CODE OF VIRGINIA

UNPROFESSIONAL CONDUCT (§ 54.1-3483)

Any physical therapist or physical therapist assistant licensed by the Board
shall be considered guilty of unprofessional conduct if he:

   1.  Engages in the practice of physical therapy under a false or assumed name
   or impersonates another practitioner of a like, similar or different name;

   2.  Knowingly and willfully commits any act which is a felony under the laws
   of this Commonwealth or the United States, or any act which is a misdemeanor
   under such laws and involves moral turpitude;

   3.  Aids or abets, has professional contact with, or lends his name to any
   person known to him to be practicing physical therapy illegally;

   4.  Conducts his practice in such a manner as to be a danger to the health and
   welfare of his patients or to the public;

   5.  Is unable to practice with reasonable skill or safety because of illness
   or substance abuse;

   6.  Publishes in any manner an advertisement that violates Board regulations
   governing advertising;

   7.  Performs any act likely to deceive, defraud or harm the public;

   8.  Violates any provision of statute or regulation, state or federal,
   relating to controlled substances;

   9.  Violates or cooperates with others in violating any of the provisions of
   this chapter or regulations of the Board; or

   10.  Engages in sexual contact with a patient concurrent with and by virtue of
   the practitioner/patient relationship or otherwise engages at any time during
   the course of the practitioner/patient relationship in conduct of a sexual
   nature that a reasonable patient would consider lewd and offensive.

HISTORY: 2000, c. 688; 2001, c. 858.