2019 Idaho Code
Title 54 - PROFESSIONS, VOCATIONS, AND BUSINESSES
Chapter 43 - RESPIRATORY CARE PRACTICE ACT
Section 54-4312 - SUSPENSION AND REVOCATION OF LICENSE OR TEMPORARY PERMIT — REFUSAL TO RENEW.
54-4312. SUSPENSION AND REVOCATION OF LICENSE OR TEMPORARY PERMIT — REFUSAL TO RENEW. (1) Subject to the provisions of chapter 52, title 67, Idaho Code, the board, upon recommendation of the licensure board, may deny a license or temporary permit or refuse to renew a license or temporary permit, or may suspend or revoke a license or temporary permit or may impose probationary conditions if the holder of a license or temporary permit or applicant for license or temporary permit has been found guilty of unprofessional conduct which has endangered or is likely to endanger the health, welfare, or safety of the public. Such unprofessional conduct includes, but is not limited to:
(a) obtaining a license or temporary permit by means of fraud, misrepresentation, or concealment of material facts;
(b) being guilty of unprofessional conduct as defined by the rules established by the board, or violating the code of ethics adopted and published by the board;
(c) being convicted of a crime which would have a direct and adverse bearing on the licensee’s or temporary permit holder’s ability to practice or perform respiratory care competently;
(d) the unauthorized practice of medicine;
(e) violating any provisions of this chapter or any of the rules and regulations promulgated by the board under the authority of this chapter;
(f) being found mentally incompetent by a court of competent jurisdiction or being found mentally incompetent or unfit by the board to provide respiratory care.
(2) A denial, refusal to renew, suspension, revocation, or imposition of probationary conditions upon a license or temporary permit may be ordered by the board after a hearing in the manner provided by the rules adopted by the board. An application for reinstatement may be made to the board one (1) year from the date of the revocation of a license or temporary permit. The board shall hold a hearing to consider such reinstatement.
History:
[54-4312, added 1991, ch. 294, sec. 1, p. 766.]
