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:

1. (1) Guidelines regarding the referral of subscribing dentists for specialty services.
2. (2) Guidelines for ensuring that patient referrals by the for-profit dental referral service must be initiated by a patient.
3. (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.
4. (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.
5. (5) Guidelines regarding dentists basing fees on services performed with no additional fee charged because the patient is a referral.
6. (6) Guidelines for preventing for-profit dental referral service advertisements that are false, misleading, or deceptive.
7. (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.
8. (8) A procedure for a for-profit dental referral service to forward complaints to the proper state authority.
9. (9) Appropriate safeguards to ensure that all subscribing dentists are fairly selected for referrals on a rotating basis.
10. (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.

As added by P.L.33-1993, SEC.23. Amended by P.L.24-1999, SEC.16.