Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS › Part LXIII - Psychologists › Subpart 1 - General Provisions › Chapter 13 - Ethical Standards of Psychologists › Section LXIII-1303 - Resolving Ethical Issues

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A.
				  Misuse of Psychologists Work. If psychologists learn of misuse or
				  misrepresentation of their work, they take reasonable steps to correct or
				  minimize the misuse or misrepresentation.
B. Conflicts between Ethics and Law,
				  Regulations, or Other Governing Legal Authority. If psychologists ethical
				  responsibilities conflict with law, regulations or other governing legal
				  authority, psychologists clarify the nature of the conflict, and take
				  reasonable steps to resolve the conflict consistent with this Chapter. Under no
				  circumstances may this standard be used to justify or defend violating human
				  rights.
C. Conflicts between Ethics
				  and Organizational Demands. If the demands of an organization with which
				  psychologists are affiliated or for whom they are working are in conflict with
				  this Chapter, psychologists clarify the nature of the conflict, make known
				  their commitment to this Chapter and take reasonable steps to resolve the
				  conflict consistent with this Chapter. Under no circumstances may this standard
				  be used to justify or defend violating human rights.
D. Informal Resolution of Ethical Violations.
				  When psychologists believe that there may have been an ethical violation by
				  another psychologist, they attempt to resolve the issue by bringing it to the
				  attention of that individual, if an informal resolution appears appropriate and
				  the intervention does not violate any confidentiality rights that may be
				  involved.
E. Reporting Ethical
				  Violations. If an apparent ethical violation has substantially harmed or is
				  likely to substantially harm a person or organization and is not appropriate
				  for informal resolution under Subsection D of this Section, or is not resolved
				  properly in that fashion, psychologists take further action appropriate to the
				  situation. Such action might include referral to state or national committees
				  on professional ethics, to state licensing boards or to the appropriate
				  institutional authorities. This standard does not apply when an intervention
				  would violate confidentiality rights or when psychologists have been retained
				  to review the work of another psychologist whose professional conduct is in
				  question.
F. Improper Complaints.
				  Psychologists do not file or encourage the filing of ethics complaints that are
				  made with reckless disregard for or willful ignorance of facts that would
				  disprove the allegation.
G. Unfair
				  Discrimination against Complainants and Respondents. Psychologists do not deny
				  any person employment, advancement, admissions to academic or other programs,
				  tenure, or promotion, based solely upon their having made or their being the
				  subject of an ethics complaint. This does not preclude taking action based upon
				  the outcome of such proceedings or considering other appropriate
				  information.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
					 Promulgated in accordance with
					 R.S.
					 37:2353.