R156-79-502. Unprofessional Conduct

"Unprofessional conduct" includes:

(1) engaging in fraud in advertising or soliciting hunting guide or outfitter services to the public;

(2) intentionally obstructing or hindering or attempting to obstruct or hinder lawful hunting by a person who is not a client or an employee of the licensee;

(3) failing to promptly report, unless a reasonable means of communication is not readily available, and in no event later than 20 days, a violation of a state or federal wildlife, game or guiding statute that the licensee believes was committed by a client or an employee of the licensee;

(4) materially breaching a contract with a person using the hunting guide or outfitting services of the licensee;

(5) failing to provide any animal used in the conduct of business with proper food, drink and subjecting any animal used in the conduct of business to needless abuse or cruel and inhumane treatment;

(6) failing to allow the Division or its agents access at all times to inspect hunting camps, whether or not the licensee is present;

(7) failing to provide a hunting guide for every two hunters in wilderness areas and for up to six hunters in all other areas of the state;

(8) failing to maintain a neat, orderly and sanitary camp by not disposing of garbage, debris and human waste appropriately;

(9) failing to provide clean drinking water or failing to protect all food from contamination;

(10) failing to separate livestock facilities and camp facilities and to protect streams from contamination;

(11) failing to report any serious injury or fatality to the client or outfitter staff to a federal, state, county or local law enforcement authority;

(12) failing to comply with state and federal laws and rules regarding hunting guides and outfitters;

(13) failing to comply with state and federal wildlife laws and rules;

(14) failing to adequately maintain general liability insurance coverage as required by the United States Forest Service or the Bureau of Land Management;

(15) failing as a licensee to carry an original license, as issued by the Division, at all times when providing outfitting or hunting guide services;

(16) providing outfitter services to a person who is not properly licensed to hunt for the species sought by that person; and

(17) failing to conform to the generally accepted and recognized standards and ethics of the profession including those established by the Utah Guides and Outfitters Association, adopted July 1, 2006, which is hereby incorporated by reference.