Hawaii Administrative Rules
Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS
Chapter 88 - NATUROPATHS
Subchapter 11 - STANDARDS OF PRACTICE, CARE, AND ETHICS
Section 16-88-80 - Code of ethics

(A) A naturopathic physician shall at all times seek to employ methods of therapy that are consistent with naturopathic medical philosophy, scientific principles and evidence, and the naturopathic physician's training and experience, and shall provide patients with information about these therapies and potential alternative therapies so that the patient may give fully informed consent to the recommended treatments.

(B) As part of the obligation to provide care, a naturopathic physician shall use his or her best efforts to facilitate a patient's access to high quality, safe and reliable medicines, medical devices, and supplements.

(C) A naturopathic physician shall offer alternative sources for obtaining the items in subparagraph (5)(B) as long as those alternative sources do not compromise patient safety or clinical effectiveness.

(D) The naturopathic physician shall adequately disclose the contents of medicines or the nature and description of treatments recommended to a patient.

(E) Furthermore, all therapies shall be monitored by the naturopathic physician in a timely manner utilizing reliable means in order to accurately assess the patient's response to employed treatments.

(F) A naturopathic physician shall only provide or recommend services that are medically necessary or deemed to be beneficial for an individual patient.

(A) A naturopathic physician shall recognize and exercise professional judgment within the limits of his or her qualifications, and collaborate with others, seek counsel, or make referrals as appropriate.

(B) When expanding the naturopathic treatments or services provided to patients, a naturopathic physician shall pursue the appropriate advanced education and training.

(C) A naturopathic physician shall dedicate sufficient time to each patient in order to provide (to the best of the naturopathic physician's ability) accurate, comprehensive, and individualized patient assessment and treatment.

(A) A naturopathic physician shall not decline to provide care for a person or discriminate against others on the basis of race, ethnicity, creed, religion, disability, sex, age, sexual orientation, or national origin.

(B) Once the naturopathic physician-patient relationship has begun, the naturopathic physician shall provide care until care is complete, the patient ends the relationship, or the naturopathic physician has discharged the patient from care.

(C) If a naturopathic physician justifiably desires to end the naturopathic physician-patient relationship, and if continued medical care is appropriate, the naturopathic physician shall document a formal referral to an appropriate health care provider.

(A) A naturopathic physician shall transfer a patient's records to another health care provider at the request of the patient, in accordance with appropriate and applicable legal guidelines, in a reasonable and timely fashion, and at reasonable cost.

(B) A naturopathic physician shall maintain confidentially of all patient records unless otherwise instructed by the patient or required by law.

(A) If a naturopathic physician has any financial interests that may conflict with appropriate medical care, the naturopathic physician shall disclose those interests to the patient.

(B) A naturopathic physician who makes written or oral public statements concerning specific products sold by a company from which the naturopathic physician receives compensation, or in which the naturopathic physician holds an ownership interest, shall disclose this financial relationship in those public statements.