Sec. 23. A practitioner may be disciplined under section 26 of this chapter if after a hearing the board finds any of the following:
(1) The practitioner has:
(A) employed or knowingly cooperated in fraud or material deception in order to obtain a certificate issued under this chapter;
(B) engaged in fraud or material deception in the course of professional services or activities; or
(C) advertised services in a false or misleading manner.
(2) The practitioner has been convicted of a crime that has a direct bearing on the practitioner's ability to practice competently.
(3) The practitioner has knowingly violated a rule adopted by the board.
(4) The practitioner has continued to practice although the practitioner has become unfit to practice due to:
(A) professional incompetence;
(B) failure to keep abreast of current professional theory or practice;
(C) physical or mental disability; or
(D) addiction or severe dependency upon alcohol or other drugs that endangers the public by impairing a practitioner's ability to practice safely.
(5) The practitioner has engaged in a course of lewd or immoral conduct in connection with the practitioner's practice.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-14-12-23.]
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.49.
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