Vermont § 4093 - Unprofessional conduct

§ 4093. Unprofessional conduct

• (a) Unprofessional conduct means the following conduct and conduct set forth in 3 V.S.A. § 129a: (1) Providing fraudulent or deceptive information in an application for entry on the Roster. (2) Conviction of a crime that evinces an unfitness to practice psychotherapy. (3) Unauthorized use of a protected title in professional activity. (4) Conduct that evidences moral unfitness to practice psychotherapy. (5) Engaging in any sexual conduct with a client, or with the immediate family member
  of a client, with whom the psychotherapist has had a professional relationship within
  the previous two years. (6) Harassing, intimidating, or abusing a client. (7) Entering into an additional relationship with a client, supervisee, research participant,
  or student that might impair the psychotherapist’s objectivity or otherwise interfere
  with his or her professional obligations. (8) Practicing outside or beyond a psychotherapist’s area of training, experience, or
  competence without appropriate supervision. (b) After hearing, and upon a finding of unprofessional conduct, the Board may take disciplinary
  action against a rostered psychotherapist or an applicant. (Added 1993, No. 222 (Adj. Sess.), § 17; amended 1997, No. 40, § 71; 1997, No. 145 (Adj. Sess.), § 61; 1999, No. 52, § 37.)