What can a practitioner in Louisiana be disciplined for?
Enforcement · part of The Practice Perimeter
Short answer
Unprofessional conduct — including improper delegation or supervision, enabling unlicensed practice, working outside your education, training and experience, and falsifying or not keeping records — lets the board refuse, suspend, revoke or restrict a license.
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
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