§ 43-65-02 — Requirements

North Dakota § 43-65-02

• Jurisdiction: North Dakota
• Title 43: Occupations and Professions
• Ch. 43-65: Health Care Practitioner Professional Transparency

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1. An advertisement for health care services which names a health care practitioner must
identify the type of license held pursuant to the definitions under this chapter. The
advertisement may not contain deceptive or misleading information.
2. A health care practitioner providing health care services in this state shall post
conspicuously and communicate affirmatively the practitioner's specific licensure as
defined under this chapter. A health care practitioner shall wear a photo identification
name tag during all patient encounters which must include a recent photograph of the
practitioner, the practitioner's name, and the type of license. The name tag must be of
sufficient size and be worn in a conspicuous manner so as to be visible and apparent.
3. A health care practitioner is not subject to the name tag requirement if:

a. The health care practitioner is working in a nonpatient care setting and does not
have any direct patient care interactions;
b. The wearing of identification would jeopardize the health care practitioner's
safety;
c. The health care practitioner is in an office in which the license type and names of
all health care practitioners working in the office are displayed on the office door
and each health care practitioner working in the office has the practitioner's
license posted prominently in the office and readily visible to a patient; or
d. The office is an office of a solo health care practitioner, or of a single type of
health care provider.