The dental hygienist responsible for the continued-care (recare) program is seeking to terminate the dental practice's relationship with clients who have failed to schedule a maintenance visit for more than 2 years. The dental hygienist sends the letter by certified mail. The letter reads as follows: "Dear Patient:
This is to notify you that you are no longer a patient of AAA Dental Practice. You have failed to schedule a maintenance visit for more than 2 years. The office staff will provide necessary emergency care only. Your records will be forwarded to another provider when you return the enclosed release-of-records permission sheet."
To protect the office from allegations of client abandonment, which of the following elements necessary to appropriately terminate a provider-client relationship is not evident in the letter?

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The letter should include a definitive length of time in which the client will remain a patient of record so that the client's health is never jeopardized. Notification of termination is evident. Failure to comply with regularly scheduled maintenance visits is the reason provided. The time period the client will remain a patient of record is not documented in the letter.

The Dental Hygienist Responsible for the Continued-Care (Recare) Program Is