The Board may refuse to issue a license to any applicant; suspend, for a stated period or indefinitely, or revoke any license; or censure or reprimand any licensee or place such person on probation for such time as it may designate for any of the following causes: 1. Obtaining a license through fraud, deceit, or misrepresentation; 2. Being convicted of any felony or being convicted of any crime involving moral turpitude; 3. Using alcohol or drugs to the extent that such use renders the person unsafe to practice as a speech-language pathologist assistant; 4. Any unprofessional conduct likely to defraud or to deceive the public or patients; 5. Practicing in an intentional or negligent manner that causes or is likely to cause injury to a patient or patients; 6. Assisting persons whom he knew or had reason to believe were unlicensed to practice as a speech-language pathologist or speech-language pathologist assistant; 7. Violating, assisting, or inducing others to violate any provision of this article or any Board regulation; 8. Conducting his practice in a manner contrary to the standards of ethics of a speech-language pathologist assistant; 9. Practicing or causing others to practice in a manner that is dangerous to the health and welfare of his patients or to the public; 10. Practicing outside the scope of the speech-language pathologist assistant's education, training, and experience; or 11. Receiving a revocation, suspension, or restriction of a license to practice as a speech-language pathologist assistant in another state, possession, or territory of the United States or foreign country. 2025, c. 649.
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