CLIENT PROTECTION -- UNPROFESSIONAL CONDUCT

54-5509. CLIENT PROTECTION -- UNPROFESSIONAL CONDUCT. A licensed midwife or applicant for licensure, renewal, or reinstatement may not: (1) Disregard a client's dignity or right to privacy as to her person, condition, possessions, or medical record; (2) Breach any legal requirement of confidentiality with respect to a client, unless ordered by a court of law; (3) Submit a birth certificate known by the person to be false or fraudulent or willfully make or file false or incomplete reports or records in the practice of midwifery; (4) Fail to provide information sufficient to allow a client to give fully informed consent; (5) Engage in the practice of midwifery while impaired because of the use of alcoholic beverages or drugs; or (6) Violate any other standards of conduct as determined by the board in rules adopted for the regulation of the practice of midwifery.