When the state can refuse or take away a respiratory care license

(a) In addition to any other acts or conditions provided by law, the director may refuse to renew, reinstate, or restore and may deny, revoke, suspend, or condition in any manner any license for any one or more of the following acts or conditions on the part of a licensee or license applicant: (1) Failure to meet or to maintain the conditions and requirements necessary to qualify for the granting of a license; (2) Engaging in false, fraudulent, or deceptive advertising, or making untruthful or improbable statements in advertising; (3) Engaging in the practice of respiratory care while impaired by alcohol, drugs, physical disability, or mental instability; (4) Procuring a license to practice respiratory care through fraud, misrepresentation, or deceit; (5) Aiding and abetting an unlicensed person to directly or indirectly perform activities requiring a license to practice respiratory care; (6) Engaging in professional misconduct, incompetence, gross negligence, or manifest incapacity in the practice of respiratory care; (7) Engaging in conduct or a practice contrary to recognized standards of ethics for the practice of respiratory care; (8) Violating any condition or limitation imposed on a license to practice respiratory care by the director; (9) Engaging in the practice of respiratory care in a manner that causes injury to one or more members of the public; (10) Failing to comply with, observe, or adhere to any law in a manner that causes the director to determine that the applicant or holder is unfit to hold a license; (11) Having a license revoked or suspended or other disciplinary action by any state or federal agency for any reason that is provided by the applicable licensing laws or by this section; (12) Having been convicted or pleaded nolo contendere to a crime directly related to the qualifications, functions, or duties of the practice of respiratory care; (13) Failing to report in writing to the director any disciplinary decision issued against the licensee or applicant in another jurisdiction within thirty days of the disciplinary decision; (14) Employing, whether gratuitously or for pay, any person not licensed pursuant to this chapter to perform the functions or duties of the practice of respiratory care; or (15) Violating this chapter, chapter 436B, or any rule or order of the director. (b) Any licensee or applicant who violates this section may also be fined not more than $1,000 per violation, as established by the director by rule.