2011 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
TITLE 37 — Professions and occupations
RS 37:2189 — Prohibited acts; penalties
§2189. Prohibited acts; penalties
A. The board may suspend or revoke any license, or censure, fine, or impose probationary or other restrictions on any licensee for good cause shown which shall include but not be limited to the following:
(1) Conviction of a felony or the entering of a plea of guilty or nolo contendere to a felony charge under the laws of the United States or any other state.
(2) Deceit or misrepresentation in obtaining a license.
(3) Providing false testimony before the board.
(4) Efforts to deceive or defraud the public.
(5) Professional incompetence or gross negligence.
(6) Rendering, submitting, subscribing, or verifying false, deceptive, misleading, or unfounded opinions or reports.
(7) Violating any rule or regulation adopted by the board or any provision of this Chapter.
(8) Aiding or abetting a person to evade the provisions of this Chapter or knowingly combining or conspiring with an unlicensed person with the intent to evade the provisions of this Chapter.
(9) Violating any standard of conduct adopted by the board.
(10) Engaging in conduct, advertising or holding oneself out as engaging in or conducting the business of, or acting in the capacity of a person who performs mold remediation services without possessing a valid license.
(11) Falsely representing oneself as being the holder of a valid license by using the title "licensed mold remediator" or any title, designation, or abbreviation deceptively similar or likely to create the impression that such person is licensed.
B. Violators of any of the provisions of this Section may be fined by the board in an amount not to exceed two thousand dollars per violation and ten thousand dollars for each subsequent violation.
C. All fines collected pursuant to this Section for violations shall annually, at each audit of the board, be transferred to a separate contractor's educational trust fund to be used for educational purposes as determined by the board.
Acts 2003, No. 880, §1.
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