{"data":{"id":"us-in/ic-25-14-4-9","jurisdiction":"us-in","citation":"IC 25-14-4-9","heading":"Rules and guidelines","body":"Sec. 9. Before January 2, 1994, the state board of dentistry established by IC 25-14-1-2 shall adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 that may include the following:\n(1) Guidelines regarding the referral of subscribing dentists for specialty services.\n(2) Guidelines for ensuring that patient referrals by the for-profit dental referral service must be initiated by a patient.\n(3) Guidelines for ensuring that the for-profit dental referral service does not impose a fee on the subscribing dentists dependent upon the number of referrals or the amount of professional fees paid by the patient to the dentist.\n(4) Guidelines for ensuring there is a prohibition against for-profit dental referral services limiting dentist subscribers solely on the basis of a dentist's exclusive geographic location.\n(5) Guidelines regarding dentists basing fees on services performed with no additional fee charged because the patient is a referral.\n(6) Guidelines for preventing for-profit dental referral service advertisements that are false, misleading, or deceptive.\n(7) Guidelines considering the content of disclaimers required in section 4 of this chapter for dental referral services that advertise on television or any other medium that combine audio and video. Such guidelines may require both audio and visual disclaimers.\n(8) A procedure for a for-profit dental referral service to forward complaints to the proper state authority.\n(9) Appropriate safeguards to ensure that all subscribing dentists are fairly selected for referrals on a rotating basis.\n(10) Guidelines for ensuring that a for-profit dental referral service must charge each subscribing dentist in the same advertising market the same fee to become a member of the service.","path":["TITLE 25. PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS","ARTICLE 14. DENTISTS","Chapter 4. Referral Services"],"source_url":"https://iga.in.gov/ic/2026/Title_25.html#25-14-4-9","current_through":"2026","vintage":"2026","retrieved_at":"2026-10-06T20:43:28Z","sha256":"32089e5e9685967707ec2e247e5100dfc459eb318c2b57170c3ab0a706b966a7","source_id":"us-in","stale":false,"prev":"us-in/ic-25-14-4-8","next":"us-in/ic-25-14-5-1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}