GROUNDS FOR DENIAL OF LICENSE OR DISCIPLINE OF LICENSE HOLDER

(a) The board may deny a license or suspend or revoke a license, place a license holder on probation, reprimand a license holder, impose an administrative penalty, or otherwise discipline a license holder if the applicant or license holder has: (1) except as provided by Section 453.302, provided care to a person outside the scope of the physical therapist's practice; (2) used drugs or intoxicating liquors to an extent that affects the license holder's or applicant's professional competence; (3) been convicted of a felony, including a finding or verdict of guilty, an admission of guilt, or a plea of nolo contendere, in this state or in any other state or nation; (4) obtained or attempted to obtain a license by fraud or deception; (5) been grossly negligent in the practice of physical therapy or in acting as a physical therapist assistant; (6) been found to be mentally incompetent by a court; (7) practiced physical therapy in a manner detrimental to the public health and welfare; (8) had a license to practice physical therapy revoked or suspended or had other disciplinary action taken against the license holder or applicant; (9) had the license holder's or applicant's application for a license refused, revoked, or suspended by the proper licensing authority of another state or nation; or (10) in the case of a physical therapist assistant, treated a person other than under the direction of a physical therapist. (b) The board shall revoke or suspend a license, place on probation a person whose license has been suspended, or reprimand a license holder for a violation of this chapter or a rule adopted by the board. (c) If a license suspension is probated, the board may require the license holder to: (1) report regularly to the board on matters that are the basis of the probation; (2) limit practice to the areas prescribed by the board; or (3) continue or review continuing professional education until the license holder attains a degree of skill satisfactory to the board in those areas that are the basis of the probation.