South Carolina Code of Regulations › Chapter 40 - DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, LICENSING AND REGULATION PANEL FOR DIETETICS › Section 40-11 - Code of Ethics

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 6, June 28, 2024
Licensed professionals in the field of dietetics, must maintain
			 high standards of integrity and professional conduct, accept responsibility for
			 their actions, continually seek to enhance their professional capabilities,
			 practice with fairness and honesty, and encourage others to act in a
			 professional manner consistent with the licensure standards and
			 responsibilities set forth in these Rules, The Academy of Nutrition and
			 Dietetics/Commission on Dietetic Registration, and as may be adopted from time
			 to time:
(1) The licensed dietitian
		  conducts himself/herself with honesty, integrity, and fairness.
(2) The licensed dietitian practices
		  dietetics based on scientific principles and current information.
(3) The licensed dietitian presents
		  substantiated information and interprets controversial information without
		  personal bias, recognizing that legitimate differences of opinion
		  exist.
(4) The licensed dietitian
		  assumes responsibility and accountability for personal competence in practice,
		  continually striving to increase professional knowledge and skills and to apply
		  them in practice.
(5) The licensed
		  dietitian recognizes and exercises professional judgment within the limits of
		  his/her qualifications and collaborates with others, seeks counsel, or makes
		  referrals as appropriate.
(6) The
		  licensed dietitian provides sufficient information to enable clients and others
		  to make their own informed decisions.
(7) The licensed dietitian protects
		  confidential information and makes full disclosure about any limitations on
		  his/her ability to guarantee full confidentiality.
(8) The licensed dietitian provides
		  professional services with objectivity and with respect for the unique needs
		  and values of individuals.
(9) The
		  licensed dietitian provides professional services in a manner that is sensitive
		  to cultural differences and does not discriminate against others on the basis
		  of race, ethnicity, creed, religion, disability, sex, age, sexual orientation,
		  or national origin.
(10) The
		  licensed dietitian does not engage in sexual harassment in connection with
		  professional practice.
(11) The
		  licensed dietitian provides objective evaluations of performance for employees
		  and coworkers, candidates for employment, students, professional association
		  memberships, awards, or scholarships.
(12) The licensed dietitian makes all
		  reasonable effort to avoid bias in any kind of professional evaluation of
		  others.
(13) The licensed dietitian
		  is alert to situations that might cause a conflict of interest or have the
		  appearance of a conflict.
(14) The
		  licensed dietitian provides full disclosure when a real or potential conflict
		  of interest arises.
(15) The
		  licensed dietitian who wishes to inform the public and colleagues of his/her
		  services does so by using factual information. The licensed dietitian does not
		  advertise in a false or misleading manner.
(16) The licensed dietitian promotes or
		  endorses products in a manner that is neither false nor misleading. The
		  licensed dietitian permits the use of his/her name for the purpose of
		  certifying that dietetics services have been rendered only if he/she has
		  provided or supervised the provision of those services.
(17) The licensed dietitian withdraws from
		  professional practice under the following circumstances:
(a) The licensed dietitian has engaged in any
		  substance abuse that could affect his/her practice;
(b) The licensed dietitian has been adjudged
		  by a court to be mentally incompetent;
(c) The licensed dietitian has an emotional
		  or mental disability that affects his/her practice in a manner that could harm
		  the client or others.