Kan. Admin. Regs. § 100-76-12 - Business transactions with patients; unprofessional conduct

(a) Non-health-related goods or services. A licensed acupuncturist offering to sell a non-health-related product or service to a patient from a location at which the licensee regularly engages in the practice of acupuncture shall have engaged in unprofessional conduct, unless otherwise allowed by this subsection. A licensed acupuncturist shall not have engaged in unprofessional conduct by offering to sell a non-health-related product or service if all of the following conditions are met:

(1) The sale is for the benefit of a public service organization.

(2) The sale does not directly or indirectly result in financial gain to the licensee.

(3) No patient is unduly influenced to make a purchase.

(b) Business opportunity. A licensed acupuncturist shall have engaged in unprofessional conduct if all of the following conditions are met:

(1) The licensee recruits or solicits a patient either to participate in a business opportunity involving the sale of a product or service or to recruit or solicit others to participate in a business opportunity.

(2) The sale of the product or service directly or indirectly results in financial gain to the licensee.

(3) The licensee recruits or solicits the patient at any time that the patient is present in a location at which the licensee regularly engages in the practice of acupuncture.

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Kan. Admin. Regs. § 100-76-12

Authorized by K.S.A. 2017 Supp. 65-7615; implementing K.S.A. 2017 Supp. 65-7616; effective, T-100-9-21-17, Sept. 21, 2017; amended by Kansas Register Volume 36, No. 52; effective 1/12/2018.