Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 335 - BOARD OF EXAMINERS FOR SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY AND AUDIOLOGY › Division 5 - PROFESSIONAL AND ETHICAL STANDARDS › Section 335-005-0015 - Welfare of Clients

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) Individuals
			 shall honor their responsibility to hold paramount the welfare of persons they
			 serve professionally.
(2)
			 Individuals shall provide all services competently.
(3) Individuals shall use all appropriate
			 resources, including referral when appropriate.
(4) Individuals shall not discriminate in the
			 delivery of professional services on the basis of language, dialect, race,
			 color, ethnicity, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, sex, gender, gender
			 identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, disability, military, veteran
			 status, or any other protected classification recognized by applicable
			 law.
(5) Individuals shall fully
			 inform the persons they serve of the nature and possible effects of services
			 rendered and products dispensed.
(6) Individuals shall evaluate the
			 effectiveness of services rendered and of products dispensed and shall provide
			 services or dispense products only when benefit can reasonably be
			 expected.
(7) Individuals shall not
			 guarantee the results of any treatment or procedure, directly or by
			 implication; however, they may make a reasonable statement of
			 prognosis.
(8) Individuals shall
			 not evaluate or treat speech, language, or hearing disorders solely by
			 correspondence.
(9) Individuals
			 shall maintain adequate records of professional services and products dispensed
			 and shall allow access to these records when appropriately
			 authorized.
(10) Individuals shall
			 not reveal, without authorization, any professional or personal information
			 about the person served professionally, unless required by law to do so, or
			 unless doing so is necessary to protect the welfare of the person or of the
			 community.
(11) Individuals shall
			 not charge for services not rendered, nor shall they misrepresent in any
			 fashion, services rendered or products dispensed.
(12) Individuals shall use persons in
			 research or as subjects of teaching demonstrations only with their informed
			 consent.
(13) Individuals whose
			 professional services are adversely affected by substance abuse or other
			 health-related conditions shall seek professional assistance and, where
			 appropriate, withdraw from the affected areas of practice.
(14) Individuals who have reason to believe
			 that the Professional and Ethical Standards have been violated shall inform the
			 Board.
(15) Individuals shall not
			 exploit persons in the delivery of professional services.
(16) Individuals shall maintain clinical
			 records as required by the Board's rules to ensure the provision of competent
			 and appropriate care for persons served.
(17) Except as provided in subsection (a) of
			 this section, a licensee who is reimbursed with public funds shall work with a
			 health care interpreter from the health care interpreter registry administered
			 by the Oregon Health Authority under ORS
			 413.558 when communicating with
			 a patient who prefers to communicate in a language other than English, unless
			 the licensee is proficient in the patient's preferred language.
(a) A licensee who is otherwise required to
			 work with a health care interpreter from the health care interpreter registry
			 may work with a health care interpreter who is not listed on the health care
			 interpreter registry only if the provider:
(A)
			 Is employed by an education provider that provides education services to
			 children from birth through age 21 and the interpreter is provided by the
			 education provider in accordance with the education provider's requirements;
			 or
(B) Verifies, in writing, that
			 the licensee has taken the appropriate steps needed to obtain a health care
			 interpreter from the health care interpreter registry in accordance with the
			 rules adopted by the Oregon Health Authority under ORS
			 413.558; or
(C) Has offered the patient the services of a
			 health care interpreter from the health care interpreter registry and the
			 patient declined the offer and chose a different
			 interpreter.