58-70a-503. Unprofessional conduct.
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Effective 7/1/2026
58-70a-503. Unprofessional conduct.
(1)"Unprofessional conduct" includes:
(a)violation of a patient confidence to any person that does not have a legal right and a professional need to know the information concerning the patient;
(b)knowingly prescribing, selling, giving away, or directly or indirectly administering, or offering to prescribe, sell, furnish, give away, or administer any prescription drug except for a legitimate medical purpose upon a proper diagnosis indicating use of that drug in the amounts prescribed or provided;
(c)prescribing prescription drugs for oneself or administering prescription drugs to oneself, except those that have been legally prescribed for the physician assistant by a licensed practitioner and that are used in accordance with the prescription order for the condition diagnosed;
(d)in a practice that has physician assistant ownership interests, failure to allow a physician the independent final decision making authority on treatment decisions for the physician's patient;
(e)violating the dispensing requirements of Chapter 17b, Part 8, Dispensing Medical Practitioner and Dispensing Medical Practitioner Clinic Pharmacy, or Chapter 88, Part 2, Dispensing Practice, if applicable;
(f)falsely making an entry in, or altering, a medical record with the intent to conceal:
(i)a wrongful or negligent act or omission of an individual licensed under this chapter or an individual under the direction or control of an individual licensed under this chapter; or
(ii)conduct described in Subsections (1)(a) through
(e)or Subsection 58-1-501(1) ;
(g)violating the requirements of Title 26B, Chapter 4, Part 2, Cannabinoid Research and Medical Cannabis; or
(h)designating a child as do not resuscitate without parental consent.
(a)"Unprofessional conduct" does not include, in accordance with Title 26B, Chapter 4, Part 2, Cannabinoid Research and Medical Cannabis, when acting as a recommending medical provider, as that term is defined in Section 26B-4-201 , recommending the use of medical cannabis.
(b)Notwithstanding Subsection (2)(a) , the division, in consultation with the board and in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, shall define unprofessional conduct for a physician assistant described in Subsection (2)(a) .
Amended by Chapter 64 , 2026 General Session