Maryland Health Occupations Section 19-318

      (a)      Before a licensee in a private individual, partnership, or group practice provides social work services to a client, the licensee shall provide to the client the following disclosures:

            (1)      The licensee's professional identity;

            (2)      The services which are or may be provided by the licensee and the fees for each service or the hourly rate; and

            (3)      Sufficient information for a patient to give informed consent regarding the nature of the services to be provided.

      (b)      The manner of providing these disclosures shall be as follows:

            (1)      The licensee's professional identity may be provided by business card or display of license in a conspicuous location;

            (2)      The licensee's services and fees may be provided by documented discussion or printed fee schedule; and

            (3)      Informed consent may be provided by documented discussion or a written form signed by the client which is kept in the client's file.