Illinois Administrative Code › Title 68 - PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS › Part 1316 - MUSIC THERAPY LICENSING AND PRACTICE ACT › Section 1316.60 - Dishonorable, Unethical, or Unprofessional Conduct

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 findings of
				dishonorable, unethical, or unprofessional conduct pursuant to Section 95(a)(8)
				of the Act, which includes, but is not limited to, the following acts or
				practices:
a) Engaging in conduct
			 likely to deceive, defraud, or harm the public, or demonstrating a willful
			 disregard for the health, welfare, or safety of a client. Actual injury need
			 not be established.
b) A departure
			 from or failure to conform to the standards of practice as set forth in the Act
			 or this Part. Actual injury need not be stablished.
c) Engaging in behavior that violates
			 professional boundaries (including, but not limited to, signing wills or other
			 documents not related to client health care).
d) Engaging in sexual conduct with a client
			 or conduct that may reasonably be interpreted by a client as sexual, or
			 behavior that is sexually harassing to a client, including any verbal behavior
			 that is sexually harassing.
e)
			 Demonstrating actual or potential inability to practice with reasonable skill,
			 safety, or judgment by reason of illness, use of alcohol, drugs, chemicals, or
			 any other material or as a result of any mental or physical
			 condition.
f) Misrepresenting
			 educational background, training, credential, or competence.
g) Committing any other act or omission that
			 breaches the music therapist's responsibility to a client according to accepted
			 standards of practice.
h)
			 Practicing, condoning, facilitating, collaborating with, or engaging in
			 discrimination based on age, culture, disability, ethnicity, race, religion,
			 sex, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status/partnership,
			 language preference, socioeconomic status, or any basis prescribed by
			 law.
i) Revealing facts, data, or
			 information relating to a client, except as allowed under Section 90 of the Act
			 or under the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Confidentiality Act
			 or any other federal or State law.
j) Failing to take appropriate steps to
			 protect the privacy of a client and avoid unnecessary disclosures of
			 confidential information. The right to privacy belongs to clients and may be
			 waived. A written waiver shall be signed by the client and the information
			 revealed shall be in accordance with the terms of the waiver.
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) Any violation of the Code of Ethics
			 adopted by the American Music Therapy Association, 10125 Colesville Road #136,
			 Silver Springs, Maryland 20901, effective February 1, 2019, with not later
			 amendments or editions, which is hereby incorporated by reference (
https://www.musictherapy.org/about/ethics/
).