HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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(2)  Fraudulently or deceptively uses a certificate;

(3)  Knowingly violates any provision of this title;

(4)  Commits any gross negligence, incompetence, or
misconduct in the practice of sanitation; or

(5)  Is convicted of or pleads guilty or nolo
contendere to a felony or to a crime involving moral turpitude,
whether or not any appeal or other proceeding is pending to have
the conviction or plea set aside;

(6)  Provides professional services while:

(i) Under the influence of alcohol; or

(ii) Using any narcotic or controlled dangerous
substance, as defined in Article 27 of the Code, or other drug
that is in excess of therapeutic amounts or without valid medical
indication;

(7)  Is disciplined by a licensing or disciplinary
authority of any other state or country or convicted or
disciplined by a court of any state or country for an act that
would be grounds for disciplinary action under the Board's
disciplinary statutes;

(8)  Willfully makes or files a false report or record
in the practice of sanitation;

(9)  Willfully fails to file or record any report as
required by law, willfully impedes or obstructs the filing or
recording of the report, or induces another to fail to file or
record the report; [or]

(10)  Submits a false statement to collect a fee[.];

(11)  VIOLATES ANY RULE OR REGULATION ADOPTED BY THE
BOARD;

(12)  USES OR PROMOTES OR CAUSES THE USE OF ANY
MISLEADING, DECEIVING, IMPROBABLE OR UNTRUTHFUL ADVERTISING
MATTER, PROMOTIONAL LITERATURE, OR TESTIMONIAL;

(13)  IS PROFESSIONALLY, PHYSICALLY, OR MENTALLY
INCOMPETENT; OR

(14)  PROMOTES THE SALE OF DEVICES, APPLIANCES, OR
GOODS TO AN INDIVIDUAL SO AS TO EXPLOIT THE INDIVIDUAL FOR
FINANCIAL GAIN.

(b) Any person, including a Board employee, may make a
written, specific charge of a violation under subsection (a) of
this section, if the person: