54-5107 DISCLOSURE BY THOSE PROVIDING NATURAL HEALTH CARE SERVICES. - Idaho Statutes

TITLE 54

PROFESSIONS, VOCATIONS, AND BUSINESSES

CHAPTER 51

NATUROPATHIC PHYSICIANS LICENSING ACT

54-5107. Disclosure by those providing natural health care services. (1) Any person providing natural health care services who is not a naturopathic physician and who is advertising or charging a fee for those services, shall, prior to providing such services, disclose to the client in a clearly worded statement:

(a) The practitioner’s name, business address and telephone number;

(b) The nature of the natural health care services to be provided;

(c) That the practitioner is not an "M.D.," "D.O." or "N.M.D."

(2) Before a practitioner provides natural health care services to a client for the first time, such practitioner must obtain a written acknowledgment from the client stating that he or she has been provided with the information described in this section and that he or she recognizes that the practitioner is not licensed to practice medicine, surgery or naturopathic medicine. The client shall be provided with a copy of this written acknowledgment which must be maintained for two (2) years by the person providing the services. If the disclosure information changes, then the practitioner has a duty to repeat the disclosure if a client obtains services after the change.