New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY
Chapter 44H - ORTHOTICS AND PROSTHETICS BOARD OF EXAMINERS
Subchapter 8 - ADVERTISING
Section 13:44H-8.7 - Use of testimonials

Universal Citation: NJ Admin Code 13:44H-8.7

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024

(a) An advertisement containing a lay or expert testimonial shall be based upon the testimonial-giver's personal knowledge or experience obtained from a client-provider relationship with the licensee.

(b) Prior to using the testimonial, the licensee shall obtain a signed, notarized statement and release indicating the testimonial-giver's willingness to have his or her testimonial used it the advertisement.

(c) A layperson's testimonial shall not attest or comment upon any technical matter beyond the layperson's competence.

(d) An expert testimonial shall be rendered only by an individual possessing specialized expertise sufficient to allow the rendering of a bona fide statement or opinion.

(e) A licensee shall be able to substantiate any objective, statement of fact appearing in a testimonial. The failure to do so, if required by the Board, may be deemed professional misconduct by the Board.

(f) Where an advertiser directly or indirectly provides compensation to a testimonial-giver, the fact of such compensation shall be conspicuously disclosed in a legible and readable manner in any advertisement in the following language or its substantial equivalent:

"COMPENSATION HAS BEEN PROVIDED FOR THIS TESTIMONIAL."

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