TITLE 54

PROFESSIONS, VOCATIONS, AND BUSINESSES

CHAPTER 43

RESPIRATORY CARE PRACTICE ACT

54-4311.  SUSPENSION AND REVOCATION OF LICENSE OR PERMIT — REFUSAL TO RENEW. (1) Subject to the provisions of chapter 52, title 67, Idaho Code, the board may deny a license or permit or refuse to renew a license or permit, may suspend or revoke a license or permit, or may impose probationary conditions if the holder of a license or permit or applicant for a license or permit has been found guilty of conduct that has endangered or is likely to endanger the health, welfare, or safety of the public. Such conduct includes but is not limited to:

(a)  Obtaining a license or permit by means of fraud, misrepresentation, or concealment of material facts;

(b)  Violating any of the grounds for discipline set forth in the rules established by the board;

(c)  Being convicted of a crime that would have a direct and adverse bearing on the licensee’s or permit holder’s ability to practice or perform respiratory care competently;

(d)  The unauthorized practice of medicine;

(e)  Violating any provision of this chapter or any of the rules and regulations promulgated by the board under the authority of this chapter; or

(f)  Being found mentally incompetent by a court of competent jurisdiction or being found mentally incompetent or unfit by the board to provide respiratory care.

(2)  A denial, refusal to renew, suspension, revocation, or imposition of probationary conditions upon a license or permit may be ordered by the board after a hearing in the manner provided by this chapter and the rules adopted by the board.

History:

[54-4311, added 2021, ch. 21, sec. 2, p. 58.]