Section 90-631.3 - Grounds for suspension, revocation, or refusal of massage and bodywork therapy school approval; notice and hearing; judicial review(a) The Board may deny, suspend, revoke, or refuse to approve a massage and bodywork therapy school for any of the following reasons: (1) The employment of fraud, deceit, or misrepresentation in obtaining or attempting to obtain approval of a massage and bodywork therapy school.(2) Engaging in any act or practice in violation of any of the provisions of this Article or of any of the rules adopted by the Board, or aiding, abetting, or assisting any other person in the violation of the provisions of this Article or rules adopted by the Board.(3) Failure to require that its students must complete the minimum standards in order to graduate.(4) Operating a massage and bodywork therapy school without approval from this Board.(5) Engaging in conduct that could result in harm or injury to the public.(6) The employment of fraud, deceit, or misrepresentation when communicating with the general public, health care professionals, or other business professionals.(7) Falsely holding out a massage and bodywork therapy school as approved by this Board.(8) Failure to allow authorized representatives of the Board to conduct inspections of the massage and bodywork therapy school or refusing to make available to the Board, following written notice to the massage and bodywork therapy school, the requested information pertaining to the requirements for approval set forth in this Article.(9) Failure to notify the Board in writing within 30 days of any notification it receives from its accrediting agency or the United States Department of Education Office of Postsecondary Education of a show cause action, probation action, or denial of accreditation.(10) The applicant for or holder of massage and bodywork therapy school approval has pleaded guilty, entered a plea of nolo contendere, or has been found guilty of a crime involving moral turpitude by a judge or jury in any state or federal court.(b) A refusal to issue, refusal to renew, or suspension or revocation of massage and bodywork therapy school approval under this section shall be made in accordance with Chapter 150B of the General Statutes.N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90-631.3
Added by 2008 N.C. Sess. Laws 224,s. 15, eff. 8/17/2008.