Mississippi Administrative Code
Title 30 - Professions and Occupations
Part 2635 - Practice of Medicine
Chapter 13 - Complementary and Alternative Therapies
Rule 30-2635-13.5 - Evaluation
Current through September 24, 2024
Parity of evaluation standards should be established for patients, whether the licensee is using conventional medical practices or alternative therapy.
Prior to offering any recommendations for conventional and/or alternative treatments, the physician shall conduct an appropriate medical history and physical examination of the patient, as well as an appropriate review of the patient's medical records. This evaluation shall include, but is not limited to, conventional methods of diagnosis, and may include other methods of diagnosis as long as the methodology utilized for diagnosis is based upon the same standards of safety and reliability as conventional methods, and shall be documented in the patient's medical record. The record shall also document the following:
1. What medical options have been discussed, offered or tried, and if so, to what effect, or a statement as to whether or not certain options have been refused by the patient or guardian;
2. That proper referral has been offered for appropriate treatment;
3. That the risks and benefits of the use of the recommended treatment, to the extent known, have been appropriately discussed with the patient or guardian; and
4. That the licensee has determined the extent to which the treatment could interfere with any other recommended or ongoing treatment.
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-43-11 (1972, as amended).
