1. A. The State Department of Health may deny, revoke, suspend or place on probation any license issued subject to the provisions of the Marital and Family Therapist Licensure Act , if the person has:

   1. 1. Been convicted of a felony;
   2. 2. Been convicted of a crime the Commissioner determines after a hearing to be of such a nature as to render the person convicted unfit to practice marital and family therapy;
   3. 3. Violated ethical standards of such a nature as to render the person found by the Commissioner to have engaged in such violation unfit to practice marital and family therapy;
   4. 4. Misrepresented any information required in obtaining a license;
   5. 5. Engaged in fraud or deceit in connection with services rendered or in establishing needed qualifications pursuant to the provisions of the Marital and Family Therapist Licensure Act;
   6. 6. Knowingly aided or abetted a person not licensed pursuant to these provisions in representing himself or herself as a licensed marital and family therapist in this state;
   7. 7. Engaged in unprofessional conduct as defined by the rules promulgated by the State Board of Health; or
   8. 8. Engaged in negligence or wrongful actions in the performance of the duties of such person.
2. B. No license shall be suspended, revoked or placed on probation until notice is served upon the licensed marital and family therapist and a hearing is held in such manner as is required by the Marital and Family Therapist Licensure Act.
3. C. Any person who is determined by the Department to have violated any of the provisions of the Marital and Family Therapist Licensure Act or any rule promulgated or order issued pursuant thereto may be subject to an administrative penalty. The maximum fine shall not exceed Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00). All administrative penalties collected pursuant to the Marital and Family Therapist Licensure Act shall be deposited into the Licensed Marital and Family Therapist Revolving Fund. Administrative penalties imposed pursuant to this subsection shall be enforceable in the district courts of this state.

Laws 1990, HB 2096, c. 166, § 15, eff. January 1, 1991; Amended by Laws 1998, HB 2279, c. 295, § 25, eff. November 1, 1998 (superseded document available); Amended by Laws 2000, HB 2135, c. 53, § 11, emerg. eff. April 14, 2000 (superseded document available).