Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 068 - Psychology, Board of › Sub-Agency 0001 - Psychology, Board of › Chapter 15 - ETHICS › Section 15-3 - Rules of Conduct

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) Competence.
(i) Psychologists shall limit practice and
				supervision to their areas of competence in which they have gained proficiency
				through education, training, and experience.
(ii) Psychologists shall maintain competency
				in the areas in which they practice through continuing professional
				development, consultation, or other procedures, conforming with current
				standards of scientific and professional knowledge and the Board's
				rules.
(iii) Psychologists shall
				accurately represent their areas of competence, education, training,
				experience, and professional affiliations.
(iv) When developing competency in a service
				or technique, psychologists shall seek appropriate education and training in
				the new area and consult with other psychologists or relevant professionals.
				Psychologists shall inform clients when they are engaging in an innovative
				service and the known risks associated with such services.
(v) Psychologists shall recommend or refer
				clients to other professional, technical, or administrative resources when
				referral is clearly in the best interests of the client.
(vi) A psychologist shall not render a formal
				professional opinion about a person without direct and substantial professional
				contact with, or a formal assessment of, that person.
(vii) Psychologists shall maintain and retain
				records according to the following principles:
(A) Psychologists that render professional
				services to individual clients or dependents, or bill services to a third-party
				pay or, shall maintain professional records that include:
(I) The name of the client and other
				pertinent identifying information;
(II) The presenting problems or reasons for
				providing services or diagnosis;
(III) The fee arrangement;
(IV) The date and substance of each billed or
				service-count contractor service;
(V) Any test results or other evaluative
				results and any basic test data from which test results were derived;
(VI) Notation and results of formal
				consultations with other providers;
(VII) Any communications through any
				medium;
(VIII) A copy of all
				testing or other evaluative reports the psychologist prepared as part of the
				professional relationship.
(B) Psychologists shall maintain all data
				entries in professional records for not less than five years after the last
				date that service was rendered or the records were accessed, whichever is
				later, or for a longer period if required by law. This includes any releases
				the client executes to meet the requirements of this rule.
(C) If a psychologist provides psychological
				services to minors, the psychologist shall maintain those records at least
				until the minor reaches the age of majority plus five years, or for a longer
				period if required by law.
(D)
				Psychologists shall store and dispose of records, regardless of their format or
				the media in which they are maintained, in such a manner as to ensure they
				remain confidential.
(I) Psychologists shall
				retain documentation of any records that are destroyed.
(II) Psychologists shall maintain the
				confidentiality of all records in their possession or under their control,
				except as otherwise provided by law or pursuant to a client's specific written
				or signed authorization to release the record.
(E) Psychologists shall provide for the
				confidential disposition of records in compliance with these rules in the event
				of the psychologist's retirement, incapacity, or death.
(F) Psychologists shall maintain records that
				shall include the type, place, and general content of supervision sessions for
				each person they professionally supervise for not less than five years after
				the last date of supervision.
(viii) Psychologists shall make arrangements
				for another appropriate professional or professionals to meet the emergency
				needs of their clients, as appropriate, during periods of their foreseeable
				unavailability.
(ix) Psychologists
				shall exercise appropriate supervision over supervisees, as set forth in
				Chapter 12 of these rules.
(x)
				Psychologists shall not delegate professional responsibilities to a person not
				appropriately licensed or otherwise qualified to provide such
				services.