Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS › Part LX - Licensed Professional Counselors Board of Examiners › Subpart 1 - Licensed Professional Counselors › Chapter 21 - Code of Conduct for Licensed Professional Counselors › Section LX-2109 - Relationships with Other Professionals

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Professional licensees recognize that the
				  quality of their interactions with colleagues can influence the quality of
				  services provided to clients. They work to become knowledgeable about
				  colleagues within and outside the field of counseling. Licensees develop
				  positive working relationships and systems of communication with colleagues to
				  enhance services to clients.
1. Relationships
				  with Colleagues, Employers, and Employees
a.
				  Different Approaches. Licensees are respectful of approaches to counseling
				  services that differ from their own. Licensees are respectful of traditions and
				  practices of other professional groups with which they work.
b. Forming Relationships. Licensees work to
				  develop and strengthen interdisciplinary relations with colleagues from other
				  disciplines to best serve clients.
c. Interdisciplinary Teamwork. Licensees who
				  are members of interdisciplinary teams delivering multifaceted services to
				  clients keep the focus on how to best serve the clients. They participate in
				  and contribute to decisions that affect the well-being of clients by drawing on
				  the perspectives, values, and experiences of the counseling profession and
				  those of colleagues from other disciplines.
d. Confidentiality. When licensees are
				  required by law, institutional policy, or extraordinary circumstances to serve
				  in more than one role in judicial or administrative proceedings, they clarify
				  role expectations and the parameters of confidentiality with their
				  colleagues.
e. Establishing
				  Professional and Ethical Obligations. Licensees who are members of
				  interdisciplinary teams clarify professional and ethical obligations of the
				  team as a whole and of its individual members. When a team decision raises
				  ethical concerns, licensees first attempt to resolve the concern within the
				  team. If they cannot reach resolution among team members, licensees pursue
				  other avenues to address their concerns consistent with client
				  well-being.
f. Personnel Selection
				  and Assignment. Licensees select competent staff and assign responsibilities
				  compatible with their skills and experiences.
g. Employer Policies. The acceptance of
				  employment in an agency or institution implies that licensees are in agreement
				  with its general policies and principles. Licensees strive to reach agreement
				  with employers as to acceptable standards of conduct that allow for changes in
				  institutional policy conducive to the growth and development of
				  clients.
h. Negative Conditions.
				  Licensees alert their employers of inappropriate policies and practices. They
				  attempt to effect changes in such policies or procedures through constructive
				  action within the organization. When such policies are potentially disruptive
				  or damaging to clients or may limit the effectiveness of services provided and
				  change cannot be effected, licensees take appropriate further action. Such
				  action may include referral to appropriate certification, accreditation, or
				  state licensure organizations, or voluntary termination of
				  employment.
i. Protection from
				  Punitive Action. Licensees take care not to harass or dismiss an employee who
				  has acted in a responsible and ethical manner to expose inappropriate employer
				  policies or practices.