Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia
Department 135 - RULES OF GEORGIA COMPOSITE BOARD OF PROFESSIONAL COUNSELORS, SOCIAL WORKERS AND MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPISTS
Chapter 135-7 - CODE OF ETHICS
Rule 135-7-.04 - Responsibility to Colleagues
Universal Citation: GA Rules and Regs r 135-7-.04
Current through Rules and Regulations filed through March 20, 2024
(1) The licensee respects the rights and responsibilities of professional colleagues and, as the employee of an organization, remains accountable as an individual to the ethical principles of the profession. The licensee treats colleagues with respect and good faith, and relates to the clients of colleagues with full professional consideration.
(2) Unprofessional conduct includes, but is not limited to:
(a)
soliciting the clients of colleagues or assuming professional responsibility
for clients of another agency or colleague without appropriate communication
with that agency or colleague;
(b)
failing to maintain the confidences shared by colleagues and supervisees in the
course of professional relationships and transactions;
(c) when a supervisee is unlicensed, failing
to inform the supervisee of the legal limitations on unlicensed
practice;
(d) when a supervisor is
aware that a supervisee is engaging in any unethical, unprofessional or
deleterious conduct, failing to provide the supervisee with a forthright
evaluation and appropriate recommendations regarding such practice;
and
(e) taking credit for work not
personally performed, whether by giving inaccurate information or failing to
give accurate information.
O.C.G.A. Sec. 43-7A-5(d).
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