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Code · Wisconsin · Chapter 449 — Optometry examining board

449.25 Informed consent.

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449.25 Informed consent.
(1)Any optometrist who treats a patient shall inform the patient about the availability of reasonable alternate modes of treatment and about the benefits and risks of these treatments. The reasonable optometrist standard is the standard for informing a patient under this section. The reasonable optometrist standard requires disclosure only of information that a reasonable optometrist would know and disclose under the circumstances. The optometrist’s duty to inform the patient under this section does not require disclosure of any of the following:
(a)Detailed technical information that in all probability a patient would not understand.
(b)Risks apparent or known to the patient.
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