Section 328-D:6 Grounds for Discipline. - New Hampshire Statutes

The board, after hearing, may take action against any person licensed under this chapter upon finding that the licensee:
   I. Has knowingly provided false information on any application for professional licensure, whether by making any affirmative statement which was false at the time it was made or by failing to disclose any fact material to the application.
   II. Is a habitual user of drugs or intoxicants or is afflicted with a physical disability, insanity, psychiatric disorders, or other disease deemed dangerous to the public health.
   III. Has displayed a pattern of behavior which is incompatible with the basic knowledge and competence expected of persons in the practice of his or her profession.
   IV. Has engaged in dishonest or unprofessional conduct or has been grossly or repeatedly negligent in practicing his or her profession or in performing activities ancillary to the practice of his or her profession or any particular aspect or specialty thereof, or has intentionally injured a patient while practicing his or her profession or performing such ancillary activities.
   V. Has undertaken to practice independent of the referral or prescription, direction, or supervision of a physician licensed under RSA 329.
   VI. Has failed to provide adequate safeguards with regard to aseptic techniques or radiation techniques.
   VII. Has included in advertising any statement of a character tending to deceive or mislead the public or any statement claiming professional superiority.
   VIII. Has advertised the use of any drug or medicine of an unknown formula or any system of anesthetic that is unnamed, misnamed, misrepresented, or not in reality used.
   IX. Has willfully or repeatedly violated any provision of this chapter or any substantive rule of the board.
   X. Has been convicted of a felony under the laws of the United States or any state.
   XI. Has failed to maintain adequate medical record documentation on diagnostic and therapeutic treatment provided or has unreasonably delayed medical record transfer, or violated RSA 332-I.

Source. 1989, 290:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1990. 2004, 198:5, eff. Dec. 31, 2004.