Text of UT HB 127 (2022)

H.B. 127 LEGISLATIVE GENERAL COUNSEL 6 Approved for Filing: D.M. Cheung 6 6 01-11-22 12:16 PM 6 H.B. 127 1 MEDICAL PRACTICE AMENDMENTS 2 2022 GENERAL SESSION 3 STATE OF UTAH 4 Chief Sponsor: Rex P. Shipp 5 Senate Sponsor: ____________ 6 7 LONG TITLE 8 General Description: 9 This bill prohibits a physician or surgeon from performing a transgender procedure on a 10 minor. 11 Highlighted Provisions: 12 This bill: 13 < defines terms; 14 < makes it unprofessional conduct to perform a medically unnecessary puberty 15 inhibition procedure or a sex characteristic-altering procedure on a minor; and 16 < makes technical and corresponding changes. 17 Money Appropriated in this Bill: 18 None 19 Other Special Clauses: 20 None 21 Utah Code Sections Affected: 22 AMENDS: 23 58-67-102, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2017, Chapter 299 24 58-67-502, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2021, Chapter 337 25 58-68-102, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2017, Chapter 299 26 58-68-502, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2021, Chapter 337 27 *HB0127* H.B. 127 01-11-22 12:16 PM - 2 - 28 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah: 29 Section 1. Section 58-67-102 is amended to read: 30 58-67-102. Definitions. 31 In addition to the definitions in Section 58-1-102, as used in this chapter: 32 (1) "Ablative procedure" means a procedure that is expected to excise, vaporize, 33 disintegrate, or remove living tissue, including the use of carbon dioxide lasers and erbium: 34 YAG lasers, and excluding hair removal. 35 (2) "ACGME" means the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education of the 36 American Medical Association. 37 (3) "Administrative penalty" means a monetary fine or citation imposed by the division 38 for acts or omissions determined to constitute unprofessional or unlawful conduct, in 39 accordance with a fine schedule established by the division in collaboration with the board, as a 40 result of an adjudicative proceeding conducted in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 4, 41 Administrative Procedures Act. 42 (4) "Associate physician" means an individual licensed under Section 58-67-302.8. 43 (5) "Attempted sex change" means an attempt or effort to change an individual's body 44 to present that individual as being of a sex or gender that is different from the individual's 45 biological sex at birth. 46 (6) "Biological sex at birth" means an individual's sex, as being male or female, 47 according to distinct reproductive roles as manifested by sex and reproductive organ anatomy, 48 chromosomal makeup, and endogenous hormone profiles. 49 [(5)] (7) "Board" means the Physicians Licensing Board created in Section 58-67-201. 50 [(6)] (8) "Collaborating physician" means an individual licensed under Section 51 58-67-302 who enters into a collaborative practice arrangement with an associate physician. 52 [(7)] (9) "Collaborative practice arrangement" means the arrangement described in 53 Section 58-67-807. 54 [(8)] (10) (a) "Cosmetic medical device" means tissue altering energy based devices 55 that have the potential for altering living tissue and that are used to perform ablative or 56 nonablative procedures, such as American National Standards Institute (ANSI) designated 57 Class IIIb and Class IV lasers, intense pulsed light, radio frequency devices, and lipolytic 58 devices, and excludes ANSI designated Class IIIa and lower powered devices. 01-11-22 12:16 PM H.B. 127 - 3 - 59 (b) Notwithstanding Subsection [(8)] (10)(a), if an ANSI designated Class IIIa and 60 lower powered device is being used to perform an ablative procedure, the device is included in 61 the definition of cosmetic medical device under Subsection [(8)] (10)(a). 62 [(9)] (11) "Cosmetic medical procedure": 63 (a) includes the use of cosmetic medical devices to perform ablative or nonablative 64 procedures; and 65 (b) does not include a treatment of the ocular globe such as refractive surgery. 66 [(10)] (12) "Diagnose" means: 67 (a) to examine in any manner another person, parts of a person's body, substances, 68 fluids, or materials excreted, taken, or removed from a person's body, or produced by a person's 69 body, to determine the source, nature, kind, or extent of a disease or other physical or mental 70 condition; 71 (b) to attempt to conduct an examination or determination described under Subsection 72 [(10)] (12)(a); 73 (c) to hold oneself out as making or to represent that one is making an examination or 74 determination as described in Subsection [(10)] (12)(a); or 75 (d) to make an examination or determination as described in Subsection [(10)] (12)(a) 76 upon or from information supplied directly or indirectly by another person, whether or not in 77 the presence of the person making or attempting the diagnosis or examination. 78 [(11)] (13) "LCME" means the Liaison Committee on Medical Education of the 79 American Medical Association. 80 [(12)] (14) "Medical assistant" means an unlicensed individual working under the 81 indirect supervision of a licensed physician and surgeon and engaged in specific tasks assigned 82 by the licensed physician and surgeon in accordance with the standards and ethics of the 83 profession. 84 [(13)] (15) "Medically underserved area" means a geographic area in which there is a 85 shortage of primary care health services for residents, as determined by the Department of 86 Health. 87 [(14)] (16) "Medically underserved population" means a specified group of people 88 living in a defined geographic area with a shortage of primary care health services, as 89 determined by the Department of Health. H.B. 127 01-11-22 12:16 PM - 4 - 90 (17) (a) "Medically unnecessary puberty inhibition procedure" means administering or 91 supplying to an individual younger than 18 years old, alone or in combination with aromatase 92 inhibitors: 93 (i) gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonists; 94 (ii) progestins; or 95 (iii) androgen receptor inhibitors. 96 (b) "Medically unnecessary puberty inhibition procedure" does not include 97 administering or supplying a treatment described in Subsection (17)(a) to an individual younger 98 than 18 years old if the treatment is medically necessary as a treatment for: 99 (i) precocious puberty; 100 (ii) idiopathic short stature; 101 (iii) endometriosis; or 102 (iv) a sex hormone-stimulated cancer. 103 [(15)] (18) (a) (i) "Nonablative procedure" means a procedure that is expected or 104 intended to alter living tissue, but is not intended or expected to excise, vaporize, disintegrate, 105 or remove living tissue. 106 (ii) Notwithstanding Subsection [(15)] (18)(a)(i), nonablative procedure includes hair 107 removal. 108 (b) "Nonablative procedure" does not include: 109 (i) a superficial procedure as defined in Section 58-1-102; 110 (ii) the application of permanent make-up; or 111 (iii) the use of photo therapy and lasers for neuromusculoskeletal treatments that are 112 performed by an individual licensed under this title who is acting within the individual's scope 113 of practice. 114 [(16)] (19) "Physician" means both physicians and surgeons licensed under Section 115 58-67-301, Utah Medical Practice Act, and osteopathic physicians and surgeons licensed under 116 Section 58-68-301, Utah Osteopathic Medical Practice Act. 117 [(17)] (20) (a) "Practice of medicine" means: 118 (i) to diagnose, treat, correct, administer anesthesia, or prescribe for any human 119 disease, ailment, injury, infirmity, deformity, pain or other condition, physical or mental, real 120 or imaginary, including to perform cosmetic medical procedures, or to attempt to do so, by any 01-11-22 12:16 PM H.B. 127 - 5 - 121 means or instrumentality, and by an individual in Utah or outside the state upon or for any 122 human within the state; 123 (ii) when a person not licensed as a physician directs a licensee under this chapter to 124 withhold or alter the health care services that the licensee has ordered; 125 (iii) to maintain an office or place of business for the purpose of doing any of the acts 126 described in Subsection [(17)] (20)(a) whether or not for compensation; or 127 (iv) to use, in the conduct of any occupation or profession pertaining to the diagnosis or 128 treatment of human diseases or conditions in any printed material, stationery, letterhead, 129 envelopes, signs, or advertisements, the designation "doctor," "doctor of medicine," 130 "physician," "surgeon," "physician and surgeon," "Dr.," "M.D.," or any combination of these 131 designations in any manner which might cause a reasonable person to believe the individual 132 using the designation is a licensed physician and surgeon, and if the party using the designation 133 is not a licensed physician and surgeon, the designation must additionally contain the 134 description of the branch of the healing arts for which the person has a license, provided that an 135 individual who has received an earned degree of doctor of medicine degree but is not a licensed 136 physician and surgeon in Utah may use the designation "M.D." if it is followed by "Not 137 Licensed" or "Not Licensed in Utah" in the same size and style of lettering. 138 (b) The practice of medicine does not include: 139 (i) except for an ablative medical procedure as provided in Subsection [(17)] 140 (20)(b)(ii), the conduct described in Subsection [(17)] (20)(a)(i) that is performed in 141 accordance with a license issued under another chapter of this title; 142 (ii) an ablative cosmetic medical procedure if the scope of practice for the person 143 performing the ablative cosmetic medical procedure includes the authority to operate or 144 perform a surgical procedure; or 145 (iii) conduct under Subsection 58-67-501(2). 146 [(18)] (21) "Prescription device" means an instrument, apparatus, implement, machine, 147 contrivance, implant, in vitro reagent, or other similar or related article, and any component 148 part or accessory, which is required under federal or state law to be prescribed by a practitioner 149 and dispensed by or through a person or entity licensed under this chapter or exempt from 150 licensure under this chapter. 151 [(19)] (22) "Prescription drug" means a drug that is required by federal or state law or H.B. 127 01-11-22 12:16 PM - 6 - 152 rule to be dispensed only by prescription or is restricted to administration only by practitioners. 153 (23) (a) "Sex characteristic-altering procedure" means, for the purpose of effectuating 154 or facilitating an individual's attempted sex change: 155 (i) castration, orchiectomy, penectomy, vaginoplasty, vulvoplasty, breast augmentation 156 surgery, or facial feminization surgery on an individual whose biological sex at birth is male; 157 (ii) mastectomy, hysterectomy, oophorectomy, metoidioplasty, phalloplasty, or chest or 158 facial masculinization procedures on an individual whose biological sex at birth is female; 159 (iii) any surgical procedure that is related to or necessary for a procedure described in 160 Subsection (23)(a)(i) or (ii), that would result in the sterilization of an individual who is 161 non-sterile; 162 (iv) administering or supplying: 163 (A) doses of testosterone or other androgens to an individual whose biological sex at 164 birth is female at levels above those normally found in an individual whose biological sex at 165 birth is female; or 166 (B) doses of estrogens or synthetic compounds with estrogenic activity or effect to an 167 individual whose biological sex at birth is male at levels above those normally found in an 168 individual whose biological sex at birth is male; or 169 (v) removing any otherwise healthy or non-diseased body part or tissue. 170 (b) "Sex characteristic-altering procedure" does not include: 171 (i) surgery or other procedures or treatments performed on an individual who: 172 (A) is born with external biological sex characteristics that are irresolvably ambiguous; 173 (B) is born with 46, XX chromosomes with virilization; 174 (C) is born with 46, XY chromosomes with undervirilization; 175 (D) has both ovarian and testicular tissue; or 176 (E) has been diagnosed by a physician, based on genetic or biochemical testing, with a 177 sex development disorder characterized by abnormal sex chromosome structure, sex steroid 178 hormone production, or sex steroid hormone action for a male or female; or 179 (ii) removing a body part: 180 (A) because it is cancerous or diseased; or 181 (B) for a reason that is medically necessary, other than to effectuate or facilitate an 182 individual's attempted sex change. 01-11-22 12:16 PM H.B. 127 - 7 - 183 [(20)] (24) "SPEX" means the Special Purpose Examination of the Federation of State 184 Medical Boards. 185 [(21)] (25) "Unlawful conduct" means the same as that term is defined in Sections 186 58-1-501 and 58-67-501. 187 [(22)] (26) "Unprofessional conduct" means the same as that term is defined in 188 Sections 58-1-501 and 58-67-502, and as may be further defined by division rule. 189 Section 2. Section 58-67-502 is amended to read: 190 58-67-502. Unprofessional conduct. 191 (1) "Unprofessional conduct" includes, in addition to the definition in Section 192 58-1-501: 193 (a) using or employing the services of any individual to assist a licensee in any manner 194 not in accordance with the generally recognized practices, standards, or ethics of the 195 profession, state law, or division rule; 196 (b) making a material misrepresentation regarding the qualifications for licensure under 197 Section 58-67-302.7 or Section 58-67-302.8; 198 (c) violating the dispensing requirements of Chapter 17b, Part 8, Dispensing Medical 199 Practitioner and Dispensing Medical Practitioner Clinic Pharmacy, if applicable; 200 (d) violating the requirements of Title 26, Chapter 61a, Utah Medical Cannabis Act; 201 [or] 202 (e) falsely making an entry in, or altering, a medical record with the intent to conceal: 203 (i) a wrongful or negligent act or omission of an individual licensed under this chapter 204 or an individual under the direction or control of an individual licensed under this chapter; or 205 (ii) conduct described in Subsections (1)(a) through (d) or Subsection 58-1-501(1)[.]; 206 or 207 (f) performing, or causing to be performed: 208 (i) a sex characteristic-altering procedure upon an individual who is less than 18 years 209 old; or 210 (ii) a medically unnecessary puberty inhibition procedure upon an individual who is: 211 (A) less than 18 years old; and 212 (B) not an emancipated minor. 213 (2) "Unprofessional conduct" does not include: H.B. 127 01-11-22 12:16 PM - 8 - 214 (a) in compliance with Section 58-85-103: 215 (i) obtaining an investigational drug or investigational device; 216 (ii) administering the investigational drug to an eligible patient; or 217 (iii) treating an eligible patient with the investigational drug or investigational device; 218 or 219 (b) in accordance with Title 26, Chapter 61a, Utah Medical Cannabis Act: 220 (i) when registered as a qualified medical provider or acting as a limited medical 221 provider, as those terms are defined in Section 26-61a-102, recommending the use of medical 222 cannabis; 223 (ii) when registered as a pharmacy medical provider, as that term is defined in Section 224 26-61a-102, providing pharmacy medical provider services in a medical cannabis pharmacy; or 225 (iii) when registered as a state central patient portal medical provider, as that term is 226 defined in Section 26-61a-102, providing state central patient portal medical provider services. 227 (3) Notwithstanding Subsection (2)(b), the division, in consultation with the board and 228 in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, shall define 229 unprofessional conduct for a physician described in Subsection (2)(b). 230 Section 3. Section 58-68-102 is amended to read: 231 58-68-102. Definitions. 232 In addition to the definitions in Section 58-1-102, as used in this chapter: 233 (1) "Ablative procedure" means a procedure that is expected to excise, vaporize, 234 disintegrate, or remove living tissue, including the use of carbon dioxide lasers and erbium: 235 YAG lasers, and excluding hair removal. 236 (2) "ACGME" means the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education of the 237 American Medical Association. 238 (3) "Administrative penalty" means a monetary fine imposed by the division for acts or 239 omissions determined to constitute unprofessional or unlawful conduct, as a result of an 240 adjudicative proceeding conducted in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 4, Administrative 241 Procedures Act. 242 (4) "AOA" means the American Osteopathic Association. 243 (5) "Associate physician" means an individual licensed under Section 58-68-302.5. 244 (6) "Attempted sex change" means an attempt or effort to change an individual's body 01-11-22 12:16 PM H.B. 127 - 9 - 245 to present that individual as being of a sex or gender that is different from the individual's 246 biological sex at birth. 247 [(6)] (7) "Board" means the Osteopathic Physician and Surgeon's Licensing Board 248 created in Section 58-68-201. 249 (8) "Biological sex at birth" means an individual's sex, as being male or female, 250 according to distinct reproductive roles as manifested by sex and reproductive organ anatomy, 251 chromosomal makeup, and endogenous hormone profiles. 252 [(7)] (9) "Collaborating physician" means an individual licensed under Section 253 58-68-302 who enters into a collaborative practice arrangement with an associate physician. 254 [(8)] (10) "Collaborative practice arrangement" means the arrangement described in 255 Section 58-68-807. 256 [(9)] (11) (a) "Cosmetic medical device" means tissue altering energy based devices 257 that have the potential for altering living tissue and that are used to perform ablative or 258 nonablative procedures, such as American National Standards Institute (ANSI) designated 259 Class IIIb and Class IV lasers, intense pulsed light, radio frequency devices, and lipolytic 260 devices and excludes ANSI designated Class IIIa and lower powered devices. 261 (b) Notwithstanding Subsection [(9)] (11)(a), if an ANSI designated Class IIIa and 262 lower powered device is being used to perform an ablative procedure, the device is included in 263 the definition of cosmetic medical device under Subsection [(9)] (11)(a). 264 [(10)] (12) "Cosmetic medical procedure": 265 (a) includes the use of cosmetic medical devices to perform ablative or nonablative 266 procedures; and 267 (b) does not include a treatment of the ocular globe such as refractive surgery. 268 [(11)] (13) "Diagnose" means: 269 (a) to examine in any manner another person, parts of a person's body, substances, 270 fluids, or materials excreted, taken, or removed from a person's body, or produced by a person's 271 body, to determine the source, nature, kind, or extent of a disease or other physical or mental 272 condition; 273 (b) to attempt to conduct an examination or determination described under Subsection 274 [(11)] (13)(a); 275 (c) to hold oneself out as making or to represent that one is making an examination or H.B. 127 01-11-22 12:16 PM - 10 - 276 determination as described in Subsection [(11)] (13)(a); or 277 (d) to make an examination or determination as described in Subsection [(11)] (13)(a) 278 upon or from information supplied directly or indirectly by another person, whether or not in 279 the presence of the person making or attempting the diagnosis or examination. 280 [(12)] (14) "Medical assistant" means an unlicensed individual working under the 281 indirect supervision of a licensed osteopathic physician and surgeon and engaged in specific 282 tasks assigned by the licensed osteopathic physician and surgeon in accordance with the 283 standards and ethics of the profession. 284 [(13)] (15) "Medically underserved area" means a geographic area in which there is a 285 shortage of primary care health services for residents, as determined by the Department of 286 Health. 287 [(14)] (16) "Medically underserved population" means a specified group of people 288 living in a defined geographic area with a shortage of primary care health services, as 289 determined by the Department of Health. 290 (17) (a) "Medically unnecessary puberty inhibition procedure" means administering or 291 supplying to an individual younger than 18 years old, alone or in combination with aromatase 292 inhibitors: 293 (i) gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonists; 294 (ii) progestins; or 295 (iii) androgen receptor inhibitors. 296 (b) "Medically unnecessary puberty inhibition procedure" does not include 297 administering or supplying a treatment described in Subsection (17)(a) to an individual younger 298 than 18 years old if the treatment is medically necessary as a treatment for: 299 (i) precocious puberty; 300 (ii) idiopathic short stature; 301 (iii) endometriosis; or 302 (iv) a sex hormone-stimulated cancer. 303 [(15)] (18) (a) (i) "Nonablative procedure" means a procedure that is expected or 304 intended to alter living tissue, but is not expected or intended to excise, vaporize, disintegrate, 305 or remove living tissue. 306 (ii) Notwithstanding Subsection [(15)] (18)(a)(i), nonablative procedure includes hair 01-11-22 12:16 PM H.B. 127 - 11 - 307 removal. 308 (b) "Nonablative procedure" does not include: 309 (i) a superficial procedure as defined in Section 58-1-102; 310 (ii) the application of permanent make-up; or 311 (iii) the use of photo therapy lasers for neuromusculoskeletal treatments that are 312 preformed by an individual licensed under this title who is acting within the individual's scope 313 of practice. 314 [(16)] (19) "Physician" means both physicians and surgeons licensed under Section 315 58-67-301, Utah Medical Practice Act, and osteopathic physicians and surgeons licensed under 316 Section 58-68-301, Utah Osteopathic Medical Practice Act. 317 [(17)] (20) (a) "Practice of osteopathic medicine" means: 318 (i) to diagnose, treat, correct, administer anesthesia, or prescribe for any human 319 disease, ailment, injury, infirmity, deformity, pain, or other condition, physical or mental, real 320 or imaginary, or to attempt to do so, by any means or instrumentality, which in whole or in part 321 is based upon emphasis of the importance of the musculoskeletal system and manipulative 322 therapy in the maintenance and restoration of health, by an individual in Utah or outside of the 323 state upon or for any human within the state; 324 (ii) when a person not licensed as a physician directs a licensee under this chapter to 325 withhold or alter the health care services that the licensee has ordered; 326 (iii) to maintain an office or place of business for the purpose of doing any of the acts 327 described in Subsection [(17)] (20)(a) whether or not for compensation; or 328 (iv) to use, in the conduct of any occupation or profession pertaining to the diagnosis or 329 treatment of human diseases or conditions, in any printed material, stationery, letterhead, 330 envelopes, signs, or advertisements, the designation "doctor," "doctor of osteopathic medicine," 331 "osteopathic physician," "osteopathic surgeon," "osteopathic physician and surgeon," "Dr.," 332 "D.O.," or any combination of these designations in any manner which might cause a 333 reasonable person to believe the individual using the designation is a licensed osteopathic 334 physician, and if the party using the designation is not a licensed osteopathic physician, the 335 designation must additionally contain the description of the branch of the healing arts for which 336 the person has a license, provided that an individual who has received an earned degree of 337 doctor of osteopathic medicine but is not a licensed osteopathic physician and surgeon in Utah H.B. 127 01-11-22 12:16 PM - 12 - 338 may use the designation "D.O." if it is followed by "Not Licensed" or "Not Licensed in Utah" 339 in the same size and style of lettering. 340 (b) The practice of osteopathic medicine does not include: 341 (i) except for an ablative medical procedure as provided in Subsection [(17)] 342 (20)(b)(ii), the conduct described in Subsection [(17)] (20)(a)(i) that is performed in 343 accordance with a license issued under another chapter of this title; 344 (ii) an ablative cosmetic medical procedure if the scope of practice for the person 345 performing the ablative cosmetic medical procedure includes the authority to operate or 346 perform a surgical procedure; or 347 (iii) conduct under Subsection 58-68-501(2). 348 [(18)] (21) "Prescription device" means an instrument, apparatus, implement, machine, 349 contrivance, implant, in vitro reagent, or other similar or related article, and any component 350 part or accessory, which is required under federal or state law to be prescribed by a practitioner 351 and dispensed by or through a person or entity licensed under this chapter or exempt from 352 licensure under this chapter. 353 [(19)] (22) "Prescription drug" means a drug that is required by federal or state law or 354 rule to be dispensed only by prescription or is restricted to administration only by practitioners. 355 (23) (a) "Sex characteristic-altering procedure" means, for the purpose of effectuating 356 or facilitating an individual's attempted sex change: 357 (i) castration, orchiectomy, penectomy, vaginoplasty, vulvoplasty, breast augmentation 358 surgery, or facial feminization surgery on an individual whose biological sex at birth is male; 359 (ii) mastectomy, hysterectomy, oophorectomy, metoidioplasty, phalloplasty, or chest or 360 facial masculinization procedures on an individual whose biological sex at birth is female; 361 (iii) any surgical procedure that is related to or necessary for a procedure described in 362 Subsection (23)(a)(i) or (ii), that would result in the sterilization of an individual who is 363 non-sterile; 364 (iv) administering or supplying: 365 (A) doses of testosterone or other androgens to an individual whose biological sex at 366 birth is female at levels above those normally found in an individual whose biological sex at 367 birth is female; or 368 (B) doses of estrogens or synthetic compounds with estrogenic activity or effect to an 01-11-22 12:16 PM H.B. 127 - 13 - 369 individual whose biological sex at birth is male at levels above those normally found in an 370 individual whose biological sex at birth is male; or 371 (v) removing any otherwise healthy or non-diseased body part or tissue. 372 (b) "Sex characteristic-altering procedure" does not include: 373 (i) surgery or other procedures or treatments performed on an individual who: 374 (A) is born with external biological sex characteristics that are irresolvably ambiguous; 375 (B) is born with 46, XX chromosomes with virilization; 376 (C) is born with 46, XY chromosomes with undervirilization; 377 (D) has both ovarian and testicular tissue; or 378 (E) has been diagnosed by a physician, based on genetic or biochemical testing, with a 379 sex development disorder characterized by abnormal sex chromosome structure, sex steroid 380 hormone production, or sex steroid hormone action for a male or female; or 381 (ii) removing a body part: 382 (A) because it is cancerous or diseased; or 383 (B) for a reason that is medically necessary, other than to effectuate or facilitate an 384 individual's attempted sex change. 385 [(20)] (24) "SPEX" means the Special Purpose Examination of the Federation of State 386 Medical Boards. 387 [(21)] (25) "Unlawful conduct" means the same as that term is defined in Sections 388 58-1-501 and 58-68-501. 389 [(22)] (26) "Unprofessional conduct" means the same as that term is defined in 390 Sections 58-1-501 and 58-68-502 and as may be further defined by division rule. 391 Section 4. Section 58-68-502 is amended to read: 392 58-68-502. Unprofessional conduct. 393 (1) "Unprofessional conduct" includes, in addition to the definition in Section 394 58-1-501: 395 (a) using or employing the services of any individual to assist a licensee in any manner 396 not in accordance with the generally recognized practices, standards, or ethics of the 397 profession, state law, or division rule; 398 (b) violating the dispensing requirements of Chapter 17b, Part 8, Dispensing Medical 399 Practitioner and Dispensing Medical Practitioner Clinic Pharmacy, if applicable; H.B. 127 01-11-22 12:16 PM - 14 - 400 (c) making a material misrepresentation regarding the qualifications for licensure under 401 Section 58-68-302.5; 402 (d) violating the requirements of Title 26, Chapter 61a, Utah Medical Cannabis Act; 403 [or] 404 (e) falsely making an entry in, or altering, a medical record with the intent to conceal: 405 (i) a wrongful or negligent act or omission of an individual licensed under this chapter 406 or an individual under the direction or control of an individual licensed under this chapter; or 407 (ii) conduct described in Subsections (1)(a) through (d) or Subsection 58-1-501(1)[.]; 408 or 409 (f) performing, or causing to be performed: 410 (i) a sex characteristic-altering procedure upon an individual who is less than 18 years 411 old; or 412 (ii) a medically unnecessary puberty inhibition procedure upon an individual who is: 413 (A) less than 18 years old; and 414 (B) not an emancipated minor. 415 (2) "Unprofessional conduct" does not include: 416 (a) in compliance with Section 58-85-103: 417 (i) obtaining an investigational drug or investigational device; 418 (ii) administering the investigational drug to an eligible patient; or 419 (iii) treating an eligible patient with the investigational drug or investigational device; 420 or 421 (b) in accordance with Title 26, Chapter 61a, Utah Medical Cannabis Act: 422 (i) when registered as a qualified medical provider or acting as a limited medical 423 provider, as those terms are defined in Section 26-61a-102, recommending the use of medical 424 cannabis; 425 (ii) when registered as a pharmacy medical provider, as that term is defined in Section 426 26-61a-102, providing pharmacy medical provider services in a medical cannabis pharmacy; or 427 (iii) when registered as a state central patient portal medical provider, as that term is 428 defined in Section 26-61a-102, providing state central patient portal medical provider services. 429 (3) Notwithstanding Subsection (2)(b), the division, in consultation with the board and 430 in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, shall define 01-11-22 12:16 PM H.B. 127 - 15 - 431 unprofessional conduct for a physician described in Subsection (2)(b).