RSA Ch 404.02 - Disrespect to a Patient as Unprofessional Conduct

The following shall constitute unprofessional conduct negatively affecting the practice of chiropractic:

(a) Revealing a patient's personal or health information without either the consent of the patient or a court order requiring the disclosure;
(b) Knowingly exaggerating or minimizing the patient's condition or prospects for recovery;
(c) Failing to give the patient adequate information about proposed and present treatment;
(d) Failing to protect the patient's bodily privacy to the extent consistent with effective diagnosis and treatment;
(e) Terminating a patient's treatment without making a referral to another practitioner when doing so could jeopardize the patient's health or welfare;
(f) Failing upon request by a patient to refer the patient to another practitioner;
(g) Failure to take the utmost care during diagnostic imaging and to minimize a patient's exposure to radiation; and
(h) Failure to provide complete and accurate patient records within 10 business days of receipt of the patient's request to the patient or to any person or entity designated by the patient to receive them.

Notes

RSA Ch 404.02
#8739, eff 10/11/2006, EXPIRED: 10/11/2014; Amended by Volume XXXVII Number 10, Filed March 9, 2017, Proposed by #12107, Effective 2/21/2017, Expires8/20/2017. Amended by Volume XXXVII Number 50, Filed December 14, 2017, Proposed by #12431, Effective 12/8/2017, Expires 12/8/2027. Renumbered by Volume XLII Number 6, Filed February 10, 2022, Proposed by #13327, (formerly Ch 403.02) (see Revision Note at chapter heading for Ch 400)

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