As Amended
SEC. 73-53-23. Disciplinary sanctions.
(1) The board may impose any of the following sanctions, singly or in combination, when it finds that a licensee is guilty of any such offense:
(a) Revocation of the license;
(b) Suspension of the license, for any period of time;
(c) Censure the licensee;
(d) Issue a letter of reprimand to the licensee;
(e) Impose a monetary penalty of not more than Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00);
(f) Place a licensee on probationary status and require the licensee to submit to any of the following: (i) report regularly to the board upon matters which are the basis of probation; (ii) continue to renew professional education until a satisfactory degree of skill has been attained in those areas which are basis of probation; or (iii) such other reasonable requirement or restrictions as are proper;
(g) Refuse to renew a license; or
(h) Revoke probation which has been granted and impose any other disciplinary action in this subsection when the requirements of probation have not been fulfilled or have been violated.
(2) The board may summarily suspend a license under this chapter without a hearing simultaneously with the filing of a formal complaint and notice for a hearing provided under this section if the board finds that the continued practice in the profession would constitute an immediate danger to the public. If the board suspends summarily a license under the provisions of this subsection, a hearing must begin within twenty (20) days after such suspension begins, unless continued at the request of the licensee.
(3) Disposition of any formal complaint may be made by consent order or stipulation between the board and the licensee.
(4) The board may reinstate any licensee to good standing under this chapter if, after hearing, the board is satisfied that the applicant's renewed practice is in the public interest. The procedure for the reinstatement of a license that is suspended for being out of compliance with an order for support, as defined in Section 93-11-153, shall be governed by Section 93-11-157 or 93-11-163, as the case may be.
(5) The board shall seek to achieve consistency in the application of the foregoing sanctions, and significant departure from prior decisions involving similar conduct shall be explained by the board.
SOURCES: Laws, 1987, ch. 421, Sec. 12, eff from and after July 1, 1987. Laws, 1996, ch. 507, Sec. 79, eff from and after July 1, 1996