§3563. Grounds for discipline
A. The board may suspend, revoke, or refuse to issue or renew a license after notice and opportunity for hearing pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act, upon proof of any of the following:
(1) Obtaining a license by means of fraud, misrepresentation, or concealment of material facts, including making false statements on an application or other document required by the board.
(2) Selling, bartering, or offering to sell or barter a license.
(3) Engaging in unprofessional conduct that has endangered or that is likely to endanger the health, welfare, or safety of the public, as further defined by rules of the board.
(4) Conviction of a felony, unless such conviction was reversed on appeal.
(5) Conviction of any crime arising out of or connected with the practice of massage therapy, unless such conviction was reversed on appeal.
(6) Violating or aiding and abetting in the violation of any provisions of this Chapter or the rules and regulations promulgated hereunder.
(7) Failing to comply with license or renewal requirements.
B. Any person who has been convicted of, entered a plea of nolo contendere to, or received deferred adjudication in connection with any criminal offense involving sexual misconduct shall be ineligible for licensure as a massage therapist.
C. The board shall revoke the license of any person who is convicted of, enters a plea of nolo contendere to, or receives deferred adjudication in connection with any criminal offense involving sexual misconduct or prostitution.
D. Any person who has been convicted of, entered a plea of nolo contendere to, or received deferred adjudication in connection with any criminal offense involving sexual misconduct or prostitution shall be ineligible for licensure as an owner or operator of a massage establishment. The board shall revoke the license of any person if the board determines that the establishment is a sexually oriented business, as defined in R.S. 37:3558(C), or that a crime or offense involving prostitution or other sexual offenses and resulting in a conviction, to which a plea of nolo contendere was entered or deferred adjudication was received, has occurred on the premises of the establishment since the date of the most recent license renewal.
Acts 1992, No. 753, §2, eff. Sept. 1, 1992; Acts 2012, No. 605, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2013.
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