                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

REFUSAL, REVOCATION OR SUSPENSION (§ 54.1-3480)

A. As used in this section, &#8220;license&#8221; shall include any license or
compact privilege, as defined in &#xA7; 54.1-3486, issued by the Board.

B. The Board may refuse to admit a candidate to any examination, may refuse to
issue a license to any applicant, and may suspend for a stated period of time or
indefinitely or revoke any license or censure or reprimand any person or place
him on probation for such time as it may designate for any of the following
causes:

   1. False statements or representations or fraud or deceit in obtaining
   admission to the practice, or fraud or deceit in the practice of physical
   therapy;

   2. Substance abuse rendering him unfit for the performance of his professional
   obligations and duties;

   3. Unprofessional conduct as defined in this chapter;

   4. Intentional or negligent conduct that causes or is likely to cause injury
   to a patient or patients;

   5. Mental or physical incapacity or incompetence to practice his profession
   with safety to his patients and the public;

   6. Restriction of a license to practice physical therapy in another state, the
   District of Columbia, a United States possession or territory, or a foreign
   jurisdiction;

   7. Conviction in any state, territory or country of any felony or of any crime
   involving moral turpitude;

   8. Adjudged legally incompetent or incapacitated in any state if such
   adjudication is in effect and the person has not been declared restored to
   competence or capacity; or

   9. Conviction of an offense in another state, territory or foreign
   jurisdiction, which if committed in Virginia would be a felony. Such
   conviction shall be treated as a felony conviction under this section
   regardless of its designation in the other state, territory or foreign
   jurisdiction.

C. The Board shall refuse to admit a candidate to any examination and shall
refuse to issue a license to any applicant if the candidate or applicant has had
his certificate or license to practice physical therapy revoked or suspended,
and has not had his certificate or license to so practice reinstated, in another
state, the District of Columbia, a United States possession or territory, or a
foreign jurisdiction.

HISTORY: 2000, c. 688; 2001, c. 858; 2003, cc. 753, 762; 2004, c. 64; 2020, c.
885.