§ 1595 - Grounds for discipline - Vermont Statutes

§ 1595. Grounds for discipline

The board may deny an application for licensure or renewal or revoke, suspend, discipline or otherwise condition the license of a nursing assistant who engages in the following conduct or the conduct set forth in section 129a of Title 3:

(1) has been convicted of a crime that evinces an unfitness to act as a nursing assistant; or

(2) has been disciplined as a registered or licensed practical nurse or nursing assistant by competent authority in any jurisdiction; or

(3) has been fraudulent or deceitful in procuring or attempting to procure a license, in filing or completing patient records, in signing reports or records or in submitting any information or records to the board; or

(4) has abused or neglected a patient or misappropriated patient property; or

(5) is unfit or incompetent to function as a nursing assistant by reason of any cause; or

(6) has diverted or attempted to divert drugs for unauthorized use; or

(7) is habitually intemperate or is addicted to the use of habit-forming substances; or

(8) has failed to report to the board any violation of this chapter or of the board's rules; or

(9) has engaged in any act which before it was committed had been determined to be beyond the approved scope of practice of the nursing assistant. (Added 1993, No. 201 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1995; amended 1997, No. 145 (Adj. Sess.), § 40.)