| Definitions

| Definitions For the purpose of Part 2635, Chapter 13 only, the following terms have the meanings indicated: A. “Board” means the Mississippi State Board of Medical Licensure. B. “Complementary”, “Alternative”, and “Regenerative Medicine/Therapy” means those health care methods of diagnosis, treatment, or interventions that are not acknowledged to be conventional but that may be offered by some licensed physicians in addition to, or as an alternative to, conventional medicine. Examples of these therapies include, but are not limited to: IV infusion/hydration therapy, oriental medicine techniques and practices other than Licensed Acupuncture4, utilization of Artificial Intelligence, and stem cell therapy. C. “Conventional Medical Practices” means those medical interventions that are taught extensively at U.S. medical schools, generally provided at U.S. hospitals, or meet the requirements of the generally accepted standard of care. D. “Informed and Shared Decision Making” means the process by which a physician discusses, in the context of the use of complementary, alternative, and/or regenerative therapies, the risks and benefits of such treatment with the patient. The patient is given an opportunity to express preferences and values before collaboratively evaluating and arriving at treatment decisions. E. “Informed Consent” means evidence documenting appropriate patient consent to a therapy or procedure. F. “Unproven Intervention” means any therapy that lacks compelling evidence, based upon scientific studies, to validate its treatment efficacy.