NAC637B.044. Responsibility to client.

     1. A licensee shall serve his or her clients with professional skill and competence.

     2. If a licensee 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 licensee 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 licensee shall deal with the legal representative of the client in accordance with the best interest of the client.

     4. A licensee 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 licensee shall not misrepresent to a client the efficacy of his or her service or the results to be achieved.

     6. A licensee shall apprise each of his or her clients of the risks, rights, opportunities and obligations, financial or otherwise, associated with the provision of services to the client for audiology or speech pathology.

     7. A licensee 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 licensee 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 licensee shall not withdraw his or her 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 licensee 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 licensee shall not influence or attempt to influence a client in any manner which could be reasonably anticipated in his or her deriving benefits of an unprofessional nature from the client during the time that the client is receiving professional services from the licensee and for 2 years after the termination of those services.

     (Added to NAC by Bd. of Exam’rs for Audiology & Speech Path. by R219-03, eff. 9-16-2004)