{"data":{"id":"us-vt/26-v.s.a.-5126","jurisdiction":"us-vt","citation":"26 V.S.A. § 5126","heading":"Unprofessional conduct","body":"(a) Unprofessional conduct means the following conduct and the conduct set forth in 3 V.S.A. § 129a committed by a licensee, an applicant, or a person who later becomes an applicant:\n(1) has made or caused to be made a false, fraudulent, or forged statement or representation in procuring or attempting to procure registration or renew a license to practice as a water treatment facility operator;\n(2) whether or not committed in this State, has been convicted of a crime related to pollution abatement or environmental compliance or a felony that evinces an unfitness to practice water treatment facility operation;\n(3) is unable to practice pollution abatement facility operation competently by reason of any cause;\n(4) has willfully or repeatedly violated or caused the violation of any of the provisions of this chapter, the terms of a permit, the Vermont Water Pollution Control Permit Regulations, or the Vermont Water Quality Standards;\n(5) is habitually intemperate or is addicted to the use of habit-forming drugs;\n(6) has a mental, emotional, or physical disability, the nature of which interferes with the ability to practice pollution abatement facility operation competently;\n(7) engages in conduct of a character likely to deceive, defraud, or harm the public;\n(8) fails to display prominently his or her pollution abatement facility operator license in the office of a facility at which he or she performs licensed activities; or\n(9) unreasonably fails to ensure proper operations of the facility.\n(b) A person shall not be liable in a civil action for damages resulting from the good faith reporting of information to the Director or the Office of Professional Regulation about alleged incompetent, unprofessional, or unlawful conduct of a pollution abatement facility operator or facility, corporation, or municipal corporation employing such person.","path":["Title 26: Professions and Occupations","Chapter 099: Pollution Abatement Facility Operators","Subchapter 003: LICENSES"],"source_url":"https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/26/099/05126","current_through":"2025 session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T17:17:08Z","sha256":"e8a0b8cad931a17c2685e87f6fdb405492da2346cbb847942da22ad570053651","source_id":"us-vt","stale":false,"prev":"us-vt/26-v.s.a.-5125","next":"us-vt/26-v.s.a.-5201"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}