Any PT or PTA licensed by the Board or practicing pursuant to a compact privilege shall be considered guilty of unprofessional conduct if he:

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

• 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

• 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.

Reference

Va. Code Ann. § 54.1-3483