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Title: Section 34-1.5 - Disclosure: other health or health related items or services.

Effective Date

12/26/2001

34-1.5 Disclosure: other health or health related items or services.

(a) With respect to referrals for health or health related items or services other than clinical laboratory services, pharmacy services, radiation therapy services, or x-ray or imaging services, and except as provided in subdivision (c) of this section, a practitioner may not make a referral to a health care provider for the furnishing of health or health related items or services where such practitioner or immediate family member of such practitioner has any of the following financial relationships without disclosing to the patient such financial relationship:

(1) an ownership or investment interest with such health care provider; or

(2) a compensation arrangement with such health care provider which is in excess of fair market value, or which provides for compensation that varies directly or indirectly based on the volume or value of any referrals of business between the parties.

(b) The disclosure shall provide notice of any such financial relationship and shall also inform the patient of his or her right to utilize a specifically identified alternative health care provider if any such provider is reasonably available, and shall be in the form specified in section 34-1.6 of this Subpart. Such form shall also be posted prominently in the practitioner's office.

(c) Disclosure pursuant to this section shall not be required for a referral for the furnishing of any health or health related items or services under circumstances for which a referral for clinical laboratory services, pharmacy services, radiation therapy services, or x-ray or imaging services would not be prohibited pursuant to section 238-a of the Public Health Law, provided that any disclosure required by section 34-1.4 of this Subpart for clinical laboratory services, pharmacy services, radiation therapy services, or x-ray or imaging services remains applicable to referrals for other health, or health related items or services under comparable circumstances.

(d) A practitioner shall maintain documentation of each instance of disclosure to a patient pursuant to this section.

Volume

VOLUME A-1 (Title 10)

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