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§ 19-318. Disclosures made to clients

West's Annotated Code of MarylandHealth OccupationsEffective: October 1, 2021

West's Annotated Code of Maryland
Health Occupations (Refs & Annos)
Title 19. Social Workers (Refs & Annos)
Subtitle 3. Licensing (Refs & Annos)
Effective: October 1, 2021
MD Code, Health Occupations, § 19-318
§ 19-318. Disclosures made to clients
Disclosures required
(a) Before a licensee in a private individual, partnership, or group practice provides social work services to a client, the licensee shall provide to the client the following disclosures:
(1) The licensee's professional identity;
(2) The services which are or may be provided by the licensee and the fees for each service or the hourly rate; and
(3) Sufficient information for a patient to give informed consent regarding the nature of the services to be provided.
Manner, form of disclosures
(b) The manner of providing these disclosures shall be as follows:
(1) The licensee's professional identity may be provided by directing the client to the license verification section on the Board's website;
(2) The licensee's services and fees may be provided by documented discussion or printed fee schedule; and
(3) Informed consent may be provided by documented discussion or a written form signed by the client which is kept in the client's file.

Credits

Added by Acts 2000, c. 554, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2000. Amended by Acts 2017, c. 548, § 1, eff. July 1, 2018; Acts 2017, c. 549, § 1, eff. July 1, 2018; Acts 2021, c. 781, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2021; Acts 2021, c. 782, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2021.
MD Code, Health Occupations, § 19-318, MD HEALTH OCCUP § 19-318
Current with all legislation from the 2023 Regular Session of the General Assembly. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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