Kan. Admin. Regs. § 100-28a-8
Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 49, December 5, 2024
Section 100-28a-8 - Unprofessional conduct: defined"Unprofessional conduct" means any of the following:
(a) Being convicted of a class A misdemeanor, whether or not related to the practice as a physician assistant; (b) committing fraud or misrepresentation in applying for or securing an original, renewal, or reinstated license; (c) cheating on or attempting to subvert the validity of the examination for a license; (d) soliciting professional services through the use of fraudulent or false advertisements; (e) willfully or repeatedly violating the physician assistant licensure act, the pharmacy act of the state of Kansas, or the uniform controlled substances act, or any regulations adopted pursuant to these acts; (f) engaging in the practice as a physician assistant under a false or assumed name, or impersonating another practitioner; (g) practicing as a physician assistant without reasonable skill and safety to patients because of any of the following: (3) excessive use of alcohol, drugs, controlled substances, chemicals, or any other type of material; or (4) any mental or physical condition; (h) having a license, certification, or registration revoked, suspended, limited, censured, or having any other disciplinary action taken, or an application for a license denied by the proper licensing authority of another state, territory, the District of Columbia, or other country; (i) prescribing, selling, administering, distributing, or giving a controlled substance to any person for other than a medically accepted or lawful purpose; (j) prescribing, dispensing, administering, or distributing a prescription drug or substance, including a controlled substance, in an excessive, improper, or inappropriate manner or quantity, or not in the course of the licensee's professional practice; (k) prescribing, dispensing, administering, or distributing an anabolic steroid or human growth hormone for other than a valid medical purpose; (l) prescribing, ordering, dispensing, administering, selling, supplying, or giving any amphetamines or sympathomimetic amines, except as authorized by K.S.A. 2000 Supp. 65-2837a, and amendments thereto; (m) failing to furnish the board, or its investigators or representatives, with any information legally requested by the board; (n) knowingly submitting any misleading, deceptive, untrue, or fraudulent representation on a claim form, bill, or statement; (o) representing to a patient that a manifestly incurable disease, condition, or injury can be permanently cured; (p) assisting in the care or treatment of a patient without the consent of the patient, the attending physician, or the patient's legal representative; (q) willfully betraying confidential information; (r) committing conduct likely to deceive, defraud, or harm the public; (s) allowing another person or organization to use the physician assistant's license to perform professional services; (t) committing any act of sexual abuse, misconduct, or exploitation related to the licensee's professional practice; (u) failing to keep written medical records that accurately describe the services rendered to the patient; (v) using any false, fraudulent, or deceptive statement in any document connected with the practice of the healing arts, including the intentional falsifying or fraudulent altering of a patient or medical care facility record; (w) performing unnecessary tests, examinations, or services that have no legitimate medical purpose; or (x) delegating professional responsibilities to a person if the physician assistant knows or has reason to know that the person is not qualified by education, training, or experience to perform them. Kan. Admin. Regs. § 100-28a-8
Authorized by K.S.A. 2000 Supp. 65-28a03; implementing K.S.A. 2000 Supp. 65-28a05; effective, T-100-2-13-01, Feb. 13 2001; effective June 1, 2001.