SB518,3,9 2446.08 Informed consent. Any chiropractor who treats a patient shall inform
3the patient about the availability of reasonable alternate modes of treatment and
4about the benefits and risks of these treatments. The reasonable chiropractor
5standard is the standard for informing a patient under this section. The reasonable
6chiropractor standard requires disclosure only of information that a reasonable
7chiropractor would know and disclose under the circumstances. The chiropractor's
8duty to inform the patient under this section does not require disclosure of any of the
9following:
SB518,3,11 10(1) Detailed technical information that in all probability a patient would not
11understand.
SB518,3,12 12(2) Risks apparent or known to the patient.
SB518,3,14 13(3) Extremely remote possibilities that might falsely or detrimentally alarm
14the patient.
SB518,3,16 15(4) Information in emergencies where failure to provide treatment would be
16more harmful to the patient than treatment.
SB518,3,17 17(5) Information in cases where the patient is incapable of consenting.
SB518,3,20 18(6) Information about alternate modes of treatment for any condition the
19chiropractor has not included in his or her diagnosis at the time the chiropractor
20informs the patient.
SB518,3 21Section 3. 447.02 (2) (f) of the statutes is created to read:
SB518,3,2222 447.02 (2) (f) Provisions implementing s. 447.40.
SB518,4 23Section 4. 447.40 of the statutes is created to read:
SB518,4,5 24447.40 Informed consent. Any dentist who treats a patient shall inform the
25patient about the availability of reasonable alternate modes of treatment and about

1the benefits and risks of these treatments. The reasonable dentist standard is the
2standard for informing a patient under this section. The reasonable dentist standard
3requires disclosure only of information that a reasonable dentist would know and
4disclose under the circumstances. The dentist's duty to inform the patient under this
5section does not require disclosure of any of the following:
SB518,4,7 6(1) Detailed technical information that in all probability a patient would not
7understand.
SB518,4,8 8(2) Risks apparent or known to the patient.
SB518,4,10 9(3) Extremely remote possibilities that might falsely or detrimentally alarm
10the patient.
SB518,4,12 11(4) Information in emergencies where failure to provide treatment would be
12more harmful to the patient than treatment.
SB518,4,13 13(5) Information in cases where the patient is incapable of consenting.
SB518,4,16 14(6) Information about alternate modes of treatment for any condition the
15dentist has not included in his or her diagnosis at the time the dentist informs the
16patient.
SB518,5 17Section 5. 448.695 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 448.695 (1) (intro.) and
18amended to read:
SB518,4,2019 448.695 (1) (intro.) The affiliated credentialing board shall promulgate all of
20the following
rules defining:
SB518,4,22 21(a) Rules defining the acts or attempted acts of commission or omission that
22constitute unprofessional conduct under s. 448.60 (5).
SB518,6 23Section 6. 448.695 (1) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
SB518,4,2424 448.695 (1) (b) Rules implementing s. 448.697.
SB518,7 25Section 7. 448.697 of the statutes is created to read:
SB518,5,7
1448.697 Informed consent. Any podiatrist who treats a patient shall inform
2the patient about the availability of reasonable alternate modes of treatment and
3about the benefits and risks of these treatments. The reasonable podiatrist standard
4is the standard for informing a patient under this section. The reasonable podiatrist
5standard requires disclosure only of information that a reasonable podiatrist would
6know and disclose under the circumstances. The podiatrist's duty to inform the
7patient under this section does not require disclosure of any of the following:
SB518,5,9 8(1) Detailed technical information that in all probability a patient would not
9understand.
SB518,5,10 10(2) Risks apparent or known to the patient.
SB518,5,12 11(3) Extremely remote possibilities that might falsely or detrimentally alarm
12the patient.
SB518,5,14 13(4) Information in emergencies where failure to provide treatment would be
14more harmful to the patient than treatment.
SB518,5,15 15(5) Information in cases where the patient is incapable of consenting.
SB518,5,18 16(6) Information about alternate modes of treatment for any condition the
17podiatrist has not included in his or her diagnosis at the time the podiatrist informs
18the patient.
SB518,8 19Section 8. 449.25 of the statutes is created to read:
SB518,6,2 20449.25 Informed consent. (1) Any optometrist who treats a patient shall
21inform the patient about the availability of reasonable alternate modes of treatment
22and about the benefits and risks of these treatments. The reasonable optometrist
23standard is the standard for informing a patient under this section. The reasonable
24optometrist standard requires disclosure only of information that a reasonable
25optometrist would know and disclose under the circumstances. The optometrist's

1duty to inform the patient under this section does not require disclosure of any of the
2following:
SB518,6,43 (a) Detailed technical information that in all probability a patient would not
4understand.
SB518,6,55 (b) Risks apparent or known to the patient.
SB518,6,76 (c) Extremely remote possibilities that might falsely or detrimentally alarm the
7patient.
SB518,6,98 (d) Information in emergencies where failure to provide treatment would be
9more harmful to the patient than treatment.
SB518,6,1010 (e) Information in cases where the patient is incapable of consenting.
SB518,6,1311 (f) Information about alternate modes of treatment for any condition the
12optometrist has not included in his or her diagnosis at the time the optometrist
13informs the patient.
SB518,6,14 14(2) The examining board shall promulgate rules implementing sub. (1).
SB518,9 15Section 9. Initial applicability.
SB518,6,1816 (1) The treatment of section 446.08 of the statutes first applies to a chiropractor
17required to inform a patient about modes of treatment on the effective date of this
18subsection.
SB518,6,2119 (2) The treatment of section 447.40 of the statutes first applies to a dentist
20required to inform a patient about modes of treatment on the effective date of this
21subsection.
SB518,6,2422 (3) The treatment of section 448.697 of the statutes first applies to a podiatrist
23required to inform a patient about modes of treatment on the effective date of this
24subsection.
SB518,7,3
1(4) The treatment of section 449.25 (1) of the statutes first applies to an
2optometrist required to inform a patient about modes of treatment on the effective
3date of this subsection.
SB518,7,44 (End)
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