(A) In addition to the grounds for disciplinary action provided in Section 40-1-110, the board may revoke, suspend, or otherwise restrict or limit the license of an optician or reprimand or otherwise discipline a licensee when it is established upon a satisfactory showing to the board that the licensee:
- (1) has been convicted of a felony or crime involving moral turpitude. Forfeiture of a bond or a plea of nolo contendere is considered a conviction;
- (2) has knowingly performed an act which in any way assists a person to practice opticianry illegally;
- (3) has caused to be published or circulated directly or indirectly fraudulent, false, or misleading statements as to the skill or methods of practice of an optician;
- (4) has failed to provide and maintain reasonable sanitary facilities;
- (5) is guilty of obtaining fees or assisting in obtaining fees under deceptive, false, or fraudulent circumstances;
- (6) has violated a provision of this chapter or a regulation promulgated under this chapter; or
- (7) has been guilty of using third-party solicitation which is untruthful, deceptive, and coercive to obtain patronage.
- (B) In addition to all other remedies and actions provided for in this chapter, the license of an optician adjudged mentally incompetent by a court of proper jurisdiction automatically must be suspended by the board until the optician is adjudged by a court of competent jurisdiction or in any other manner provided by law as being restored to mental competency.
HISTORY: 1998 Act No. 426, Section 1.
Editor's Note
Prior Laws:1982 Act No. 396, Section 1; 1976 Code Section 40-38-220.