NAC641A.252. Code of Ethics: Adoption by reference; effect of violation.

     1. The Board hereby adopts by reference:

     (a) The AAMFT Code of Ethics of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy as it existed on July 1, 2001, as a standard for professional conduct in the State of Nevada for marriage and family therapists and marriage and family therapist interns, excluding those provisions which apply exclusively to the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy.

     (b) The Code of Ethics of the National Board for Certified Counselors as it existed on October 8, 2005, as a standard for professional conduct in the State of Nevada for clinical professional counselors and clinical professional counselor interns, excluding those provisions which apply exclusively to the National Board for Certified Counselors.

     2. The AAMFT Code of Ethics is available, free of charge, from the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy by mail at 112 South Alfred Street, Alexandria, Virginia 22314-3061, by telephone at [phone] or on the Internet at http://www.aamft.org/resources/LRM_Plan/Ethics/ethicscode2001.asp.

     3. The Code of Ethics of the National Board for Certified Counselors is available, free of charge, from the National Board for Certified Counselors by mail at 3 Terrace Way, Greensboro, North Carolina 27403-3660, by telephone at [phone] or on the Internet at http://www.nbcc.org/ethics.

     4. A violation of the provisions of a code of ethics adopted by reference pursuant to this section constitutes cause for disciplinary action.

     (Added to NAC by Bd. of Exam’rs for Marriage & Fam. Therapists, eff. 1-12-96; A by R173-03, 8-20-2004; A by Bd. of Exam’rs for Marriage & Fam. Therapists & Clinical Prof. Counselors by R060-08, 9-18-2008)