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of the license or for refusal to renew the license of a person
licensed under this chapter:

 
A. The practice of fraud or deceit in obtaining a license
under this chapter or in connection with service rendered
within the scope of the license issued;

 
B. Habitual substance abuse that has resulted or is
forseeably likely to result in the licensee performing
duties in a manner that endangers the health or safety of
patients;

 
C. A professional diagnosis of a mental or physical
condition which that has resulted or may result in the
licensee performing duties in a manner which that endangers
the health or safety of the patients;

 
D. Aiding or abetting the practice of pharmacy by a person
not duly licensed under this chapter and who was represented
as duly licensed;

 
E. Incompetence in the practice for which the licensee is
licensed. A licensee shall be deemed is incompetent in the
practice if the licensee has:

 
(1) Engaged in conduct which that evidences a lack of
ability or fitness to discharge the duty owed by the
licensee to a client, patient or the general public; or

 
(2) Engaged in conduct which that evidences a lack of
knowledge or inability to apply principles or skills to
carry out the practice for which the licensee is
licensed;

 
F. Engaging in unprofessional conduct by violating any
standard of professional behavior, including but not limited
to a breach of confidentiality of health care information
pursuant to Title 22, section 1711-C, which that has been
established in the practice for which the licensee is
licensed;

 
G. Subject to the limitations of Title 5, chapter 341,
conviction of a crime which that involves dishonesty or
false statement or which that relates directly to the
practice for which the licensee is licensed or conviction of
any crime for which incarceration for one year or more may
be imposed;

 
H. Engaging in false, misleading or deceptive advertising;
or


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