22 Tex. Admin. Code § 75.9 - Closing a Practice
(a) A licensee
permanently closing down a chiropractic practice should take the following
steps to avoid patient abandonment:
(1)
arrange with another licensee or other person to take over the licensee's duty
to maintain patient records;
(2)
communicate within a reasonable time to all active patients informing them of
the closure and whom to contact for patient records or continuation of
chiropractic care;
(3) place a
clearly visible sign containing information of whom to contact for patient
records or continuation of chiropractic care at all business
locations;
(4) update all public
listings for the chiropractic practice, including social media accounts, to
state when the practice will close, whom to contact for patient records, and
who will take over the duty to maintain patient records;
(5) refund any unused portion of any
patient's prepaid treatment plan; and
(6) notify the Board in writing of the
closure of the chiropractic practice.
(b) A licensee should document the steps
taken under subsection (a) of this section.
(c) A licensee may modify or eliminate the
steps in subsection (a)(1) through (a)(5) of this section if they are
inapplicable.
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