Kan. Admin. Regs. § 100-72-9 - Written protocol

(a) Each physician entering into a written protocol with a registered naturopathic doctor shall be licensed to practice medicine and surgery in the state of Kansas and shall provide a copy of the protocol to the board within 10 days of entering into the protocol.

(b) Each written protocol between a physician and a naturopathic doctor shall contain the following information:

(1) The date on which the protocol was signed and the signatures of the physician and the naturopathic doctor;

(2) the license number of the physician and the registration number of the naturopathic doctor;

(3) the names of the drugs and substances from the naturopathic formulary, which is specified in K.A.R. 100-72-8, that the naturopathic doctor will be allowed to administer and the method of administration of each drug and substance;

(4) the usage and dosage authorized for each drug and substance;

(5) any warning or precaution associated with the administration of each drug and substance;

(6) a statement that a current copy of the protocol will be maintained at each practice location of the physician and the naturopathic doctor and that any change made to the protocol will be provided to the board within 10 days of making the change;

(7) a statement that the physician is professionally competent to order each drug and substance that the protocol authorizes the naturopathic doctor to administer and that treating the conditions identified in the protocol is within the lawful and customary practice of the physician;

(8) a statement that the authority to administer any drug or substance intravenously is limited to times when the physician either is physically present in the same building or can be present within five minutes at the location where the service is performed;

(9) the identification of any task or service that the physician delegates to any unlicensed person working with the naturopathic doctor;

(10) a statement that emergency procedures have been established by the physician and adopted by the naturopathic doctor to protect the patient in the absence of the physician and that the naturopathic doctor is competent to carry out those emergency procedures; and

(11) any conditions imposed by the physician on the naturopathic doctor before the administration of any of the drugs and substances listed in the protocol.

(c) Each written protocol shall be reviewed by the physician and naturopathic doctor at least annually, and each review shall be signed and dated on the current copy of the protocol.

Notes

Kan. Admin. Regs. § 100-72-9

Authorized by K.S.A. 65-7203; implementing K.S.A. 65-7202; effective Nov. 19, 2004.