Ariz. Admin. Code § R4-45-214 - Standards of Professional Conduct
Conduct or practice that is contrary to recognized standards of ethics of the respiratory therapy profession, as used in A.R.S. § 32-3501(10)(i), includes the following:
1. Engaging in
the practice of respiratory care in a manner that harms or may harm a patient
or that the Board determines falls below the community standard;
2. Procuring or attempting to procure by
fraud or misrepresentation a license or renewal of a license to practice
respiratory care;
3. Violating a
formal order, condition of probation, or stipulation issued by the Board,
another regulatory entity of any state, or a court of law;
4. Obtaining a fee by fraud, deceit, or
misrepresentation;
5. Falsely
claiming attendance at an approved continuing education to meet license renewal
requirements;
6. Endangering a
patient's or the public's physical or emotional health or safety or engaging in
conduct or practice that may reasonably be expected to do so;
7. Engaging in sexual intimacies with a
patient unless the sexual intimacies were initiated before the
practitioner-patient relationship was established;
8. Committing an act of sexual abuse,
misconduct, harassment, or exploitation;
9. Acting in a manner that the Board
determines, based on community standards, constitutes incompetence, gross
negligence, repeated negligence, or negligence that results in harm or death of
a patient;
10. Abandoning or
neglecting a patient, including leaving a respiratory therapy assignment before
properly advising supervisory personnel;
11. Failing to report for scheduled duty
without properly advising supervisory personnel;
12. Using or being under the influence of
alcohol, illegal drugs or substances, or drugs or substances that impair
judgment, while on duty in any health care work location;
13. Impersonating another licensed
practitioner;
14. Knowingly
employing, directing, or supervising an individual in the performance of
respiratory care who is not authorized to practice respiratory care;
15. Violating the confidentiality of
information concerning a patient;
16. Inaccurately recording, falsifying, or
altering a patient record, including a patient chart or medication
administration record;
17.
Misrepresenting or omitting a fact on an application for employment as a
respiratory care practitioner;
18.
Retaliating against any person who reports in good faith to the Board alleged
incompetence or illegal or unethical conduct of any practitioner;
19. Using, removing, or possessing property
that belongs to an individual or entity without authorization;
20. Threatening the physical health or safety
of a Board member or the Board's staff; and
21. Knowingly exceeding the scope of practice
for a respiratory care practitioner at any health care location as the scope of
practice is defined by the entity responsible for that health care
location.
Notes
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