(1) It is unprofessional conduct for a licensee or applicant to violate any statute, rule, or standard of care governing their scope of practice. In addition, the following is unprofessional conduct:

(a) failing to cooperate with an investigation of the board by failing to respond in full or in part;

(b) failing to adequately supervise auxiliary staff to the extent that the patient's physical health or safety is at risk;

(c) practicing while the license is suspended, revoked, or expired;

(d) offering, undertaking or agreeing to cure or treat disease or affliction by a secret method, procedure, treatment, or the treating, operating, or prescribing for any health condition by a method, means, or procedure which the licensee refuses to divulge upon demand from the board;

(e) abandoning, neglecting, or otherwise physically or emotionally abusing a client or patient requiring care;

(f) intentionally or negligently causing physical or emotional injury or abuse to a client or patient in a clinical setting, or sexual abuse, sexual misconduct, or sexual exploitation by the licensee, whether or no related to the licensee's practice;

(g) operating under unsanitary conditions after a warning from the board or consistently maintaining an unsanitary office;

(h) failure by a midwife to maintain current and valid certifications in adult and infant cardiopulmonary resuscitation and neonatal resuscitation as provided by 37-27-201 , MCA;

(i) prescribing a scheduled drug without a current DEA registration.