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NHA requires all certificants to behave professionally and reserves the right to suspend or revokes credentials for any of the following reasons:\n\n• Acts of dishonesty, misrepresentation, or fraud.\n• Behavior that disregards the dignity, safety, or privacy of the patient or anyone under the certificant’s care.\n• Unlawful activity, particularly such activity that jeopardizes the life, safety or health of others or calls into question the certificant’s ability to practice as a competent healthcare professional.\n• Conduct that is discriminatory or harassing, including acts of sexual harassment.\n• Denial or revocation of licensure, registration, or approval by a state board or agency or membership organization with oversight responsibilities for the profession on grounds of gross misconduct or gross negligence of duties.\n• Unauthorized use of NHA’s proprietary materials and or copyright infringement with regards to exams, study guides, and any other materials distributed as property of the NHA.\n• Material misrepresentation or fraud in any statement to NHA, including but not limited to statements made to assist the applicant, certificant, or another to apply for, obtain, or retain certification.\n• Violation of the Testing Rules of Conduct, even if not discovered until after the issuance of NHA certification credentials.\n\nNHA reserves the right to discipline a certificant who engages in illegal, threatening or unprofessional behavior or activity not specifically described above. 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