2006 Louisiana Laws - RS 37:1120 — Denial, revocation, or suspension of a marriage and family therapist license; notice and hearing; complaints; intervention; reinstatement

§1120.  Denial, revocation, or suspension of a marriage and family therapist license; notice and hearing; complaints; intervention; reinstatement

A.  The board may deny, revoke, or suspend the license of a licensed marriage and family therapist or otherwise discipline a licensed marriage and family therapist, upon recommendation by the advisory committee, on the following grounds:

(1)  Conviction by a court of competent jurisdiction of a crime which the advisory board determines to be of such a nature as to render the person convicted unfit to practice marriage and family therapy.

(2)  Violation of ethical standards of such a nature as to render the person found by the advisory board to have engaged in such violation unfit to practice marriage and family therapy.

(3)  Fraud or misrepresentation in obtaining a license.

(4)  Other just and sufficient cause which renders a person unfit to practice marriage and family therapy.

B.  No license as a marriage and family therapist may be denied, suspended, or revoked without prior notice and an opportunity for hearing, except that the board may, without prior notice or hearing, suspend for up to one year the license of any person convicted of a crime as provided in Subsection A of this Section.

C.  Any person may file a complaint with the board seeking recommendation of denial, suspension, or revocation of a license issued or to be issued by the board.  Such complaints shall be in a form prescribed by the board and shall be verified under oath by the complainant or a duly authorized officer of a complainant.  If the board determines that a complaint alleges facts which if true would require recommendation for denial, revocation, or suspension of a license, the board shall institute a hearing.  Whenever the board is of the opinion that a complaint does not state facts which warrant a hearing, such complaint may be dismissed.

D.  Any person whose license has been suspended or revoked may apply to the board for vacation of the suspension or reinstatement of the license.

Acts 2001, No. 1195, §1; Acts 2003, No. 1139, §1.