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Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 3, §129a - Unprofessional conduct under the executive law
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“Unprofessional conduct under the executive law”
The following constitutes unprofessional conduct:
- Willfully making or filing false reports or records in the practice of the profession.
- Failing to retain client records for a period of seven years.
- Failing to make copies of a patient’s medical records available promptly to the patient, the patient’s representative or succeeding health care professionals or institutions upon written request.
- Practicing the profession when medically or psychologically unfit to do so.
- Exercising undue influence on or taking improper advantage of a person using professional services.
- Performing treatments or providing services which the licensee is not qualified to perform.
- Failing to exercise independent professional judgment in the performance of licensed activities.
- Failure to practice competently which includes the performance of unsafe or unacceptable patient or client care or failure to conform to the standards of acceptable and prevailing practice.
After hearing, a board or an administrative law officer may take disciplinary action against a licensee or applicant, including imposing an administrative penalty up to $1,000.00 for each unprofessional conduct violation.
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