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54-5612    SUSPENSION AND REVOCATION OF LICENSE.

SUSPENSION AND REVOCATION OF LICENSE. The board, in accordance with the requirements of chapter 52, title 67, Idaho Code, may, upon recommendation of the licensure board, refuse to issue a license or permit, refuse to renew a license or permit, or may suspend or revoke a license or permit, under such conditions as the board may determine, if the licensee, permittee or applicant for license:

(1)  Has been convicted of a felonious act, or crime involving moral turpitude;

(2)  Obtained a license or permit pursuant to this chapter by means of fraud, misrepresentation or concealment of material facts;

(3)  Engaged in the practice as an ethicist in a manner which does not meet the generally accepted standards for the practice of ethicists within the state of Idaho;

(4)  Has failed to maintain the confidentiality of medical records or other medical information pertaining to identifiable patients, except as required or authorized by law;

(5)  Engaged in any conduct which constitutes an abuse or exploitation of a patient arising out of the trust and confidence placed in the ethicist by the patient.