(1) The board defines "unprofessional conduct" as follows:

(a) discriminating in services because of race, creed, color, age or national origin;

(b) using advertising matter that contains misstatements, falsehoods, misrepresentation or wording that may in any way reflect against a fellow licensee or other licensed health care provider;

(c) failing to maintain an office(s) in sanitary condition consistent with current accepted sterilization and disinfection protocols for treatment rooms, sterilization and laboratory areas, or operating under unsanitary conditions after a warning from the board;

(d) failing to exercise appropriate supervision over interns who are authorized to practice only under the supervision of a licensed denturist;

(e) incompetence or gross negligence in the practice of denturitry;

(f) failing to adequately maintain complete records of each patient;

(g) having been convicted of violating a federal or state statute dealing with possession, use or distribution of narcotics;

(h) obtaining a fee or other compensation, either directly or indirectly by the representation that a manifestly incurable disease, injury or condition of a person can be cured;

(i) testifying in court on a contingency-witness fee basis;

(j) commission of an act of sexual abuse, sexual misconduct, or sexual exploitation by the licensee, whether or not related to the licensee's practice of denturitry;

(k) failing to respond to correspondence from the board, or failing to comply with final orders of the board; and

(l) making and fitting dentures over dental implants in violation of board rules.