Section 19-318 - Disclosures. - Maryland Statutes

§ 19-318. Disclosures.
 

(a)  When required.- Before a licensee in a private individual, partnership, or group practice provides social work services to a client, the licensee shall provide to the client the following disclosures: 

(1) The licensee's professional identity; 

(2) The services which are or may be provided by the licensee and the fees for each service or the hourly rate; and 

(3) Sufficient information for a patient to give informed consent regarding the nature of the services to be provided. 

(b)  Manner of disclosure.- The manner of providing these disclosures shall be as follows: 

(1) The licensee's professional identity may be provided by business card or display of license in a conspicuous location; 

(2) The licensee's services and fees may be provided by documented discussion or printed fee schedule; and 

(3) Informed consent may be provided by documented discussion or a written form signed by the client which is kept in the client's file. 
 

[2000, ch. 554.]