Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 13, September 23, 2024
Subpart 1.
Situations involving
impaired objectivity or effectiveness.
A provider must not provide counseling services to a client
or potential client when the provider's objectivity or effectiveness is
impaired. The situations in items A to F are deemed to involve impaired
objectivity or effectiveness and are prohibited as specified.
A. The provider shall not provide counseling
services to a client if doing so would create a multiple relationship. If an
unforeseen multiple relationship arises after services have been initiated, the
provider shall promptly terminate the professional relationship.
B. The provider shall not provide to a client
psychotherapy or assessment services and, concurrently, either supervision or
teaching. If an unforeseen situation arises in which both types of services are
required or requested by the client or a third party, the provider shall
decline to provide one or both of the services.
C. The provider shall not provide
concurrently to a client two or more types of counseling services in which a
fundamental conflict arises. If the conflict cannot be resolved in the manner
required in subpart 2, the
provider shall decline to provide one or more of the services that give rise to
the conflict.
D. The provider shall
not provide psychotherapy services to dual clients whose psychotherapy goals
are fundamentally irreconcilable. If an unforeseen situation of this type
should arise after services have been initiated, the provider shall promptly
terminate services to one or both clients.
E. The provider shall not provide counseling
services to a client when the provider is biased for or against the client for
any reason that interferes with the provider's impartial judgment, including
where the client is a member of a class of individuals that is legally
protected from discrimination. However, services may be provided if the
provider is resolving the impairment in the manner required in subpart
2.
F. The provider shall not provide counseling
services to a client when there is a fundamental divergence or conflict of
service goals, interests, values, or attitudes between the client and the
provider that adversely affects the professional relationship. However,
services may be provided if the provider is resolving the impairment in the
manner required in subpart
2.
Subp. 2.
Resolution of impaired
objectivity or effectiveness.
When an impairment occurs that is listed in subpart
1, item C, E, or F, the
provider may provide services only if the provider actively pursues a
resolution of the impairment and is able to do so in a manner that results in
minimal adverse effects on the client or potential client. If the provider
attempts to resolve the impairment, it must be by means of relevant
professional education, training, continuing education, consultation,
psychotherapy, intervention, supervision, or discussion with the client or
potential client, or an appropriate combination thereof.
