SECTION 86:21-7-6. Client fees and bartering

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(a)   Advance understanding. LBPs shall clearly explain to clients, prior to entering the behavioral health services relationship, all financial arrangements related to professional services including the consequences for non-payment of fees.
(b)   Bartering. LBPs may participate in bartering for services only if the relationship is not exploitive, if the client requests it, if a clear written contract is established and if such arrangements are an accepted practice among professionals in the community.
(c)   Tangible goods. LBPs shall not barter for services rendered by the client. LBPs shall accept only tangible goods, at fair market value, in lieu of money for behavioral health services.

[Source: Transferred from 310:403-7-5 by Laws 2013, c. 229, § 3(F), eff 11-1-13 (see Editor’s Note at beginning of this Chapter)]

                    
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