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2012 Vermont Statutes
Title 26 Professions and Occupations
Chapter 75 ACUPUNCTURISTS
§ 3410 Unprofessional conduct

Universal Citation:
26 V.S.A. § 3410.
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§ 3410. Unprofessional conduct

(a) A licensed acupuncturist or applicant shall not engage in unprofessional conduct.

(b) Unprofessional conduct means any of the conduct listed in this section and 3 V.S.A. § 129a, whether committed by a licensed acupuncturist or an applicant:

(1) Using dishonest or misleading advertising.

(2) Addiction to narcotics, habitual drunkenness or rendering professional services to a patient if the acupuncturist is intoxicated or under the influence of drugs.

(3) Sexual harassment of a patient.

(4) Engaging in sexual intercourse or other sexual conduct with a patient with whom the licensed acupuncturist has had a professional relationship within the previous two years.

(c) After hearing and upon a finding of unprofessional conduct, an administrative law officer appointed under 3 V.S.A. § 129(j) may take disciplinary action against a licensed acupuncturist or applicant. (Added 1993, No. 199 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 1997, No. 40, § 41; 1997, No. 145 (Adj. Sess.), § 58.)

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