Fee Splitting: Purchase of Medical Practice on a Percentage Basis
The WSMA believes a physician may pay anything he/she wants to for a
medical practice as long as a set price is established, but it is
unethical for a physician to pay a percentage of the income of the
practice that he/she has purchased as payment for it. (JC 6.06-87)
(Reaffirmed A-23)
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Professional Affairs; JC – Judicial Council; CHS – Community and Health
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