ARSD 20:41:09:01. Patient care and charges

A chiropractor shall attend the patient as often as necessary to insure continued favorable progress, but shall avoid unnecessary visits. The standards as set forth in § 20:41:14:07 shall be the standards for determining the chiropractic standard of care in the state of South Dakota. No charge may be made which overestimates the advice and services rendered. It is unprofessional conduct for any chiropractor to enter into any contract, agreement, or other arrangement with a patient for care to be rendered in the future. The ability of the patient or insurance carrier to pay cannot be used to justify a charge in excess of the value of the service, although poverty of the patient may require a lesser charge or none at all. A chiropractor may not charge a patient, or a person authorized on behalf of a patient, for the costs of reproduction of chiropractic patient records in excess of the reasonable cost to photocopy the records and for the postage to mail the photocopied records to the patient.