Wis. Admin. Code Optometry Examining Board Opt 5.045 - Informed Consent
(1) Any optometrist who treats a patient
shall inform the patient about the availability of reasonable alternate modes
of treatment and about the benefits and risks of these treatments. The
reasonable optometrist standard is the standard for informing a patient under
this section. The reasonable optometrist standard requires disclosure only of
information that a reasonable optometrist would know and disclose under the
circumstances.
(2) The
optometrist's duty to inform the patient under this section does not require
disclosure of any of the following:
(a)
Detailed technical information that in all probability a patient would not
understand.
(b) Risks apparent or
known to the patient.
(c) Extremely
remote possibilities that might falsely or detrimentally alarm the
patient.
(d) Information in
emergencies where failure to provide treatment would be more harmful to the
patient than treatment.
(e)
Information in cases where the patient is incapable of consenting.
(f) Information about alternate modes of
treatment for any condition the optometrist has not included in his or her
diagnosis at the time the optometrist informs the patient.
(3) If the patient is a minor or incompetent,
the patient's parent or legal guardian shall be informed of all disclosures
required under sub. (1).
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