KRS 311.595: Denial, probation, suspension, or revocation of licenses.

If the power has not been transferred by statute to some other board, commission, or

agency of the Commonwealth, the board may deny an application or reregistration for a

license; place a licensee on probation for a period not to exceed five (5) years; suspend a

license for a period not to exceed five (5) years; limit or restrict a license for an indefinite

period; or revoke any license issued by the board, upon proof that the licensee has:

(1) Knowingly made or presented, or caused to be made or presented, any false,

fraudulent, or forged statement, writing, certificate, diploma, or other thing, in

connection with an application for a license or permit;

(2) Practiced, or aided or abette d in the practice of fraud, forgery, deception, collusion,

or conspiracy in connection with an examination for a license;

(3) Committed, procured, or aided in the procurement of an unlawful abortion,

including a partial-birth abortion or an abortion in violation of KRS 311.731;

(4) Entered a guilty or nolo contendere plea, or been convicted, by any court within or

without the Commonwealth of Kentucky of a crime as defined in KRS 335B.010, if

in accordance with KRS Chapter 335B;

(5) Been convicted of a misde meanor offense under KRS Chapter 510 involving a

patient, or a felony offense under KRS Chapter 510 or KRS 530.064(1)(a) or

531.310, or been found by the board to have had sexual contact as defined in KRS

510.010 with a patient while the patient was under the care of the physician;

(6) Become addicted to a controlled substance;

(7) Become a chronic or persistent alcoholic;

(8) Been unable or is unable to practice medicine according to acceptable and

prevailing standards of care by reason of mental or physic al illness or other

condition including but not limited to physical deterioration that adversely affects

cognitive, motor, or perceptive skills, or by reason of an extended absence from the

active practice of medicine;

(9) Engaged in dishonorable, unethica l, or unprofessional conduct of a character likely

to deceive, defraud, or harm the public or any member of the public;

(10) Knowingly made, or caused to be made, or aided or abetted in the making of, a

false statement in any document executed in connection with the practice of his or

her profession;

(11) Employed, as a practitioner of medicine or osteopathy in the practice of h is or her

profession in the Commonwealth, any person not duly licensed or otherwise aided,

assisted, or abetted the unlawful practice of medicine or osteopathy or any other

healing art;

(12) Violated or attempted to violate, directly or indirectly, or assi sted in or abetted the

violation of, or conspired to violate any provision or term of any medical practice

act, including but not limited to the code of conduct promulgated by the board

under KRS 311.601 or any other valid regulation of the board;

(13) Violated any agreed order, letter of agreement, final order, or emergency order

issued by the board;

(14) Engaged in or attempted to engage in the practice of medicine or osteopathy under a

false or assumed name, or impersonated another practitioner of a like , similar, or

different name;

(15) Obtained a fee or other thing of value on the fraudulent representation that a

manifestly incurable condition could be cured;

(16) Willfully violated a confidential communication;

(17) Had his or her license to practice m edicine or osteopathy in any other state,

territory, or foreign nation revoked, suspended, restricted, or limited or has been

subjected to other disciplinary action by the licensing authority thereof. This

subsection shall not require relitigation of the disciplinary action;

(18) Failed or refused, without legal justification, to practice medicine in a rural area of

the Commonwealth in violation of a valid medical scholarship loan contract with

the trustees of the rural Kentucky medical scholarship fund;

(19) Given or received, directly or indirectly, from any person, firm, or corporation, any

fee, commission, rebate, or other form of compensation for sending, referring, or

otherwise inducing a person to communicate with a person licensed under KRS

311.530 t o 311.620 in his or her professional capacity or for any professional

services not actually and personally rendered. However, this subsection shall not

prohibit persons holding valid and current licenses under KRS 311.530 to 311.620

from practicing medicin e in partnership or association or in a professional service

corporation authorized by KRS Chapter 274, as amended, or from pooling, sharing,

dividing, or apportioning the fees and moneys received by them or by the

partnership, corporation, or association in accordance with the partnership

agreement or the policies of the board of directors of the corporation or association.

This subsection shall not abrogate the right of two (2) or more persons holding valid

and current licenses under KRS 311.530 to 311.62 0 to receive adequate

compensation for concurrently rendering professional care to a single patient and

divide a fee, if the patient has full knowledge of this division and if the division is

made in proportion to the services performed and responsibility assumed by each;

(20) Been removed, suspended, expelled, or disciplined by any professional medical

association or society when the action was based upon what the association or

society found to be unprofessional conduct, professional incompetence,

malpractice, or a violation of any provision of KRS Chapter 311. This subsection

shall not require relitigation of the disciplinary action;

(21) Been disciplined by a licensed hospital or medical staff of the hospital, including

removal, suspension, limitation of hospital privileges, failing to renew privileges for

cause, resignation of privileges under pressure or investigation, or other disciplinary

action if the action was based upon what the hospital or medical staff found to be

unprofessional conduct, profess ional incompetence, malpractice, or a violation of

any provisions of KRS Chapter 311. This subsection shall not require relitigation of

the disciplinary action;

(22) Failed to comply with the requirements of KRS 213.101, 311.782, or 311.783 or

failed to su bmit to the Vital Statistics Branch in accordance with a court order a

complete report as described in KRS 213.101;

(23) Failed to comply with any of the requirements regarding making or maintaining

medical records or documents described in KRS 311.7704 or 311.7707;

(24) Failed to comply with the requirements of KRS 311.7705 or 311.7706;

(25) Been convicted of female genital mutilation under KRS 508.125, which shall result

in mandatory revocation of a license;

(26) As provided in KRS 311.824(2), been convic ted of a violation of KRS 311.823(2);

or

(27) Failed to comply with the requirements of KRS 311.732.