058-9 Wyo. Code R. §§ 9-3 - Grounds for Discipline

The Board may refuse to issue a license, certificate or registration to an applicant or may suspend, revoke, or otherwise discipline any licensee or certificate holder who has been guilty of unprofessional conduct within the meaning of W.S. 33-33-305(a). Unprofessional conduct includes, but is not limited to:

(a) Violating or conspiring to violate or aiding or abetting any person in violating the provision(s) of the Act or any provision of the Board rules and regulations;

(b) Committing a dishonest or fraudulent act related to practice;

(c) Being incompetent or negligent in the practice of Speech-Language Pathology or Audiology which has endangered or is likely to endanger the health, welfare, or safety of the public;

(d) Attempting to procure a license by bribery, fraudulent misrepresentation, or through an error in information provided to the Board;

(e) Making or filing a report or record signed as a Speech-Language Pathologist or Audiologist which the licensee knows to be false, intentionally or negligently failing to file a report or records required by state or federal law, willfully impeding or obstructing such a filing, or inducing another person to impede or obstruct such a filing;

(f) Improperly supervising an aide, audiometric technician, or a SLPA;

(g) Violating a lawful order of the Board entered in a disciplinary matter, or failing to comply with a lawfully issued subpoena of the Board;

(h) Practicing while a license is revoked, suspended, or expired;

(i) Exercising influence on a client in such a manner as to exploit the client for financial gain of the Licensee or of a third party;

(j) Failing to comply with the Board's request for production of documents not otherwise protected by law;

(k) Failing to adequately refer or transfer care; or

(l) Abandoning a client.

Notes

058-9 Wyo. Code R. §§ 9-3

Amended, Eff. 4/1/2016. Amended, Eff. 11/22/2017. Amended, Eff. 12/9/2020.