Okla. Admin. Code § 38:10-3-2

Current through Vol. 42, No. 4, November 1, 2024

Section 38:10-3-2 - Code of ethics

(a) It shall be the responsibility of Licensed and Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselors to value objectivity and integrity, and in providing services, to strive to maintain the highest standards of their profession.

(b) LADCs and CADCs shall accept responsibility for the consequences of their work and make every effort to ensure their services are used appropriately.

(c) LADCs and CADCs shall be alert to personal, social, organizational, financial, and political situations or pressures that might lead to the misuse of their influence.

(d) LADCs and CADCs shall not participate in, condone, or be associated with dishonesty, fraud, sexual harassment, deceit or misrepresentation.

(e) LADCs and CADCs shall not exploit their relationships with current or former clients, supervisees, students, employees, or research participants, sexually or otherwise, for personal advantage, profit, satisfaction, or interest.

(1) LADCs and CADCs shall not ever engage in any romantic or sexual relationship with a current client.

(2) LADCs and CADCs shall not ever engage in any romantic or sexual relationship with a former client.

(3) LADCs and CADCs shall not accept as a client anyone with whom they have ever had a romantic or sexual relationship.

(f) LADCs and CADCs shall not solicit the clients of one's employing agency for private practice.

(g) LADCs and CADCs shall terminate service to clients, and professional relationships with them when such service and relationships are no longer required or in which a conflict of interest arises.

(h) The LADC and CADC shall give precedence to his or her professional responsibility over personal interests.

(i) The LADC and CADC shall not represent that he or she performed services which he or she did not perform.

(j) LADCs and CADCs shall not divide a fee or accept or give anything of value for receiving or making a referral.

(k) LADCs and CADCs shall provide clients at the beginning of service written, accurate and complete information regarding the extent and nature of the services available to them, to include fees and manner of payment.

(l) In addition to the above stated provisions each LADC and CADC shall sign and adhere to the written code of ethics as set forth in Appendix A of this Chapter.

(m) LADC/MH applicants will need to sign the Code of Ethics for Co-Occurring Disorders as found in Appendix B.

Okla. Admin. Code § 38:10-3-2

Added at 23 Ok Reg 127, eff 10-3-05 (emergency); Added at 23 Ok Reg 2177, eff 6-25-06

Amended by Oklahoma Register, Volume 31, Issue 24, September 2, 2014, eff. 9/21/2014

Amended by Oklahoma Register, Volume 35, Issue 24, September 4, 2018, eff. 9/14/2018

Amended by Oklahoma Register, Volume 38, Issue 23, August 16, 2021, eff. 8/26/2021