§ 2831 - Unprofessional conduct - Vermont Statutes

§ 2831. Unprofessional conduct

(a) Unprofessional conduct is the conduct prohibited by this section and by section 129a of Title 3, whether or not taken by a license holder.

(b) Conduct by a radiologic technologist which evidences moral unfitness to practice the profession constitutes unprofessional conduct. When that conduct is by an applicant or person who later becomes an applicant, it may constitute grounds for denial of a license.

(c) Unprofessional conduct includes the following actions by a licensee:

(1) practicing or offering to practice beyond the scope permitted by law;

(2) accepting and performing responsibilities which the licensee knows or has reason to know that he or she is not competent to perform;

(3) making any material misrepresentation in the practice of the profession, whether by commission or omission;

(4) agreeing with any other person or organization, or subscribing to any code of ethics or organizational bylaws, when the intent or primary effect of that agreement, code or bylaw is to restrict or limit the flow of information concerning alleged or suspected unprofessional conduct to the board. (Added 1983, No. 230 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 1997, No. 145 (Adj. Sess.), § 49.)