459.10 Disciplinary grounds.

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(1)Subject to subch. II of ch. 111 and the rules adopted under s. 440.03

(1), the examining board may reprimand the licensee or permit holder or revoke, suspend, limit or deny the trainee permit, license, or certificate to engage in cerumen management under s. 459.115 , or any combination thereof, of any person who has done any of the following:

(a)Made any false statement or given any false information in connection with an application for a license or trainee permit or for renewal or reinstatement of a license or trainee permit.

(b)Been issued a license or trainee permit through error.

(c)Been adjudicated mentally incompetent by a court.

(d)Been found guilty of an offense the circumstances of which substantially relate to the practice of ordering, fitting, and dealing in hearing aids.

(e)Violated this subchapter or ch. 440 or any federal or state statute or rule which relates to the practice of ordering, fitting, and dealing in hearing aids.

(f)Practiced as a hearing instrument specialist while the person’s ability to practice was impaired by alcohol or other drugs or physical or mental disability or disease.

(g)Engaged in deceptive advertising.

(h)Made a substantial misrepresentation in the course of practice which was relied upon by a client or patient.

(i)Failed to conduct a direct observation of the ear canal of a person for whom a hearing aid is purchased.

(j)Engaged in conduct which evidenced a lack of knowledge or ability to apply principles or skills of the practice of ordering, fitting, and dealing in hearing aids.

(k)Engaged in unprofessional conduct. In this subsection, “unprofessional conduct” means the violation of any standard of professional behavior which through experience, state statute, or administrative rule has become established in the practice of ordering, fitting, and dealing in hearing aids.