2016 New Hampshire Revised Statutes
Title X - PUBLIC HEALTH
Chapter 137-F - HEARING CARE PROVIDERS
Section 137-F:18 - Refusal to Issue License or Registration; Revocation or Suspension.

    137-F:18 Refusal to Issue License or Registration; Revocation or Suspension. –
    I. After notice and opportunity for hearing, as provided under RSA 541-A, the board may revoke, suspend, or refuse to issue any license or registration under this chapter if the licensee, registrant, or applicant:
       (a) Violates this chapter or any rule adopted or order issued under this chapter.
       (b) Endangers, or is likely to endanger, the public health, safety, or welfare.
       (c) Knowingly makes any false statement:
          (1) Regarding the application or license under this chapter or before any other professional licensing organization.
          (2) To a health care provider or the person's employer.
          (3) In any report the board may require.
       (d) Practices audiology or any audiology specialty in a grossly or repeatedly negligent manner.
       (e) Is guilty of unprofessional, dishonest, or unethical conduct including, but not limited to, conduct which violates the code of ethics of the American Academy of Audiology.
       (f) Is convicted of a criminal offense which indicates to the board that the licensee or registrant cannot be entrusted to serve the public as an audiologist or hearing aid dealer.
       (g) Has violated any trade practice rule for the hearing aid industry as adopted by the United States Federal Trade Commission, or the United States Food and Drug Commission.
    II. A licensee, registrant, or applicant aggrieved by a final decision of the board under this section may appeal such decision pursuant to RSA 541.

Source. 1996, 236:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1997.