Ohio Admin. Code 4734-9-08 - Professional ethics
(A)
A doctor-patient
relationship is any relationship between a chiropractic physician and a patient
wherein the chiropractic physician provides professional services to the
patient. The doctor-patient relationship requires the chiropractic physician to
exercise the utmost care that he or she will do nothing to exploit the trust
and dependency of the patient. A chiropractic physician shall make every effort
to avoid other types of relationships that impair his or her professional
judgement or risk the possibility of exploiting the confidence placed in him or
her by a patient. Clinical judgment and practices should be objective and
exercised solely for the patient's benefit.
(B)
Chiropractic
physicians who are employees of unlicensed individuals, or who work in a
multidisciplinary healthcare setting, must exercise independent professional
judgment and act in the patient's best interest at all times.
(C)
Every
chiropractic physician shall:
(1)
Maintain proper standards of safety, sanitation and
cleanliness in their place of practice, to include properly utilizing and
maintaining all equipment used in practice;
(2)
Remain free of
conflicts of interest and shall maintain the integrity of the chiropractic
profession while fulfilling his or her duties and responsibilities as a
chiropractic physician. If a conflict of interest does develop, the
chiropractic physician shall promptly disclose such conflict of interest to the
affected parties. Chiropractic physicians shall avoid any conflicts of interest
with a patient which might impair professional judgment;
(3)
Maintain
professional boundaries when interacting with patients via the internet,
electronic messaging, text messaging, or any other type of social
networking;
(4)
Maintain confidentiality and protection of privacy,
security, and integrity of patient information;
(5)
Cooperate with
other health care providers who concurrently treat, or who subsequently treat
their patients;
(6)
Present their professional credentials in an accurate
and dignified manner;
(7)
Promote or endorse themselves in a manner that is true
and not in a false, fraudulent, deceptive, or misleading
manner;
(8)
Consult with other health care professionals when such
consultation would benefit the patient, or when the patient requests such
consultation;
(9)
Protect the public by bringing to the attention of the
board any action of another chiropractic physician that appears to violate
Chapter 4734. of the Revised Code and agency 4734 of the Administrative
Code;
(10)
Not offer financial incentives such as cash, gift
cards, gift certificates or cash equivalents to patients or potential
patients;
(11)
Not receive a fee, rebate, rental payment, or any other
form of remuneration for the referral of a patient to a clinic, laboratory or
other health service entity;
(12)
Not misrepresent
their professional credentials, or present credentials in a misleading manner.
Misleading credentials and/or misrepresentation of credentials includes
advertising educational degrees not recognized by a national accrediting agency
recognized by the secretary of the United States department of education or the
equivalent for education earned outside the United States; and/or advertising
specialty certifications or diplomates not issued by a duly recognized
organization;
(13)
Not guarantee a cure to any patient;
(14)
Not take
physical, emotional, or financial advantage of any patient;
(15)
Not discriminate
on the basis of race, ethnicity, national origin, color, sex, sexual
orientation, age, marital status, political belief, veteran status, or mental
or physical challenge;
(16)
Not communicate with an individual in a way that
invades privacy of the individual, or interferes with an existing
doctor-patient relationship;
(17)
Not make claims
of professional superiority over his or her fellow practitioners or other
health care practitioners in an inaccurate or unidentified manner which cannot
be properly substantiated;
(18)
Not identify
themselves as practicing in a certain specialty or as a specialist, unless they
possess the recognized credentials issued by the proper authority.
Replaces: 4734-9-08
Notes
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 4734.16, 4734.10
Rule Amplifies: 4734.16, 4734.31
Prior Effective Dates: 05/02/2003, 08/01/2007, 11/15/2007, 10/06/2013
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