# La. Rev. Stat. § 37:372: Grounds for refusing, suspending, or revoking certificates

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_LA_Crevised-statutes_T37_S372

## Section

- **Citation:** La. Rev. Stat. § 37:372
- **Heading:** Grounds for refusing, suspending, or revoking certificates
- **Jurisdiction:** Louisiana
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 37 / Section 372

## Text

The board may refuse to issue, renew, suspend, or revoke any certificate of registration for any one or any combination of the following causes:

(1) Conviction of a felony as evidenced by a certified copy of the court record.

(2) Gross malpractice or gross incompetency.

(3) Continued practice or operation under any certificate by a person having an infectious or contagious disease.

(4) Advertising by means of false or deceptive statements.

(5) Advertising, practicing, or attempting to practice under a name other than one's own name or trade name.

(6) Habitual drunkenness or habitual addiction to the use of morphine, cocaine, or other habit-forming drugs.

(7) Immoral or unethical conduct.

(8) Practicing or attempting to practice or operate as a purported licensee by fraudulent misrepresentation as to possession of proper certificates.

(9) Failure to comply with the qualifications required herein, or the violation of any of the provisions of this Chapter.

(10) Proof that the applicant has been practicing barbering without a license.

(11) Proof that the applicant has been practicing barbering in an unapproved location.

Acts 1964, No. 309, §1; Acts 1984, No. 238, §1; Acts 1991, No. 935, §1.

## Nearby sections

- [La. Rev. Stat. § 37:1 Definitions](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_LA_Crevised-statutes_T37_S1.md)
- [La. Rev. Stat. § 37:3 Organization of the department](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_LA_Crevised-statutes_T37_S3.md)
- [La. Rev. Stat. § 37:4 Head of department](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_LA_Crevised-statutes_T37_S4.md)
- [La. Rev. Stat. § 37:11 Functions of the department; exceptions](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_LA_Crevised-statutes_T37_S11.md)
- [La. Rev. Stat. § 37:24 Licensing provisions; professionals](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_LA_Crevised-statutes_T37_S24.md)
- [La. Rev. Stat. § 37:27 Definitions](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_LA_Crevised-statutes_T37_S27.md)
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- [La. Rev. Stat. § 37:54 Examination](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_LA_Crevised-statutes_T37_S54.md)
- [La. Rev. Stat. § 37:56 Appeal](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_LA_Crevised-statutes_T37_S56.md)
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