446.08 Informed consent. Any chiropractor 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 chiropractor standard is the standard for informing a patient under this section. The reasonable chiropractor standard requires disclosure only of information that a reasonable chiropractor would know and disclose under the circumstances. The chiropractor’s duty to inform the patient under this section does not require disclosure of any of the following:(1) Detailed technical information that in all probability a patient would not understand.(2) Risks apparent or known to the patient.(3) Extremely remote possibilities that might falsely or detrimentally alarm the patient.(4) Information in emergencies where failure to provide treatment would be more harmful to the patient than treatment.(5) Information in cases where the patient is incapable of consenting.(6) Information about alternate modes of treatment for any condition the chiropractor has not included in his or her diagnosis at the time the chiropractor informs the patient.History: 2013 a. 345.
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