2015 New Hampshire Revised Statutes
Title XXX - OCCUPATIONS AND PROFESSIONS
Chapter 328-G - ACUPUNCTURE
Section 328-G:12 - Disciplinary Actions.

    328-G:12 Disciplinary Actions. –
    I. The board may undertake disciplinary proceedings:
       (a) Upon its own initiative; or
       (b) Upon written complaint of any person which charges that a person licensed by the board has committed misconduct under paragraph II and which specifies the grounds for the misconduct.
    II. Misconduct sufficient to support disciplinary proceedings under this section shall include:
       (a) The practice of fraud or deceit in procuring or attempting to procure a license to practice under this chapter.
       (b) Conviction of any crime which demonstrates unfitness to practice acupuncture.
       (c) Violation of the standards adopted under RSA 328-G:7, V.
       (d) Demonstrable gross incompetence of the licensee.
       (e) Addiction to the use of alcohol or other habit-forming drugs to a degree which renders the licensee unfit to practice under this chapter.
       (f) A legal finding of mental incompetence.
       (g) Willful or repeated violation of the provisions of this chapter.
       (h) Suspension or revocation without subsequent reinstatement of a license, similar to one issued under this chapter, in another jurisdiction.
    III. (a) The board may take disciplinary action in any one or more of the following ways:
          (1) By public or private reprimand.
          (2) By suspension, limitation, or restriction of license.
          (3) By revocation of license.
          (4) By assessing administrative fines in amounts established by the board which shall not exceed $2000 per offense, or in the case of a continuing offense, $250 for each day the violation continues.
       (b) Disciplinary action taken under this paragraph may be ordered by the board in a decision made after a hearing in the manner provided by the rules adopted by the board and reviewed in accordance with RSA 541.
       (c) No person licensed under this chapter shall continue to practice acupuncture while the person's license is suspended or revoked.

Source. 1997, 251:1, eff. July 1, 1997.