Vermont Statutes Title 26. Professions and Occupations, § 3302. Unprofessional conduct of audiologists

(1) willfully making or filing false reports or records in the practice of audiology, willfully impeding or obstructing the proper making or filing of reports or records, or willfully failing to file the proper report or record;

(2) aiding or abetting a person, directly or indirectly, to commit an unauthorized practice;

(3) giving, offering to give, or causing to be given, directly or indirectly, money or anything of value to any person who advises another in a professional capacity, as an inducement for the professional to influence others to purchase goods or services from the licensee;

(4) advertising or making a representation that is intended or has a tendency to deceive the public, including:

(5) engaging in any unfair or deceptive act or practice within the meaning of 9 V.S.A. § 2453, relating to consumer protection;

(6) willfully failing to honor any representation, promise, agreement, or warranty to a client or consumer;

(7) professional negligence or malpractice;

(8) any of the following, except when reasonably undertaken in an emergency situation in order to protect life or health:

(9) failing to make available, upon request of a person using the licensee's services, copies of records or documents in the possession or under the control of the licensee, when those records or documents have been prepared in connection with the furnishing of services or goods to the requesting persons;

(10) sexual harassment of a patient or client;

(11) engaging in a sexual act as defined in 13 V.S.A. § 3251 with a patient;

(12) conviction of a crime related to the practice of audiology or conviction of a felony, whether or not related to the practice of the profession;

(13) discouraging clients or consumers in any way from exercising their right to a refund within a 45-day trial period, unreasonably delaying payment of such refunds as may be due, or deducting amounts from refunds beyond those allowed by law;

(14) failing to inform a consumer prior to sale of a hearing aid that a medical evaluation of hearing loss prior to purchasing a hearing aid is in the consumer's best health interest;

(15) engaging in fraud in connection with any state or federally assisted medical assistance programs; or

(16) violating any part of the Code of Ethics of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association or the American Academy of Audiology.