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2022 Utah Code
Title 58 - Occupations and Professions
Chapter 4a - Utah Professionals Health Program
Section 107 - Violation of a program contract -- Adjudicative proceedings -- Penalties.
Universal Citation: UT Code § 58-4a-107 (2022)
Effective 7/1/2020
58-4a-107. Violation of a program contract -- Adjudicative proceedings -- Penalties.
Amended by Chapter 4, 2020 Special Session 5
58-4a-107. Violation of a program contract -- Adjudicative proceedings -- Penalties.
- (1) The division shall serve an order to show cause on the licensee if the licensee:
- (a) violates any term or condition of the program contract or diversion agreement;
- (b) makes an intentional, material misrepresentation of fact in the program contract or diversion agreement; or
- (c) violates any rule or law governing the licensee's profession.
- (2) The order to show cause described in Subsection (1) shall:
- (a) describe the alleged misconduct;
- (b) set a time and place for a hearing before an administrative law judge to determine whether the licensee's program contract should be terminated; and
- (c) contain all of the information required by a notice of agency action in Subsection 63G-4-201(2).
- (3) Proceedings to terminate a program contract shall comply with the rules for a formal proceeding described in Title 63G, Chapter 4, Administrative Procedures Act, except the notice of agency action shall be in the form of the order to show cause described in Subsection (2).
- (4) In accordance with Subsection 63G-4-205(1), the division shall make rules for discovery adequate to permit all parties to obtain all relevant information necessary to support their claims or defenses.
- (5) During a proceeding to terminate a program contract, the licensee, the licensee's legal representative, and the division shall have access to information contained in the division's program file as permitted by law.
- (6) The director shall terminate the program contract and place the licensee on probation for a period of five years, with probationary terms matching the terms of the program contract, if, during the administrative proceedings described in Subsection (3), the administrative law judge finds that the licensee has:
- (a) violated the program contract;
- (b) made an intentional material misrepresentation of fact in the program contract; or
- (c) violated a law or rule governing the licensee's profession.
- (7) If, during the proceedings described in Subsection (3), the administrative law judge finds that the licensee has engaged in especially egregious misconduct, the director may revoke the licensee's license.
- (8) A licensee who is terminated from the program may have disciplinary action taken under Title 58, Chapter 1, Part 4, License Denial, for misconduct committed before, during, or after the licensee's participation in the program.
Amended by Chapter 4, 2020 Special Session 5
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