Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4755:4 - Orthotics, Prosthetics, Pedorthics › Chapter 4755:4-2 - Code of Ethical Conduct › Section 4755:4-2-01 - Ethical and professional conduct

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
A license holder shall provide
				professional services with objectivity and with respect for the unique needs
				and values of the health care recipient, as follows:
(A)
								A license holder
			 shall not discriminate on the basis of factors that are irrelevant to the
			 provision of professional services including, but not limited to, race, creed,
			 sex, national origin, age, or medical condition.
(B)
								Prior to a
			 license holder entering into a contractual relationship with a health care
			 recipient, the license holder shall provide sufficient information to enable
			 the health care recipient to make an informed decision to enter into a
			 contractual relationship. Sufficient information includes any fees and
			 arrangements for payment which might affect the decision.
(C)
								A license holder
			 shall not mislead the public and/or colleagues about services and shall not
			 advertise in a misleading manner.
(D)
								A license holder
			 shall not engage in any activities that seek to meet his or her personal needs
			 at the expense or detriment of the health care recipient.
(E)
								A license holder
			 shall not receive or give a commission, rebate, or any other form of direct or
			 indirect remuneration or benefit for the referral of patients/clients for
			 professional services.
(F)
								A license holder shall disclose to health care
			 recipients any financial interest in commercial orthotics, prosthetics, or
			 pedorthics device which the license holder promotes for the purpose of direct
			 or indirect personal gain or profit.
(G)
								A license holder
			 shall not accept gratuities for any reason including, but not limited to,
			 preferential consideration of the health care recipient.
(H)
								A license holder
			 shall report to the board any unprofessional, incompetent, unethical, or
			 illegal behavior of an orthotist, prosthetist, prosthetist-orthotist, or
			 pedorthist of which the person has knowledge. An obligation to report is
			 inherent in the professions. Where the alleged violation involves impairment
			 issues and no other provisions of Chapter 4755. or 4779. of the Revised Code or
			 other provisions or rules adopted under them, the license holder may make a
			 referral to the safe haven program in lieu of making report to the
			 board.
(I)
								A license holder shall practice orthotics, prosthetics,
			 or pedorthics in accordance with prevailing professional standards or
			 guidelines and shall not endeavor to extend his/her practice beyond his/her
			 competence and the authority vested in him/her under division (B) of section
			 4779.02 of the Revised
			 Code.
(J)
								A license holder shall not carry out a prescribed
			 service that he knows to be harmful to a patient.
(K)
								A license holder
			 shall only access health care recipient information which is necessary and
			 relevant to his/her function and authority as a orthotics, prosthetics, or
			 pedorthics provider.
(L)
								When responding to a consumer's, prescriber's or
			 provider's request for orthotic, prosthetic, or pedorthic services, if it is
			 evident from the initial evaluation and a review of patient history and/or
			 chart information that another licensed orthotic, prosthetic, or pedorthic
			 service provider is currently providing services based on the same or similar
			 medical orders, the second provider has a professional duty of care to the
			 consumer and the prescriber to contact the first provider and offer the
			 opportunity to complete or clarify the appropriate provision of
			 services.
(M)
								Maintenance of consumer care information
(1)
									A license holder
			 shall maintain consumer care documentation which includes, at minimum:
(a)
										Medical
			 presentation/history data appropriate to the service provided;
(b)
										Evaluation and
			 measurement data supporting device choice and recommendation;
(c)
										All dates of
			 service with narrative progress notes describing presenting problem and
			 service/procedure performed;
(d)
										Medical orders
			 and therapist notes supporting services provided;
(e)
										Documentation
			 required by third party payers including assignment of benefits, privacy
			 notices, delivery receipts, financial arrangements, and records reflecting
			 contacts for and provision of follow-up care;