North Carolina General Statutes
Article 34 - Athletic Trainers.
§ 90-536 - Disciplinary authority of the Board; administrative proceedings.

90-536. Disciplinary authority of the Board; administrative proceedings.
(a) Grounds for disciplinary action against a licensee shall include the following:
(1) Giving false information or withholding material information from the Board in procuring a license to practice as an athletic trainer.
(2) Having been convicted of or pled guilty or no contest to a crime that indicates that the person is unfit or incompetent to practice as an athletic trainer or that indicates that the person has deceived or defrauded the public.
(3) Having a mental or physical disability or using a drug to a degree that interferes with the person's fitness to practice as an athletic trainer.
(4) Engaging in conduct that endangers the public health.
(5) Being unfit or incompetent to practice as an athletic trainer by reason of deliberate or negligent acts or omissions regardless of whether actual injury to a patient is established.
(6) Willfully violating any provision of this Article or rules adopted by the Board.
(7) Having been convicted of or pled guilty or no contest to an offense under State or federal narcotic or controlled substance laws.
(b) In accordance with Article 3A of Chapter 150B of the General Statutes, the Board may require remedial education, issue a letter of reprimand, restrict, revoke, or suspend any license to practice as an athletic trainer in North Carolina or deny any application for licensure if the Board determines that the applicant or licensee has committed any of the above acts or is no longer qualified to practice as an athletic trainer. The Board may reinstate a revoked license or remove licensure restrictions when it finds that the reasons for revocation or restriction no longer exist and that the person can reasonably be expected to practice as an athletic trainer safely and properly. (1997-387, s. 1.)

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