2011 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
TITLE 37 — Professions and occupations
RS 37:3563 — Causes for suspension, revocation, or failure to renew or issue a license

§3563. Causes for suspension, revocation, or failure to renew or issue a license

A. The board may suspend, revoke, or refuse to issue or renew a license or registration certificate, after notice and opportunity for hearing pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act, upon proof of any of the following:

(1) Obtaining a license or registration certificate by means of fraud, misrepresentation, or concealment of material facts, including making false statements on an application or other document required by the board.

(2) Selling, bartering, or offering to sell or barter a license or registration certificate.

(3) Engaging in unprofessional conduct that has endangered or which is likely to endanger the health, welfare, or safety of the public, as further defined by rules of the board.

(4) Conviction of a felony or any crime arising out of or connected with the practice of massage therapy, unless such conviction was reversed on appeal.

(5) Violating or aiding and abetting in the violation of any provisions of this Chapter or the rules and regulations promulgated hereunder.

(6) Failing to pass the examination for licensure.

B. Any person who has been convicted of, entered a plea of nolo contendere to, or received deferred adjudication to crimes or offenses involving prostitution or sexual offenses shall be ineligible for licensure as a massage therapist or a massage therapy instructor. The board shall revoke the license of any person who is convicted of, enters a plea of nolo contendere to, or receives deferred adjudication to a crime or offense involving prostitution or other sexual offenses.

C. Any person who has been convicted of, entered a plea of nolo contendere to, or received deferred adjudication to crimes or offenses involving prostitution or sexual offenses shall be ineligible for registration as an owner or operator of a massage establishment. The board shall revoke the registration of any person if the board determines that the establishment is a sexually oriented business, as defined in R.S. 37:3558(D), or that a crime or offense involving prostitution or other sexual offenses and resulting in a conviction, to which a plea of nolo contendere was entered, or deferred adjudication was received has occurred on the premises of the establishment since the date of the most recent renewal of the registration certificate.

Acts 1992, No. 753, §2, eff. Sept. 1, 1992.