Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 645 - Professional Licensure Division › Speech Pathologists and Audiologists › Chapter 304 - Discipline for Speech Pathologists and Audiologists › Rule 645-304.1 - Grounds for Discipline

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
The board may impose any of the disciplinary sanctions
				  provided in rule 645-13.3 (272C) when the board
				  determines that the licensee is guilty of any of the following acts or offenses
				  or those listed in rule 645-Chapter 13.
(1) Violation of the following code of
				ethics:
a. Licensees will provide ethical,
				professional services, conduct research with honesty and compassion, and
				respect the dignity, worth and rights of those served.
b. Claims of expected clinical results will
				be based upon sound evidence and shall accurately convey the probability and
				degree of expected improvement.
c.
				Records will be adequately maintained for the period of time required by
				applicable state and federal laws.
d. Persons served professionally or the files
				of such persons will be used for teaching or research purposes only after
				obtaining informed consent from those persons or from the legal guardians of
				such persons.
e. Information of a
				personal or professional nature obtained from persons served professionally
				will be released only to individuals authorized by the persons receiving
				professional service or to those individuals to whom release is required by
				law.
f. Licensees who engage in
				research will comply with all institutional, state, and federal regulations
				that address any aspects of research, including those that involve human
				participants and animals, such as those promulgated in the current Responsible
				Conduct of Research by the U.S. Office of Research Integrity.
g. Individuals in administrative or
				supervisory roles will not require or permit their professional staff to
				provide services or conduct clinical activities that compromise the staff
				members' independent and objective professional judgment.
h. Relationships between professionals and
				between a professional and a client shall be based on high personal regard and
				mutual respect without concern for race, religious preference, sex, age,
				ethnicity, gender identity/gender expression, sexual orientation, national
				origin, disability, culture, language or dialect.
i. Referral of clients for additional
				services or evaluation and recommendation of sources for purchasing appliances
				will be without any consideration for financial or material gain to the
				licensee making the referral or recommendation for purchase.
j. Licensees who dispense products to persons
				served professionally will provide clients with freedom of choice for the
				source of services and products.
k.
				Failure to comply with current Food and Drug Administration regulations 21 CFR
				§801.420 (2022), "Hearing aid devices; professional and patient labeling,"
				and 21 CFR §801.421 (2022), "Hearing aid devices; conditions for
				sale."
l. Licensees will comply
				with universal newborn and infant hearing screening requirements within Iowa
				Code section 135.131 and 641-Chapter
				3.