(a)Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (c), the board shall require a licensee to provide a separate disclosure that includes the licensee’s probation status, the length of the probation, the probation end date, all practice restrictions placed on the licensee by the board, the board’s telephone number, and an explanation of how the patient can find further information on the licensee’s probation on the licensee’s profile page on the board’s online license information internet website, to a patient or the patient’s guardian or health care surrogate before the patient’s first visit following the probationary order while the licensee is on probation pursuant to a probationary order.
(b)A licensee required to provide a disclosure pursuant to subdivision (a)
shall obtain from t
Free access — add to your briefcase to read the full text and ask questions with AI
(a)
Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (c), the board shall require a licensee to provide a separate disclosure that includes the licensee’s probation status, the length of the probation, the probation end date, all practice restrictions placed on the licensee by the board, the board’s telephone number, and an explanation of how the patient can find further information on the licensee’s probation on the licensee’s profile page on the board’s online license information internet website, to a patient or the patient’s guardian or health care surrogate before the patient’s first visit following the probationary order while the licensee is on probation pursuant to a probationary order.
(b)
A licensee required to provide a disclosure pursuant to subdivision (a)
shall obtain from the patient, or the patient’s guardian or health care surrogate, a separate, signed copy of that disclosure.
(c)
A licensee shall not be required to provide a disclosure pursuant to subdivision (a) if any of the following applies:
(1)
The patient is unconscious or otherwise unable to comprehend the disclosure and sign the copy of the disclosure pursuant to subdivision (b) and a guardian or health care surrogate is unavailable to comprehend the disclosure and sign the copy.
(2)
The visit occurs in an emergency room.
(3)
The licensee does not have a direct treatment relationship with the patient.
(d)
The board shall provide the following information, with respect to
licensees on probation and licensees practicing under probationary licenses, in plain view on the licensee’s profile page on the board’s online license information internet website.
(1)
For probation imposed pursuant to a stipulated settlement, the causes alleged in the operative accusation along with a designation identifying those causes by which the licensee has expressly admitted guilt and a statement that acceptance of the settlement is not an admission of guilt.
(2)
For probation imposed by an adjudicated decision of the board, the causes for probation stated in the final probationary order.
(3)
For a licensee granted a probationary license, the causes by which the probationary license was imposed.
(4)
The length of the probation and end date.
(5)
All practice restrictions placed on the license by the board.
(e)
“Board” for purposes of this section means the State Board of Chiropractic Examiners.