4762.12 Reimbursement of supervising physician.
4762.12 Reimbursement of supervising physician.
In the case of a patient with a claim under Chapter 4121. or 4123. of the Revised Code, an acupuncturist’s supervising physician or chiropractor is eligible to be reimbursed for referring the patient to an acupuncturist or prescribing acupuncture for the patient only if the physician or chiropractor has attained knowledge in the treatment of patients with acupuncture, demonstrated by successful completion of a course of study in acupuncture administered by a college of medicine, osteopathic medicine, podiatric medicine, or chiropractic acceptable to the bureau of workers’ compensation or administered by another entity acceptable to the bureau.
Effective Date: 08-10-2000; 2007 SB33 08-22-2007