<html> <head> <title>Rule 20:41:09:01 Patient care and charges.</title> <META NAME="Keywords" Content="Administrative Rules 20:41:09:01"> <META NAME="Description" Content="Administrative Rules 20:41:09:01 Patient care and charges."> <meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=windows-1252"> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 14 (filtered)"> <style> <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:Calibri; panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;} @font-face {font-family:Times; panose-1:2 2 6 3 5 4 5 2 3 4;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times","serif";} @page WordSection1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;} div.WordSection1 {page:WordSection1;} --> </style> </head> <body lang=EN-US> <div class=WordSection1> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>20:41:09</span></b><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>:01.&nbsp;&nbsp;Patient care and charges.</span></b> A chiropractor shall attend the patient as often as necessary to insure continued favorable progress, but shall avoid unnecessary visits. The standards as set forth in &#167;&nbsp;20:41:14:07 shall be the standards for determining the chiropractic standard of care in the state of South Dakota. No charge may be made which overestimates the advice and services rendered. It is unprofessional conduct for any chiropractor to enter into any contract, agreement, or other arrangement with a patient for care to be rendered in the future. The ability of the patient or insurance carrier to pay cannot be used to justify a charge in excess of the value of the service, although poverty of the patient may require a lesser charge or none at all. A chiropractor may not charge a patient, or a person authorized on behalf of a patient, for the costs of reproduction of chiropractic patient records in excess of the reasonable cost to photocopy the records and for the postage to mail the photocopied records to the patient.</span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>&nbsp;</span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Source:</span></b> 2 SDR 63, effective April 12, 1976; 12 SDR 151, 12 SDR 155, effective July 1, 1986; 28 SDR 88, effective December 23, 2001; 33 SDR 66, effective October 23, 2006; 39 SDR 127, effective January 21, 2013.</span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>General Authority:</span></b> SDCL <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=36-2-16">36-2-16</A>, <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=36-5-4">36-5-4</A>, <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=36-5-21">36-5-21(5).</A></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Law Implemented:</span></b> SDCL <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=36-2-16">36-2-16</A>, <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=36-5-1">36-5-1</A>, <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=36-5-2">36-5-2</A>, <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=36-5-4">36-5-4</A>, <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=36-5-14.2">36-5-14.2</A>, <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=36-5-15">36-5-15</A>, <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=36-5-16">36-5-16</A>, <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=36-5-21">36-5-21(5).</A></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>&nbsp;</span></font></p> </div> </body> </html>