Section 63-11-411 - Denial, suspension, or revocation of license or other disciplinary action - Grounds(a) The advisory committee may deny a person's application for a license, restrict, suspend, or revoke an existing license, or take other action that the advisory committee deems proper.(b) The grounds upon which the advisory committee may exercise the powers enumerated in subsection (a) include, but are not limited to:(1) Obtaining or attempting to obtain a license by making a false or misleading statement, failing to make a required statement, or engaging in fraud or deceit in any communication to the advisory committee;(2) Violation or attempted violation, directly or indirectly, or assisting in or abetting the violation of, or conspiring to violate, any criminal statute of this state, any provision of this chapter, a rule promulgated by the advisory committee, or any lawful order of the advisory committee issued pursuant to rules;(3) Gross or repeated negligence, incompetence, misconduct, or malpractice in professional work including, but not limited to:(A) Any physical or mental condition that currently impairs a licensee's competent professional performance or that poses a substantial risk to the recipient of art therapy services;(B) Professional conduct that constitutes an extreme and unjustified deviation from the customary standard of practice accepted in the professional practice of art therapy;(C) Abandonment of a service recipient resulting in the termination of imminently needed care without adequate notice or provision for transition;(D) Professional recordkeeping or data collection that constitutes an extreme and unjustified deviation from the customary standard of practice for the field, or deceptively altering a service recipient's records or data; and(E) Unauthorized disclosure of confidential client information, including, but not limited to, client records, art work, and artistic expressions; and(4) Any other action deemed to be grounds for disciplinary action under § 63-11-215.(c) All proceedings for disciplinary action against a licensee under this part must be conducted in accordance with the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5.Added by 2021 Tenn. Acts, ch. 160, s 2, eff. 7/1/2022.