2011 Vermont Code
Title 26 Professions and Occupations
Chapter 1 ACCOUNTANTS
§ 78 Disciplinary matters
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TITLE 26
Professions and Occupations
CHAPTER 1. ACCOUNTANTS
Subchapter IV. Discipline
§ 78. Disciplinary matters
(a) In addition to other powers specifically established by law, the board may:
(1) Refuse to accept the return of a license tendered by the subject of a disciplinary investigation;
(2) Refuse to license a person who is under investigation in another jurisdiction for an offense which would constitute unprofessional conduct in this state; and
(3) Issue warnings and reprimands, condition, suspend, revoke, or reinstate licenses and order restitution to aggrieved consumers.
(b) The board shall accept complaints from any member of the public, any licensee, any state or federal agency or the attorney general. The board may initiate disciplinary action in any complaint against a licensee and may act without having received a complaint.
(c) After hearing, the board may take disciplinary action against a licensee, registrant or applicant found guilty of unprofessional conduct.
(d) On petition, the board may reinstate any license or registration it earlier conditioned, revoked or suspended.
(e) Appeals from final board decisions shall be taken in accordance with section 130a of Title 3. (Added 1975, No. 89, { 13; amended 1981, No. 161 (Adj. Sess.), { 2; 2001, No. 129 (Adj. Sess.), { 17; eff. June 13, 2002.)
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