Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4734 - State Chiropractic Board › Chapter 4734-9 - Discipline › Section 4734-9-08 - Professional ethics

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(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