Idaho Administrative Code › Title IDAPA 16 - Health and Welfare, Department of › Rule 16.07.19 - CERTIFICATION OF PEER SUPPORT SPECIALISTS AND FAMILY SUPPORT PARTNERS › Section 16.07.19.250 - PEER SUPPORT SPECIALISTS - CODE OF ETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT

Current through August 31, 2023
01.
Peer Support
. Peer Support
			 is a helping relationship between mental health clients and Certified Peer
			 Support Specialists. The primary responsibility of Certified Peer Support
			 Specialists is to help those they serve achieve self-directed recovery. They
			 believe that every individual has strengths and the ability to learn and grow.
			 (3-17-22)
02.
Certified Peer
			 Support Specialists
. Certified peer support specialists are committed to
			 providing and advocating for effective recovery-based services for the people
			 they serve in order for these individuals to meet their own needs, desires, and
			 goals. (3-17-22)
03.
Certified Peer Support Specialist Professional Conduct
. A
			 certified peer support specialist must: (3-17-22)
a. Seek to role-model recovery;
			 (3-17-22)
b. Respect the rights and
			 dignity of those they serve; (3-17-22)
c. Respect the privacy and confidentiality of
			 those they serve; (3-17-22)
d.
			 Openly share their personal recovery stories with colleagues and those they
			 serve; (3-17-22)
e. Maintain high
			 standards of personal conduct and conduct themselves in a manner that fosters
			 their own recovery; (3-17-22)
f.
			 Never intimidate, threaten, or harass those they serve; never use undue
			 influence, physical force, or verbal abuse with those they serve; and never
			 make unwarranted promises of benefits to those they serve; (3-17-22)
g. Not practice, condone, facilitate, or
			 collaborate with any form of discrimination on the basis of ethnicity, race,
			 gender, sexual orientation, age, religion, national origin, marital status,
			 political belief, or mental or physical disability; (3-17-22)
h. Never engage in sexual/intimate activities
			 with colleagues or those they serve; (3-17-22)
i. Not accept gifts of significant value from
			 those they serve; (3-17-22)
j. Not
			 enter into dual relationships or commitments that conflict with the interests
			 of those they serve; (3-17-22)
k.
			 Not abuse substances under any circumstances while they are employed as a
			 Certified Peer Support Specialist; (3-17-22)
l. Work to equalize the power differentials
			 that may occur in the peer support/client relationship; (3-17-22)
m. Ensure that all information and
			 documentation provided is true and accurate to the best of their knowledge;
			 (3-17-22)
n. Keep current with
			 emerging knowledge relevant to recovery, and openly share this knowledge with
			 their colleagues and those they serve; (3-17-22)
o. Remain aware of their skills and
			 limitations, and do not provide services or represent themselves as expert in
			 areas for which they do not have sufficient knowledge or expertise; and
			 (3-17-22)
p. Not hold a clinical
			 role nor offer primary treatment for mental health issues, prescribe medicine,
			 act as a legal representative or provide legal advice, participate in the
			 determination of competence, or provide counseling, therapy, social work, drug
			 testing, or diagnosis of symptoms and disorders. (3-17-22)