New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY
Chapter 34 - BOARD OF MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPY EXAMINERS
Subchapter 30 - PROFESSIONAL COUNSELORS, ASSOCIATE COUNSELORS AND REHABILITATION COUNSELORS: BUSINESS PRACTICES; PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT
Section 13:34-30.3 - Multiple clients
When a professional, associate or rehabilitation counselor agrees to provide counseling services to two or more persons who have a relationship (such as husband and wife or parents and children), the professional, associate or rehabilitation counselor shall disclose in writing at the outset, which person or persons are clients and the nature of the relationships he or she will undertake with each involved person. The disclosure shall be retained in the client record. If it becomes apparent that the professional, associate or rehabilitation counselor may be called upon to perform conflicting roles, the professional, associate or rehabilitation counselor shall take appropriate steps to eliminate the conflict.