Section Nat Med 2.01 - Informed consent(1) Any naturopathic doctor who treats a patient shall inform the patient about the availability of reasonable alternate modes of treatment and about the benefits and risks of these alternate modes of treatment. The reasonable naturopathic doctor standard is the standard for informing a patient. The reasonable naturopathic doctor standard requires disclosure only of information that a reasonable naturopathic doctor in the same or a similar medical specialty would know and disclose under the circumstances.(2) Under this section, a naturopathic doctor's duty to inform the patient does not require disclosure of any of the following: (a) Detailed technical information that in all probability a patient would not understand.(b) Risks apparent or known to the patient.(c) Extremely remote possibilities that might falsely or detrimentally alarm the patient.(d) Information in cases where the patient is incapable of consenting.(e) Information about alternate modes of treatment for any condition the naturopathic doctor has not included in the diagnosis at the time the naturopathic doctor informs the patient.(f) In an emergency, information about alternate modes of treatment, if failure to provide immediate treatment would be more harmful to a patient than immediate treatment.(g) Information about a possible complication or benefit not generally known to reasonably well-qualified naturopathic doctors in a similar medical classification.(3) When informed consent is refused or withdrawn, a naturopathic doctor may not threaten or carry out any retaliation against the patient.(4) A patient may withdraw informed consent at any time.Wis. Admin. Code Naturopathic Medicine Examining Board Nat Med 2.01
Adopted by, CR 23-074: cr. Register August 26 No. 824, eff. 9/1/2024.