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<chapter num="03" heading="Advertising" title_num="10" subtitle_num="43">
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".01" heading="Scope.">
    <text>A chiropractor may advertise chiropractic services subject to the provisions of this chapter.</text>
  </regulation>
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".02" heading="Qualifications.">
    <paragraph num="A.">
      <text>In an advertisement, a chiropractor shall include at least the chiropractor's:</text>
      <paragraph num="(1)">
        <text>Name;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>Office address;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(3)">
        <text>Telephone number; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(4)">
        <text>Educational degree.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="B.">
      <text>In an advertisement, a chiropractor may state the name of the chiropractor's specialty only if that specialty is approved by the Board.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </regulation>
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".03" heading="Prohibitions.">
    <text>An advertisement may not contain statements that:</text>
    <paragraph num="A.">
      <text>Contain a misrepresentation of facts or do not reasonably identify the practice as chiropractic;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="B.">
      <text>Are likely to mislead or deceive because in context the statement makes only a partial disclosure of relevant facts;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="C.">
      <text>Intend to, or are likely to, create false or unjustified expectations of favorable results;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="D.">
      <text>Relate to fees, other than a standard consultation fee or a range of fees for specific types of services, without fully disclosing all variables and other relevant factors;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="E.">
      <text>Convey the impression that the chiropractor could influence improperly any public body, official, corporation, or any person on behalf of a patient;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="F.">
      <text>Contain representations or implications that in reasonable probability can be expected to cause an ordinary prudent person to misunderstand or to be deceived;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="G.">
      <text>Contain representations that the chiropractor is willing to perform any procedure which is illegal under the laws or regulations of Maryland or the United States;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="H.">
      <text>Contain representations regarding the use of any equipment, treatment, or procedure not within the accepted, prudent practice of chiropractic; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="I.">
      <text>Promise payment, compensation, prizes, or remuneration of any intrinsic value.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </regulation>
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".04" heading="Solicitation.">
    <paragraph num="A.">
      <text>A chiropractor may not engage in solicitation, including but not limited to, in-person, telephone, or direct mail solicitation which:</text>
      <paragraph num="(1)">
        <text>Amounts to fraud, undue influence, intimidation, or overreaching;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>Contains statements which would be improper under Regulation .03 of this chapter.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="B.">
      <text>A chiropractor shall also be accountable under this regulation if the chiropractor uses an agent, partnership, professional association, or health maintenance organization to implement actions prohibited by this regulation.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </regulation>
  <annotations>
    <annotation type="Authority">Health Occupations Article, §3-401, Annotated Code of Maryland</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Effective date: October 24, 1983 (10:21 Md. R. 1902)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Chapter revised effective August 6, 2001 (28:15 Md. R. 1398)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .02C adopted effective January 6, 2014 (40:26 Md. R. 2164)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .03 amended effective October 22, 2007 (34:21 Md. R. 1915)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .03J adopted effective June 13, 2011 (38:12 Md. R. 705)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Subtitle and Chapter name amended to be, Board of Chiropractic Examiners, Advertising, effective January 2, 2017 (43:26 Md. R. 1446)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .01 amended effective January 2, 2017 (43:26 Md. R. 1446)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .02C repealed effective January 2, 2017 (43:26 Md. R. 1446)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .03J repealed effective January 2, 2017 (43:26 Md. R. 1446)</annotation>
  </annotations>
</chapter>