Illinois Administrative Code › Title 68 - PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS › Part 1465 - THE ILLINOIS SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY AND AUDIOLOGY PRACTICE ACT › Section 1465.95 - Professional Conduct Standards

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
The Division may suspend or revoke a license, refuse to issue
				or renew a license or take other disciplinary action based upon its finding of
				"unethical, unauthorized, or unprofessional conduct" within the meaning of
				Section 16 of the Act, which is interpreted to include, but is not limited to,
				the following acts or practices:
a)
			 Practicing, condoning, facilitating, or otherwise being involved in, any form
			 of discrimination. The licensee should act to prevent and eliminate
			 discrimination against any person or group on the basis of race, color, sex,
			 sexual orientation, age, religion, national origin, marital status, political
			 belief, mental or physical handicap, or any other preference or personal
			 characteristic, condition or status;
b) Engaging in any action that violates or
			 diminishes the civil or legal rights of clients;
c) Engaging in the sexual exploitation of
			 clients, students or supervisees;
d) Engaging in or condoning sexual
			 harassment, which is defined as unwelcome deliberate or repeated comments,
			 gestures or physical contacts of a sexual nature;
e) Failing to offer all pertinent facts
			 regarding services rendered to the client prior to administration of
			 professional services. The purpose of informed consent is to insure a client's
			 complete access to information pertaining to professional services. Examples
			 include, but are not limited to, fees for services, length of treatment and
			 utilization of consultants. The client's signature indicating receipt of
			 pertinent information is strongly encouraged;
f) Failing to take appropriate steps to
			 protect the privacy of a client and avoid unnecessary disclosures of
			 confidential information;
g)
			 Performing, or pretending to be able to perform, professional services beyond
			 one's scope of practice and one's competency;
h) Failing to inform clients of the use of
			 all experimental methods of treatment; safety precautions shall be adhered to
			 by the licensee;
i) Failing to
			 establish and maintain client records;
j) Deceptive, misleading or false
			 representation. Licensees must assert and imply only credentials possessed and
			 are responsible for correcting any misrepresentations of their credentials by
			 others. Credentials include highest relevant degrees, accreditation of graduate
			 programs, national voluntary certifications, government-issued certifications
			 or licenses, professional membership, or any other credential that might
			 indicate to the public specialized knowledge or expertise in speech-language
			 pathology or audiology;
k)
			 Submission of fraudulent claims for services to any person or entity including,
			 but not limited to, health insurance companies or health service plans or third
			 party payors;
l) Knowingly
			 providing services to a client when the licensee's ability to practice is
			 impaired. Causes of impairment may include, but are not limited to, the abuse
			 of mood altering chemicals and physical or mental problems;
m) Permitting a student or supervisee under
			 his/her supervision or control to perform, or permitting the student or
			 supervisee to hold himself or herself out as competent to perform, services
			 beyond the trainee's, intern's, or assistant's level of education, training
			 and/or experience;
n) Allowing the
			 student or supervisee to violate the rights of clients, permitting a trainee to
			 violate confidentiality standards or failing to ensure that the client is
			 informed that he/she is being treated by a student or supervisee;
o) Failing to inform prospective research
			 subjects or their authorized representative fully of potential serious after
			 effects of the research or failing to remove the after effects as soon as the
			 design of the research permits;
p)
			 The Division hereby incorporates by reference the "Code of Ethics" of the
			 American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (2016), 2200 Research Boulevard,
			 Rockville, MD 20850, and the "Code of Ethics" of the American Academy of
			 Audiology (2018), 11730 Plaza American Dr., Suite 300, Reston, VA 20190, with
			 no later amendments or editions.