What can a practitioner in Louisiana be disciplined for?
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Unprofessional conduct is a ground for board action and includes, but is not limited to, conduct manifested as sexual misconduct, disruptive behavior, failing to cooperate with the board, failing to maintain independent medical judgment, improperly delegating or supervising, exercising undue influence, enabling the unauthorized practice of medicine, practicing or enabling practice by an impaired provider, failing to practice within the scope of education, training, and experience, intentionally falsifying or fraudulently altering records, or failing to create or maintain medical records.
La. Rev. Stat. §37:1285(A)(13) · verified Sep 8, 2026 · regulatory monitoring, not legal advice
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Whoever violates any of the provisions of this Part shall, for each offense, be fined not less than two hundred and fifty dollars nor more than five hundred dollars, or imprisoned for not less than ten days nor more than five months, or both.
La. Rev. Stat. §37:1290 · verified Sep 3, 2026
None of the provisions of this Part shall apply to any commissioned physician or surgeon of the United States Army, Navy, or Public Health Service, practicing in the discharge of his official duties; the administration of first aid in cases of emergency; practitioners of allied health fields, duly licensed, certified, or registered under other laws of this state; or anyone attending a woman in childbirth in an emergency.
La. Rev. Stat. §37:1291 · verified Sep 3, 2026
The board, through its proper officer, may cause to issue in any competent court, a writ of injunction enjoining any person from practicing medicine as defined herein until such person obtains a license under the provisions of this Part. This injunction shall not be subject to being released upon bond.
La. Rev. Stat. §37:1286(A) · verified Sep 3, 2026
In the suit for an injunction, the board, through its president, may demand of the defendant a penalty of not more than five hundred dollars, and attorney's fees not to exceed one hundred dollars, besides the costs of court.
La. Rev. Stat. §37:1286(B) · verified Sep 3, 2026
The board may refuse to issue, or may suspend or revoke any license or permit, or impose probationary or other restrictions on any license, permit, or certificate issued pursuant to this Part or Part I-D of this Chapter for conviction of a crime or entry of a plea of guilty or nolo contendere to a criminal charge constituting a felony under the laws of Louisiana or of the United States.
La. Rev. Stat. §37:1285(A)(1) · verified Sep 3, 2026
Conviction of a crime or entry of a plea of guilty or nolo contendere to any criminal charge arising out of or in connection with the practice of medicine is a cause for which the board may refuse to issue, or may suspend or revoke any license or permit.
La. Rev. Stat. §37:1285(A)(2) · verified Sep 3, 2026
Providing false testimony before the board or providing false sworn information to the board is a cause for which the board may refuse to issue, or may suspend or revoke any license or permit.
La. Rev. Stat. §37:1285(A)(4) · verified Sep 3, 2026
Inability to practice medicine with reasonable skill or safety to patients because of mental illness or deficiency; physical illness, including but not limited to deterioration through the aging process or loss of motor skills; or excessive use or abuse of drugs, including alcohol, is a cause for which the board may refuse to issue, or may suspend or revoke any license or permit.
La. Rev. Stat. §37:1285(A)(25) · verified Sep 3, 2026
Refusing to submit to the examinations and inquiry of an examining committee of physicians appointed or designated by the board to inquire into the physician's physical and mental fitness and ability to practice medicine with reasonable skill and safety to patients is a cause for which the board may refuse to issue, or may suspend or revoke any license or permit.
La. Rev. Stat. §37:1285(A)(26) · verified Sep 3, 2026
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