Section 216-RICR-40-05-24.15 - Unprofessional ConductA. Unprofessional conduct shall include but not be limited to the following items or any combination thereof:1. Fraudulent or deceptive procuring or use of a license;2. Representation of himself or herself as a physician;3. Conviction of a felony;4. Conviction of a crime arising out of the practice of medicine;5. All advertising of medical business which is intended or has a tendency to deceive the public;6. Abandonment of a patient;7. The use of habit-forming drugs and/or alcohol, when such use has the effect of impairing the ability to perform licensed duties.8. Promotion of the sale of drugs, devices appliances, or goods or services provided for a patient in such a manner as to exploit the patient for the financial gain of the physician assistant;9. Immoral conduct of a physician assistant in the practice of medicine;10. Willfully making and filing false reports or records;11. Willful omission to file or record or willfully impeding or obstructing a filing or recording, or inducing another person to omit to file or record medical or other reports as required by law;12. Agreeing with clinical or bioanalytical laboratories to accept payments from such laboratories for individual tests or test series for patients;13. Practicing with an unlicensed physician or physician assistant or aiding or abetting such unlicensed persons in the practice of medicine;14. Offering, undertaking or agreeing to cure or treat a disease by a secret method, procedure, treatment or medicine;15. Professional or mental incompetence;16. Surrender, revocation, suspension, limitation of privilege based on quality of care provided, or any other disciplinary action against a license or authorization to practice in another State or jurisdiction; or surrender, revocation, suspension, or any other disciplinary action relating to membership on any medical staff or in any medical professional association, or society while under disciplinary investigation by any of those authorities or bodies for acts or conduct similar to acts or conduct which would constitute grounds for action as set forth in the Act;17. Surrender, revocation, suspension, limitation of privilege based on quality of care provided, or any other disciplinary action against a license or authorization to practice in another State or jurisdiction; or surrender, revocation, suspension, or any other disciplinary action relating to membership on any medical staff or in any medical professional association, or society while under disciplinary investigation by any of those authorities or bodies for acts or conduct similar to acts or conduct which would constitute grounds for action as set forth in the Act;18. Failure to furnish the Board, the Department, investigator or representatives, information legally requested by the Board;19. Violation of any provision(s) of the Act or this Part, or an action, stipulation, or agreement of the Board;20. Cheating or attempting to subvert the certifying examination;21. Violating any State or Federal law or Regulation relating to controlled substances;23. Sexual contact between a physician assistant and patient during the existence of the physician assistant/patient relationship;24. Providing services to a person who is making a claim as a result of a excess of the reimbursement to the physician assistant by the insurer as a condition of providing or continuing to provide services or treatment. 25. Incompetent, negligent, or willful misconduct in the practice of medicine which includes the rendering of medically unnecessary services, and any departure from, or the failure to conform to, the minimal standards of acceptable and prevailing medical practice in his or her area of expertise as is determined by the Board including the CDC's "Guide to Infection Prevention for Outpatient Settings: minimum Expectations for Safe Care" (September 2016) incorporated by reference at § 24.2 of this Part. The Board need not establish actual injury to the patient in order to adjudge a physician assistant guilty of an unacceptable practice pursuant to § 24.15 of this Part.26. Prescribing a controlled substance to oneself or an immediate family member under any circumstances.216 R.I. Code R. § 216-RICR-40-05-24.15
Amended effective 12/12/2021