§ 5-37.2-15. Suspension, revocation, or refusal of license — Grounds.
The department may either refuse to issue or may suspend or revoke any license for
any one or any combination of the following causes:
(1) Conviction of a felony, or conviction of a violation of any state or federal law regulating
the possession, distribution, or use of any controlled substance as defined in § 21-28-1.02, as shown by a certified copy of record of the court;
(2) The obtaining of, or any attempt to obtain, a license, or to practice in the profession
for money or any other thing of value, by fraudulent misrepresentations;
(3) Gross malpractice;
(4) Advertising by means of knowingly false or deceptive statement;
(5) Advertising, practicing, or attempting to practice under a name other than one's own;
(6) Habitual drunkenness or habitual addiction to the use of a controlled substance as
defined in § 21-28-1.02;
(7) Using any false, fraudulent, or forged statement or document, or engaging in any fraudulent,
deceitful, dishonest, immoral practice in connection with the licensing requirement
of this chapter;
(8) Sustaining a physical or mental disability that renders further practice dangerous;
(9) Engaging in any dishonorable, unethical, or unprofessional conduct that may deceive,
defraud, or harm the public, or that is unbecoming a person licensed to practice under
this chapter;
(10) Using any false or fraudulent statement in connection with the practice of acupuncture
or any branch of acupuncture;
(11) Violating, or attempting to violate, or assisting or abetting the violation of, or
conspiring to violate, any provision of this chapter;
(12) Being adjudicated incompetent or insane;
(13) Advertising in an unethical or unprofessional manner;
(14) Obtaining a fee or financial benefit for any person by the use of fraudulent diagnosis,
therapy, or treatment;
(15) Willfully disclosing a privileged communication;
(16) Failure of a licensee to designate his or her school of practice in the professional
use of his or her name by the term "doctor of acupuncture and Chinese medicine�;
(17) Willful violation of the law relating to the health, safety, or welfare of the public,
or of the rules and regulations promulgated by the state board of health;
(18) Administering, dispensing, or prescribing any controlled substance as defined in § 21-28-1.02, except for the prevention, alleviation, or cure of disease or for relief from suffering;
and
(19) Performing, assisting, or advising in the injection of any liquid silicone substance
into the human body.