Grounds for disciplinary action shall include but not be limited to the following:

(1)        The employment of fraud, deceit or misrepresentation in obtaining or attempting to obtain a license, or the renewal thereof;

(2)        The use of drugs or intoxicating liquors to an extent which affects professional competency;

(3)        Conviction of an offense under any municipal, State, or federal narcotic or controlled substance law, until proof of rehabilitation can be established;

(4)        Conviction of a felony or other public offense involving moral turpitude, until proof of rehabilitation can be established;

(5)        An adjudication of insanity or incompetency, until proof of recovery from the condition can be established;

(6)        Engaging in any act or practice violative of any of the provisions of this Article or of any of the rules and regulations adopted by the Board, or aiding, abetting or assisting any other person in the violation of the same;

(7)        The commission of an act or acts of malpractice, gross negligence or incompetence in the practice of physical therapy;

(8)        Practice as a licensed physical therapist or physical therapist assistant without a valid certificate of renewal;

(9)        Engaging in conduct that could result in harm or injury to the public. ?(1951, c. 1131, s. 8; 1959, c. 630; 1969, c. 556; 1973, c. 1331, s. 3; 1979, c. 487; 1985, c. 701, s. 1; 2017-28, s. 1.)

Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes 90-270.103

  • Board: means the North Carolina Board of Physical Therapy Examiners. See North Carolina General Statutes 90-270.90
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • following: when used by way of reference to any section of a statute, shall be construed to mean the section next preceding or next following that in which such reference is made; unless when some other section is expressly designated in such reference. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • Physical therapist: means any person who practices physical therapy in accordance with the provisions of this Article. See North Carolina General Statutes 90-270.90
  • Physical therapist assistant: means any person who assists in the practice of physical therapy in accordance with the provisions of this Article, and who works under the supervision of a physical therapist by performing such patient-related activities assigned by a physical therapist which are commensurate with the physical therapist assistant's education and training, but an assistant's work shall not include the interpretation and implementation of referrals from licensed medical doctors or dentists, the performance of evaluations, or the determination or major modification of treatment programs. See North Carolina General Statutes 90-270.90
  • Physical therapy: means the evaluation or treatment of any person by the use of physical, chemical, or other properties of heat, light, water, electricity, sound, massage, or therapeutic exercise, or other rehabilitative procedures, with or without assistive devices, for the purposes of preventing, correcting, or alleviating a physical or mental disability. See North Carolina General Statutes 90-270.90
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories, so called; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the said district and territories and all dependencies. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
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