58-44a-502 - Unprofessional conduct. - Utah Statutes

58-44a-502. Unprofessional conduct.
"Unprofessional conduct" includes:
(1) disregard for a patient's dignity or right to privacy as to his person, condition,possessions, or medical record;
(2) engaging in an act, practice, or omission which when considered with the duties andresponsibilities of a certified nurse midwife does or could jeopardize the health, safety, or welfareof a patient or the public;
(3) failure to confine one's practice as a certified nurse midwife to those acts or practicespermitted by law;
(4) failure to file or record any medical report as required by law, impeding orobstructing the filing or recording of such a report, or inducing another to fail to file or recordsuch a report;
(5) breach of a statutory, common law, regulatory, or ethical requirement ofconfidentiality with respect to a person who is a patient, unless ordered by the court;
(6) failure to pay a penalty imposed by the division; and
(7) prescribing a schedule II-III controlled substance without a consulting physician.

Enacted by Chapter 288, 1998 General Session