North Dakota Century Code Title 43. Occupations and Professions § 43-62-19. Grounds for disciplinary action

1. The use of any false, fraudulent, or forged statement or document, or the use of any fraudulent, deceitful, dishonest, or immoral practice, in connection with any of the licensing requirements.

2. The conviction of any misdemeanor determined by the board to have a direct bearing upon an individual's ability to serve the public as a licensee or of any felony. A license may not be withheld contrary to chapter 12.1-33.

3. Habitual use of alcohol or drugs.

4. Physical or mental disability materially affecting the ability to perform the duties of a medical imaging or radiation therapy professional in a competent manner.

5. The performance of any dishonorable, unethical, or unprofessional conduct likely to deceive, defraud, or harm the public.

6. Aiding or abetting the performance of medical imaging or radiation therapy by an unlicensed, incompetent, or impaired individual.

7. The violation of any provision of this chapter, any rule of the board, or any federal or state law applicable to the practice of medical imaging or radiation therapy, or any action, stipulation, limitation, condition, or agreement imposed by the board or its investigative panels.

8. The performance of medical imaging or radiation therapy under a false or assumed name.

9. The willful or negligent violation of the confidentiality between medical imaging or radiation therapy professional and patient, except as required by law.

10. Gross negligence in the performance of medical imaging or radiation therapy.

11. Sexual abuse, misconduct, or exploitation related to the licensee's performance of medical imaging or radiation therapy.

12. The use of any false, fraudulent, or deceptive statement in any document connected with the performance of medical imaging or radiation therapy.

13. The failure to maintain in good standing, including completion of continuing education or recertification requirements, a certification from a certification organization recognized by the board for the medical imaging or radiation therapy modality for which a license has been issued by the board.

14. The imposition by another state, jurisdiction, or certification organization recognized by the board of disciplinary action against a license, certification, or other authorization to perform medical imaging or radiation therapy based upon acts or conduct by the medical imaging or radiation therapy professional which would constitute grounds for disciplinary action under this section. A certified copy of the record of the action taken by the other state, jurisdiction, or certification organization is conclusive evidence of that action.

15. The failure to furnish the board or the investigative panel or investigators or representatives of the board or investigative panel information legally requested by the board or the investigative panel. The board shall keep a record of its proceedings in a disciplinary action or refusal to issue a license, together with the evidence offered.