Current through Vol. 42, No. 1, September 16, 2024
(a) Behavioral Health Case Managers shall be
dedicated to advancing the welfare of individuals, and children and their
families. Behavioral Health Case Managers shall not participate in, condone, or
be associated with dishonesty, fraud, deceit or misrepresentation, and shall
not exploit their relationships with the consumers for personal advantage,
profit, satisfaction, or interest.
(b) Behavioral Health Case Managers shall
practice only within the boundaries of their individual certifications and
competence based on their education, training, supervised experience, state and
national accreditations and licenses.
(c) Behavioral Health Case Managers shall
only use the title if employed by an eligible provider pursuant to
450:50-3-1. Reimbursment for
services rendered shall not be collected outside of the agency's system of
service reimbursement.
(d)
Behavioral Health Case Managers shall not directly or indirectly suggest that
they are allowed to provide "therapy" or "counseling" services unless licensed
or accredited by the appropriate authority to provide therapy and/or counseling
services.
(e) Behavioral Case
Managers shall adhere to the following code of ethics that are set within the
rules of this chapter and set forth by the Department.
(1) Behavioral Health Case Managers shall be
committed to respect the dignity and autonomy of all persons that is to
include, but is not limited to professional relationships with clients (or
former clients), supervisees, students, employees, or research participants in
efforts to maintain the highest standards of their practice.
(2) Behavioral Health Case Managers shall
terminate service to clients, and professional relationships with them, when
such service and relationships are no longer required or in which a conflict of
interest arises.
(3) Behavioral
Health Case Managers shall be aware of and respect cultural, individual, and
role differences, including those based on age, gender, gender identity, race,
ethnicity, culture, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability,
language, and socioeconomic status and consider these factors when working with
members of such groups. They shall also eliminate the effect on their work of
biases based on those factors, and they do not knowingly participate in or
condone activities of others based upon such prejudices or influence.
(4) Behavioral Health Case Managers shall be
obligated to report witnessed, involved, or reported ethical violations without
violation of any confidentiality rights that may be involved. Behavioral Health
Case Managers shall be obligated to follow steps of reporting professional
misconduct as set forth by the Department and in this chapter.
(5) Behavioral Health Case Managers shall
give precedence to his or her professional responsibility over personal
interests.
(f)
Behavioral Health Case Managers shall not exploit their relationships with
current or former clients, supervisees, students, employees, or others,
sexually or otherwise, for personal advantage, profit, satisfaction, or
interest.
(1) Behavioral Health Case Managers
shall be committed to each individual's rights of their own life choices and
recovery journey by letting them direct their own healing process.
(2) Behavioral Health Case Managers shall
keep confidential all information entrusted except when to do so puts the
consumer at grave risk. Case Managers will be obligated to explain the limits
of confidentiality initially in the professional working
relationship.
(3) If the demands of
an affiliated organization for whom the Behavioral Health Case Manager is
working, is in conflict with these ethics, the issues must be clarified and
resolved to allow adherence to the Rules of professional Conduct code set forth
in this chapter.
(g)
Behavioral Health Case Managers shall provide services with populations and in
areas only within the boundaries of their competence, based on education,
training, supervised experience, consultation, study or professional
experience.
(1) Behavioral Health Case
Managers that delegate or assign work to employees, supervisee, or assistants
must take reasonable steps to see that such person performs the services
competently.
(2) Behavioral Health
Case Managers are eligible to provide services within the scope of their
certifications that would not lead to conflict of interest, exploitation of
relationship, loss of objectivity and based on education, training or
experience.
(3) Behavioral Health
Case Managers shall provide clients at the beginning of service written,
accurate and complete information regarding the extent and nature of the
services available to them, to include fees and manner of payment.
(4) Behavioral Health Case Managers shall not
solicit the clients of one's agency for private practice or to change service
locations.
(5) Behavioral Health
Case Managers shall not commit fraud and shall not represent that she or he
performed services which they did not perform.
Added at 20 Ok Reg 678, eff 2-27-03 (emergency); Added at
21 Ok Reg 1088, eff 7-1-04 ; Amended at 27 Ok Reg 2238, eff 7-11-10 ; Amended
at 30 Ok Reg 1424, eff 7-1-13
