Section 172-75-007 - UNPROFESSIONAL CONDUCTUnprofessional conduct is set out in Neb. Rev. Stat. § 38-179 and this chapter
(A) Providing services for which he or she is not trained or experienced;(B) Willfully or intentionally committing any act which endangers patient safety or welfare;(C) Encouraging or promoting hearing aid instrument dispensing and fitting by untrained or unqualified persons.(D) Failing to safeguard the welfare of patients;(E) Failing to maintain appropriate professional relationships with patients;(F) Carrying out hearing aid instrument dispensing and fitting services that have been requested when such services are known to be contraindicated or unjustified;(G) Carrying out procedures that have been requested when such services are known to be outside of the hearing instrument specialist's scope of practice;(H) Falsification or unauthorized destruction of patient records; and(J) Deceiving, misleading, or defrauding the public through advertising, including charging a fee through any hearing instrument specialist service conducted within 24 hours after performing a hearing instrument specialist service that was advertised as being free.172 Neb. Admin. Code, ch. 75, § 007
Amended effective 6/16/2020