Criminal Law Article;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="20">
      <text>Fails to cooperate with a lawful investigation conducted by the Board;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="21">
      <text>Is expelled from the safe practice program established pursuant to § 8–208 of this title for failure to comply with the conditions of the program;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="22">
      <text>Delegates nursing acts or responsibilities to an individual that the applicant or licensee knows or has reason to know lacks the ability or knowledge to perform;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="23">
      <text>Delegates to an unlicensed individual nursing acts or responsibilities the applicant or licensee knows or has reason to know are to be performed only by a registered nurse or licensed practical nurse;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="24">
      <text>Fails to properly supervise individuals to whom nursing acts or responsibilities have been delegated;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="25">
      <text>Engages in conduct that violates the professional code of ethics;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="26">
      <text>Is professionally incompetent;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="27">
      <text>Practices registered nursing or licensed practical nursing without a license before obtaining or renewing a license, including any period when practicing registered nursing or licensed practical nursing on an expired license or a lapsed license;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="28">
      <text>When holding an expired license or a lapsed license or after a temporary license has expired in accordance with § 8–315(c) of this subtitle, commits any act that would be grounds for disciplinary action under this section;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="29">
      <text>Practices registered nursing or licensed practical nursing on a nonrenewed license for a period of 16 months or longer;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="30">
      <text>Violates regulations adopted by the Board or an order from the Board;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="31">
      <text>Performs an act that is beyond the licensee’s knowledge and skills;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="32">
      <text>Fails to submit to a criminal history records check in accordance with § 8–303 of this subtitle;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="33">
      <text>When acting in a supervisory position, directs another nurse to perform an act that is beyond the nurse’s knowledge and skills;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="34">
      <text>When acting in a supervisory position, directs another nurse to delegate a nursing task to an individual when that nurse reasonably believes:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>The individual lacks the knowledge and skills to perform the task; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The patient’s condition does not allow delegation of the nursing task;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="35">
      <text>Has misappropriated the property of a patient or a facility; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="36">
      <text>Fails to comply with § 1–223 of this article.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>If, after a hearing under § 8–317 of this subtitle, the Board finds that there are grounds under subsection (a) of this section to suspend or revoke a license to practice registered nursing or licensed practical nursing, to reprimand a licensee, or place a licensee on probation, the Board may impose a penalty not exceeding $5,000 instead of or in addition to suspending or revoking the license, reprimanding the licensee, or placing the licensee on probation.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>In addition to any sanction authorized under this section, the Board may require a licensee to comply with specified terms and conditions determined by the Board.</text>
  </level>
</section>
