1. A. The State Department of Health may deny, revoke, suspend, or place on probation any license or specialty designation issued pursuant to the provisions of the Licensed Behavioral Practitioner Act to a licensed behavioral practitioner, if the person has:

   1. 1. Been convicted of a felony;
   2. 2. Been convicted of a misdemeanor determined to be of such a nature as to render the person convicted unfit to practice behavioral health;
   3. 3. Engaged in fraud or deceit in connection with services rendered or in establishing needed qualifications pursuant to the provisions of this act;
   4. 4. Knowingly aided or abetted a person not licensed pursuant to these provisions in representing himself or herself as a licensed behavioral practitioner in this state;
   5. 5. Engaged in unprofessional conduct as defined by the rules established by the State Board of Health;
   6. 6. Engaged in negligence or wrongful actions in the performance of the licensee's duties; or
   7. 7. Misrepresented any information required in obtaining a license.
2. B. No license or specialty designation shall be suspended or revoked, nor a licensed behavioral practitioner placed on probation, until notice is served upon the licensed behavioral practitioner and a hearing is held in conformity with Article II of the Administrative Procedures Act.

Laws 1999, SB 380, c. 133, § 2, emerg. eff. April 28, 1999.