Code of Federal Regulations Title 38. Pensions, Bonuses, and Veterans' Relief § 38.47.2 Reporting to State Licensing Boards

(a) Significant deficiencies in clinical practice such as lack of diagnostic or treatment capability;  errors in transcribing, administering or documenting medication;  inability to perform clinical procedures considered basic to the performance of one's occupation;  performing procedures not included in one's clinical privileges in other than emergency situations;

(b) Patient neglect or abandonment;

(c) Mental health impairment sufficient to cause the individual to behave inappropriately in the patient care environment;

(d) Physical health impairment sufficient to cause the individual to provide unsafe patient care;

(e) Substance abuse when it affects the individual's ability to perform appropriately as a health care provider or in the patient care environment;

(f) Falsification of credentials;

(g) Falsification of medical records or prescriptions;

(h) Theft of drugs;

(i) Inappropriate dispensing of drugs;

(j) Unethical behavior or moral turpitude;

(k) Mental, physical, sexual, or verbal abuse of a patient (examples of patient abuse include intentional omission of care, willful violation of a patient's privacy, willful physical injury, intimidation, harassment, or ridicule);  and

(l) Violation of research ethics.