Vermont

Like so many other states, Vermont wants to close its doors to physicians who advertise in a deceptive manner. Its medical marketing statute appears to be fairly straightforward, if a little quaint in its language about advertising harming “public morals.” For a full assessment of all statutes and regulations that apply to your medical marketing efforts, be sure to consult with your legal counsel.

Sample Best Practices

We’ve developed some sample best practices to help you get started discussing your medical marketing with your legal counsel in more detail. Find out if you need to take steps to avoid the following:

• Advertising in a way that is intended or has a tendency to deceive the public or impose upon credulous or ignorant persons and so be harmful or injurious to public morals or safety.
• Making scientific claims that cannot be substantiated.
• Assuring a permanent cure for an incurable disease.
• Claiming professional superiority without supporting the claim with objective evidence, or using hyperbole when describing your techniques or results.
• Showing patient before and after photos without indicating that results vary and the results shown are not a guarantee.
• Showing models without clearly indicating that the photos are not of actual patients.
• Saying you are board-certified without including in any advertising the name of the board that has certified you.

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