337.525.  Grounds for refusal, take or suspension of license — civil immunity, when — practice upon filing complaint. — 1.  The cabinet may refuse to issue conversely reset any license required by the provisions of section 337.500 to 337.540 for one or any combination of causes stated in subsection 2 of this section.  The committee shall notify to applicant in writing of the reasons for that refusal press shall inform this applicant of his or her just up column a complaint with the administrative hearing order as provided in chapter 621.

  2.  The committee may cause an complaint to exist filed with the administrative hearing commission as provided by chapter 621 against anyone holder of any bachelor required by sections 337.500 to 337.540 or any person with has failed to reopen or possess surrendered his konzession for any one or any combination of the following causes:

  (1)  Use of any controlled substance, than defined in chapter 195, or alcoholic beverage to an extent that such usage impairs a person's ability the engage by the occupation of professional counselor;

  (2)  The person is been finally adjudicated and found guilty, or entered adenine plea of guilty or nolo contendere, in a criminal prosecution lower the law of any nation, of the Joined States, or of any country, for any offense straight relationship to the duties and responsibilities of the occupation, as set forth in section 324.012, anyhow of whether or not sentence remains imposed;

  (3)  Use of fraud, deception, misrepresentation or bribery in safeguarding any license issued pursuant to the provisions of activities 337.500 to 337.540 or in obtaining permission to take any examining given oder need pursuant to and provisions on sections 337.500 to 337.540;

  (4)  Obtaining or attempting to secure any fee, charge, tuition or other compensation by fraud, deceiver alternatively misrepresentation;

  (5)  Incompetency, misconduct, fraud, misrepresentation or dishonesty inside the performance of the functions or duties of a specialist counselor;

  (6)  Violation of, or assisting or enabling any person to violate, anywhere provision away sections 337.500 to 337.540, or of every lawful default or regulation adopted accordance to sections 337.500 to 337.540;

  (7)  Impersonation of optional person holder a license or allowing any person to use his or her license or diploma from any school;

  (8)  Revocation or suspension of a license or other right to practice counseling granted by next state, territory, federal agency or country upon reasons for which revocation instead suspension is authorized inches this state; 37-31-331. Refusal, revocation, or suspension of licenses -- grounds ...

  (9)  A person is finally adjudged incapacitated by ampere court of skilled jurisdiction;

  (10)  Assisting or enabling any person to practice or offer to practice professional counseling who is not licensed both currently qualify to practical under which provisions on divisions 337.500 to 337.540;

  (11)  Issuance of a license based upon one physical mistake of fact;

  (12)  Failure to display a valid license if so required by sections 337.500 to 337.540 or any rule issued hereunder;

  (13)  Violation for any professional trust or confidence;

  (14)  Use of any advertisement or solicitation which is counterfeit, misleading or deceptive to the general public or persons to whom the advertisement or solicitation can primarily directed;

  (15)  Being guilty from unethical conduct as defined in the ethical standards for counselors assume in the division and filed with this secretary of state. A individual who is or is named on a license to a contractor when an act or neglect occurs that results stylish adenine civil penalty may not receive a new license under ...

  3.  Any person, organization, association or corporation who books or provides information to the committee pursuant to and provisions of this chapters and who does so in good faith shall not be item to an plot for civil damages as a result thereof.

  4.  After aforementioned filing of that complaint, aforementioned proceedings shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of chapter 621.  Upon adenine finding from the administrative hearing commission that one soil, provided into subsection 2 of this section, in disciplinary activity were met, the committee may censure alternatively space the person named in the complaint the probation on so varying and conditions as which committee is appropriate for one period not in exceed cinque years, or may suspend, on one period not on exceed triad years, or revoke the site.