(1) The board may take
disciplinary action in accordance with sections 12-20-404 and 12-285-212 against a
person who has:
(a) Committed an act that does not meet generally accepted standards of
physical therapist assistant practice or failed to perform an act necessary to meet
generally accepted standards of physical therapist assistant practice;
(b) Engaged in sexual contact, sexual intrusion, or sexual penetration, as
defined in section 18-3-401, with a patient during the period of time beginning with
the initial evaluation through the termination of treatment;
(c) Abandoned a patient by any means;
(d) Failed to make essential entries on patient records or falsified or made
incorrect entries of an essential nature on patient records;
(e) (I) Committed abuse of health insurance as set forth in section 18-13-119;
or
(II) Advertised through newspapers, magazines, circulars, direct mail,
directories, radio, television, or otherwise that the certified physical therapist
assistant will perform an act prohibited by section 18-13-119;
(f) Committed a fraudulent insurance act, as defined in section 10-1-128;
(g) Falsified information in any application or attempted to obtain or
obtained a certification by fraud, deception, or misrepresentation;
(h) Engaged in the habitual or excessive use or abuse of alcohol, a habit-forming drug, or a controlled substance as defined in section 18-18-102 (5);
(i) (I) Failed to notify the board, as required by section 12-30-108 (1), of a
physical illness, physical condition, or behavioral, mental health, or substance use
disorder that impacts the certified physical therapist assistant's ability to perform
physical therapy with reasonable skill and safety to patients;
(II) Failed to act within the limitations created by a physical illness, physical
condition, or behavioral, mental health, or substance use disorder that renders the
certified physical therapist assistant unable to perform physical therapy with
reasonable skill and safety to the patient; or
(III) Failed to comply with the limitations agreed to under a confidential
agreement entered into under sections 12-30-108 and 12-285-215;
(j) Refused to submit to a physical or mental examination when so ordered by
the board under section 12-285-214;
(k) Failed to notify the board in writing of the entry of a final judgment by a
court of competent jurisdiction against the certified physical therapist assistant for
malpractice or a settlement by the certified physical therapist assistant in response
to charges or allegations of malpractice, which notice must be given within ninety
days after the entry of judgment or settlement and, in the case of a judgment, must
contain the name of the court, the case number, and the names of all parties to the
action;
(l) Violated or aided or abetted a violation of this part 2, an applicable
provision of article 20 or 30 of this title 12, a rule adopted under this part 2, or a
lawful order of the board;
(m) Been convicted of, pled guilty, or pled nolo contendere to a crime related
to the certified physical therapist assistant's practice or a felony or committed an
act specified in section 12-285-217. A certified copy of the judgment of a court of
competent jurisdiction of the conviction or plea is conclusive evidence of the
conviction or plea. In considering the disciplinary action, the board is governed by
sections 12-20-202 (5) and 24-5-101.
(n) Fraudulently obtained, furnished, or sold a physical therapist assistant
diploma, certificate, renewal of certificate, or record, or aided or abetted any such
act;
(o) Represented, or held himself or herself out as, in any manner, a physical
therapist assistant or practiced as a physical therapist assistant without a
certification, unless otherwise authorized under this part 2;
(p) Used in connection with the person's name a designation implying that
the person is a physical therapist assistant without being certified under this part 2;
(q) Practiced as a physical therapist assistant during the time the person's
certification was expired, suspended, or revoked; or
(r) Failed to respond in an honest, materially responsive, and timely manner
to a complaint issued under this part 2.