NEW HAMPSHIRE RULES ADDRESSING PHYSICIAN CONDUCT

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OCCUPATIONS AND PROFESSIONS

CHAPTER 329

PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS

Disciplinary Proceedings

Section 329:17

    329:17 Disciplinary Action; Remedial Proceedings. –

VI. The board, after hearing, may take disciplinary action against any person licensed by it upon finding that the person:

       (a) Has knowingly provided false information during any application for professional licensure or hospital privileges, whether by making any affirmative statement which was false at the time it was made or by failing to disclose any fact material to the application.

       (b) Is a habitual user of drugs or intoxicants.

       (c) Has displayed a pattern of behavior which is incompatible with the basic knowledge and competence expected of persons licensed to practice medicine or any particular aspect or specialty thereof.

       (d) Has engaged in dishonest or unprofessional conduct or has been grossly or repeatedly negligent in practicing medicine or in performing activities ancillary to the practice of medicine or any particular aspect or specialty thereof, or has intentionally injured a patient while practicing medicine or performing such ancillary activities.

       (e) Has employed or allowed an unlicensed person to practice in the licensee's office.

       (f) Has failed to provide adequate safeguards in regard to aseptic techniques or radiation techniques.

       (g) Has included in advertising any statement of a character tending to deceive or mislead the public or any statement claiming professional superiority.

       (h) Has advertised the use of any drug or medicine of an unknown formula or any system of anesthetic that is unnamed, misnamed, misrepresented, or not in reality used.

       (i) Has willfully or repeatedly violated any provision of this chapter or any substantive rule of the board.

       (j) Has been convicted of a felony under the laws of the United States or any state.

       (k) Has failed to maintain adequate medical record documentation on diagnostic and therapeutic treatment provided or has unreasonably delayed medical record transfer, or violated RSA 332-I.

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