Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. R. 135-7-.02 - Integrity

(1) The licensee shall act in accordance with the highest standards of professional integrity and competence. The licensee is honest in dealing with clients, students, trainees, colleagues, and the public. The licensee seeks to eliminate incompetence or dishonesty from the profession.

(2) Unprofessional conduct includes, but is not limited to:

(a) practicing inhumane or discriminatory treatment toward any person or group of persons;

(b) engaging in dishonesty, fraud, deceit, or misrepresentation while performing professional activities;

(c) engaging in sexual activities or sexual advances with any client, trainee, or student;

(d) practicing while under the influence of alcohol or drugs not prescribed by a licensed physician;

(e) practicing in an area in which the licensee has not obtained university level graduate training or substantially equivalent supervised experience;

(f) failing either to obtain supervision or consultation, or to refer the client to a qualified practitioner, who faced with treatment, assessment or evaluation issues beyond the licensee's competence;

(g) accepting or giving a fee or anything of value for making or receiving a referral;

(h) using an institutional affiliation to solicit clients for the licensee's private practice; and

(i) allowing an individual or agency that is paying for the professional services to exert undue influence over the licensee's evaluation or treatment of a client.

Notes

Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. R. 135-7-.02

Original Rule entitled "Integrity" was filed on October 19, 1987; effective November 8, 1987. Repealed: New Rule, same title, adopted. F. Feb. 28, 2000; eff. Mar. 19, 2000. Note: Correction of non-substantive typographical error on SOS Rules and Regulations website, as requested by the Agency on Oct. 18, 2017. Subparagraph (2)(b),"whiabbcle" corrected to "while"; as originally adopted and published in the Official Compilation Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, eff. Mar. 19, 2000. Effective October 18, 2017.