Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 641A - Marriage and Family Therapists and Clinical Professional Counselors › PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT › Section 641A.247 - Responsibilities to clients and others

Current through June 11, 2024
1. A marriage and
			 family therapist, clinical professional counselor or intern shall serve his or
			 her clients with professional skill and competence.
2. If a marriage and family therapist,
			 clinical professional counselor or intern must act on behalf of a client who
			 has been declared to be incompetent or if a client is otherwise found by the
			 Board to be incapable of acting in his or her own best interest, the marriage
			 and family therapist, clinical professional counselor or intern shall safeguard
			 the interests and rights of that client.
3. If another person has been legally
			 authorized to act on behalf of an incompetent client, a marriage and family
			 therapist, clinical professional counselor or intern shall deal with the legal
			 representative of the client in accordance with the best interest of the
			 client.
4. A marriage and family
			 therapist, clinical professional counselor or intern shall not practice,
			 condone, facilitate or collaborate with any form of discrimination on the basis
			 of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, age, religion, national origin,
			 social, economic, health or marital status, political belief, diagnosis or
			 physical disability, or on the basis of any preference or personal
			 characteristic, condition or status of a person.
5. A marriage and family therapist, clinical
			 professional counselor or intern shall not misrepresent to a client the
			 efficacy of his or her service or the results to be achieved.
6. A marriage and family therapist, clinical
			 professional counselor or intern shall apprise each of his or her clients of
			 the risks, rights, opportunities and obligations, financial or otherwise,
			 associated with the provision of marriage and family therapy or clinical
			 professional counseling, as applicable, to the client.
7. A marriage and family therapist, clinical
			 professional counselor or intern shall seek the advice and counsel of his or
			 her colleagues and supervisors when such a consultation is in the best interest
			 of the client.
8. A marriage and
			 family therapist, clinical professional counselor or intern shall terminate
			 service to a client and a professional relationship with a client when the
			 service and relationship are no longer required or no longer serve the needs of
			 the client.
9. A marriage and
			 family therapist, clinical professional counselor or intern shall not withdraw
			 his or her counseling services precipitously, except under unusual
			 circumstances and after giving careful consideration to all factors in the
			 situation and taking care to minimize possible adverse effects to the
			 client.
10. A marriage and family
			 therapist, clinical professional counselor or intern who anticipates the
			 termination or interruption of service to a client shall notify the client as
			 promptly as possible and seek the transfer, referral or continuation of service
			 in relation to the needs and preferences of the client.
11. A marriage and family therapist, clinical
			 professional counselor or intern shall not influence or attempt to influence a
			 client in any manner which could be reasonably anticipated in his or her
			 deriving benefits of a nonprofessional nature from the client during the time
			 that the client is receiving marriage and family therapy from the marriage and
			 family therapist, clinical professional counseling from the clinical
			 professional counselor, or marriage and family therapy or clinical professional
			 counseling, as applicable, from an intern, and for 2 years after the
			 termination of those services.
12.
			 Throughout the period of treatment of a client and for the 2 years immediately
			 following the termination of the professional relationship between the client
			 and the marriage and family therapist, clinical professional counselor or
			 intern treating the client, the marriage and family therapist, clinical
			 professional counselor or intern shall not:
(a) Enter into a close personal relationship
			 with the client, including, without limitation, sponsorship of the client in a
			 group for self-help ; or
(b) Enter
			 into, or attempt to enter into, a financial relationship with the client that
			 is unrelated to the practice of marriage and family therapy or the practice of
			 clinical professional counseling, as applicable .