Nevada Administrative Code
Chapter 635 - Podiatry
UNPROFESSIONAL CONDUCT
Section 635.375 - Advertising practices: Forbidden practices; grounds for disciplinary action
Universal Citation: NV Admin Code 635.375
Current through February 27, 2024
1. A podiatrist shall not advertise the practice of podiatry in such a manner that the advertising:
(a)Includes a statement which he or she knows
to be false, or through the exercise of reasonable care should have known to be
false, deceptive, misleading or harmful, to induce a person to use his or her
services;
(b)Includes an
extravagant claim, aggrandizement of his or her abilities, or self-laudatory
statement which is calculated to attract a patient and has a tendency to
mislead the public or produce unrealistic expectations;
(c)Is a false, deceptive or misleading
statement or representation regarding the price, cost, charge or fee for
services or regarding the services he or she has performed or will perform;
or
(d)Includes a certification from
an entity that is not approved by the Board, unless the advertising also
includes a disclaimer clearly stating that the certification was received from
an entity that is not approved by the Board.
2. Disciplinary action may be commenced against a podiatrist whose statement or other advertising described in subsection 1 has a tendency to:
(a)Deceive,
mislead or harm the public because of its false, deceptive, misleading or
harmful character; or
(b)Produce
unrealistic expectations, even though no member of the public is actually
deceived, misled or harmed, or no unrealistic expectations are actually
produced by the statement or other advertising.
Added to NAC by Bd. of Podiatry, eff. 2-28-97
NRS 635.030, 635.130
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