2009 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 311 PHYSICIANS, OSTEOPATHS, PODIATRISTS, AND RELATED MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS 311.480 Grounds for denial, refusal to renew, suspension, probation or revocation of license.
311.480 Grounds for denial, refusal to renew, suspension, probation or revocation
of license.
The board may refuse to license or renew, or may suspend, probate or revoke the license <br>of any podiatrist or in addition to such punishment or in lieu thereof may impose a fine <br>not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500) for each offense, upon proof that he: <br>(1) Has been convicted of a felony; <br>(2) Has been convicted of a misdemeanor involving moral turpitude or conduct likely
to deceive or defraud the public;
(3) Has employed, hired, procured or induced a person not licensed to practice podiatry
in this state so to practice;
(4) Has aided or abetted in the practice of podiatry a person not licensed to practice
podiatry in this state;
(5) Has been granted a license upon a mistake of a material fact; <br>(6) Has violated any provision of KRS 311.390 to 311.510; <br>(7) Has become drug addicted; <br>(8) Has become a chronic or persistent alcoholic; <br>(9) Has developed such physical or mental disability, or other condition whereby
continued practice is dangerous to patients or to the public;
(10) Has violated any order of suspension, or the terms or the conditions of any order of
probation, issued by the board;
(11) Has engaged in, or attempted to engage in the practice of podiatry under a false or
assumed name;
(12) Has willfully violated a confidential communication; <br>(13) Has acted in a grossly negligent or willful manner which is inconsistent with the
practice of podiatry;
(14) Is unfit or incompetent to practice podiatry by reason of gross negligence or other
causes including but not limited to being unable to practice podiatry with reasonable <br>skill or safety;
(15) Has a license to practice as a podiatrist denied, limited, suspended, probated or
revoked in another jurisdiction on grounds sufficient to cause a license to be denied, <br>limited, suspended, probated or revoked in this Commonwealth; or
(16) Has engaged in conduct likely to deceive or defraud the public.
Effective: July 15, 1986 <br>History: Amended 1986 Ky. Acts ch. 166, sec. 2, effective July 15, 1986. -- Amended
1974 Ky. Acts ch. 225, sec. 15. -- Amended 1962 Ky. Acts ch. 289, sec. 10. -- <br>Created 1948 Ky. Acts ch. 176, sec. 11.
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