<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?><section number="58-1-501.6"><histories><history>Enacted by Chapter <modchap sess="2011GS">139</modchap>, 2011 General Session</history><modyear>2011</modyear></histories><catchline>Health care provider advertisements and disclosure -- Unprofessional conduct.</catchline><tab/>For purposes of this section:<subsection number="58-1-501.6(1)"><subsection number="58-1-501.6(1)(a)">
"Advertisement" includes:<subsection number="58-1-501.6(1)(a)(i)">
billboards;</subsection><subsection number="58-1-501.6(1)(a)(ii)">
written documents such as:
<subsection number="58-1-501.6(1)(a)(ii)(A)">
brochures;</subsection><subsection number="58-1-501.6(1)(a)(ii)(B)">
pamphlets;</subsection><subsection number="58-1-501.6(1)(a)(ii)(C)">
direct mail solicitations;</subsection><subsection number="58-1-501.6(1)(a)(ii)(D)">
radio, television, and telephone solicitation scripts; and</subsection><subsection number="58-1-501.6(1)(a)(ii)(E)">
telephone directories;</subsection></subsection><subsection number="58-1-501.6(1)(a)(iii)">
media, including television, radio, and Internet websites; and</subsection><subsection number="58-1-501.6(1)(a)(iv)">
any other means of promotion intended to directly or indirectly induce a person to enter into an agreement for services with a health care provider.</subsection></subsection><subsection number="58-1-501.6(1)(b)">
"Advertisement" does not include materials that provide information about health care provider networks established by health insurance carriers.</subsection></subsection><subsection number="58-1-501.6(2)">
"Health care provider" means a natural person who is:
<subsection number="58-1-501.6(2)(a)">
defined as a health care provider in Section <xref depth="3" refid="C78B-3-S403_1800010118000101" refnumber="78B-3-403" start="0">78B-3-403</xref>; and</subsection><subsection number="58-1-501.6(2)(b)">
licensed under this title.</subsection></subsection><subsection number="58-1-501.6(3)"><subsection number="58-1-501.6(3)(a)">
This section does not provide authority for a health care provider to advertise the services offered by the health care provider.</subsection><subsection number="58-1-501.6(3)(b)">
If a health care provider's licensing authority and professional ethics permit the health care provider to advertise, the provisions of this section apply to any advertisement for the health care provider's services, on or after July 1, 2011.</subsection></subsection><subsection number="58-1-501.6(4)">
An advertisement for a health care provider's services that includes the health care provider's name shall identify the license type, as used by the division, under which the health care provider is practicing.</subsection><subsection number="58-1-501.6(5)"><subsection number="58-1-501.6(5)(a)">
A physician licensed under <xref depth="1" refid="C58-67_1800010118000101" refnumber="58-67" start="1">Chapter 67, Utah Medical Practice Act</xref>, may comply with the requirements of this section by using any one of the designations in the definitions of "practice of medicine" in Section <xref depth="3" refid="C58-67-S102_1800010118000101" refnumber="58-67-102" start="0">58-67-102</xref>.</subsection><subsection number="58-1-501.6(5)(b)">
A physician licensed under <xref depth="1" refid="C58-68_1800010118000101" refnumber="58-68" start="1">Chapter 68, Utah Osteopathic Medical Practice Act</xref>, may comply with this section by using any of the designations in the definition of "practice of osteopathic medicine" in Section <xref depth="3" refid="C58-68-S102_1800010118000101" refnumber="58-68-102" start="0">58-68-102</xref>.</subsection></subsection><subsection number="58-1-501.6(6)">
It is unprofessional conduct if a health care provider violates this section.</subsection></section>
