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| Behavior analysts rely on professionally derived knowledge based on science and behavior analysis when making scientific or professional judgments in human service provision, or when engaging in scholarly or professional endeavors. | 1.0 Responsible Conduct of Behavior Analysts 1.01 Reliance on Scientific Knowledge |
| (a) All behavior analysts provide services, teach, and conduct research only within the boundaries of their competence, defined as being commensurate with their education, training, and supervised experience. | 1.0 Responsible Conduct of Behavior Analysts 1.02 Boundaries of Competence |
| (b) Behavior analysts provide services, teach, or conduct research in new areas (e.g., populations, techniques, behaviors) only after first undertaking appropriate study, training, supervision, and/or consultation from persons who are competent in those | 1.0 Responsible Conduct of Behavior Analysts 1.02 Boundaries of Competence |
| Behavior analysts maintain knowledge of current scientific and professional information in their areas of practice and undertake ongoing efforts to maintain competence in the skills they use by reading the appropriate literature, attending conferences and | 1.0 Responsible Conduct of Behavior Analysts 1.03 Maintaining Competence through Professional Development |
| (a) Behavior analysts are truthful and honest and arrange the environment to promote truthful and honest behavior in others | 1.0 Responsible Conduct of Behavior Analysts 1.04 Integrity |
| (b) Behavior analysts do not implement contingencies that would cause others to engage in fraudulent, illegal, or unethical conduct. | 1.0 Responsible Conduct of Behavior Analysts 1.04 Integrity |
| (c) Behavior analysts follow through on obligations, and contractual and professional commitments with high quality work and refrain from making professional commitments they cannot keep. | 1.0 Responsible Conduct of Behavior Analysts 1.04 Integrity |
| (d) Behavior analysts’ behavior conforms to the legal and ethical codes of the social and professional community of which they are members. | 1.0 Responsible Conduct of Behavior Analysts 1.04 Integrity |
| (e) If behavior analysts’ ethical responsibilities conflict with law or any policy of an organization with which they are affiliated, behavior analysts make known their commitment to this Code and take steps to resolve the conflict in a responsible manner | 1.0 Responsible Conduct of Behavior Analysts 1.04 Integrity |
| (a) Behavior analysts provide behavior-analytic services only in the context of a defined, professional, or scientific relationship or role. | 1.0 Responsible Conduct of Behavior Analysts 1.05 Professional and Scientific Relationships. |
| (b) When behavior analysts provide behavior-analytic services, they use language that is fully understandable to the recipient of those services while remaining conceptually systematic with the profession of behavior analysis. They provide appropriate inf | 1.0 Responsible Conduct of Behavior Analysts 1.05 Professional and Scientific Relationships. |
| (c) Where differences of age, gender, race, culture, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability, language, or socioeconomic status significantly affect behavior analysts’ work concerning particular individuals or groups, behavior | 1.0 Responsible Conduct of Behavior Analysts 1.05 Professional and Scientific Relationships. |
| (d) In their work-related activities, behavior analysts do not engage in discrimination against individuals or groups based on age, gender, race, culture, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability, language, socioeconomic status | 1.0 Responsible Conduct of Behavior Analysts 1.05 Professional and Scientific Relationships. |
| (e) Behavior analysts do not knowingly engage in behavior that is harassing or demeaning to persons with whom they interact in their work based on factors such as those persons’ age, gender, race, culture, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sexual orie | 1.0 Responsible Conduct of Behavior Analysts 1.05 Professional and Scientific Relationships. |
| (f) Behavior analysts recognize that their personal problems and conflicts may interfere with their effectiveness. Behavior analysts refrain from providing services when their personal circumstances may compromise delivering services to the best of their | 1.0 Responsible Conduct of Behavior Analysts 1.05 Professional and Scientific Relationships. |
| (a) Due to the potentially harmful effects of multiple relationships, behavior analysts avoid multiple relationships. | 1.0 Responsible Conduct of Behavior Analysts 1.06 Multiple Relationships and Conflicts of Interest |
| (b) Behavior analysts must always be sensitive to the potentially harmful effects of multiple relationships. If behavior analysts find that, due to unforeseen factors, a multiple relationship has arisen, they seek to resolve it. | 1.0 Responsible Conduct of Behavior Analysts 1.06 Multiple Relationships and Conflicts of Interest |
| (c) Behavior analysts recognize and inform clients and supervisees about the potential harmful effects of multiple relationships | 1.0 Responsible Conduct of Behavior Analysts 1.06 Multiple Relationships and Conflicts of Interest |
| (d) Behavior analysts do not accept any gifts from or give any gifts to clients because this constitutes a multiple relationship. | 1.0 Responsible Conduct of Behavior Analysts 1.06 Multiple Relationships and Conflicts of Interest |
| (a) Behavior analysts do not exploit persons over whom they have supervisory, evaluative, or other authority such as students, supervisees, employees, research participants, and clients. | 1.0 Responsible Conduct of Behavior Analysts 1.07 Exploitative Relationships |
| (b) Behavior analysts do not engage in sexual relationships with clients, students, or supervisees, because such relationships easily impair judgment or become exploitative. | 1.0 Responsible Conduct of Behavior Analysts 1.07 Exploitative Relationships |
| (c) Behavior analysts refrain from any sexual relationships with clients, students, or supervisees, for at least two years after the date the professional relationship has formally ended. | 1.0 Responsible Conduct of Behavior Analysts 1.07 Exploitative Relationships |
| (d) Behavior analysts do not barter for services, unless a written agreement is in place for the barter that is (1) requested by the client or supervisee; (2) customary to the area where services are provided; and (3) fair and commensurate with the value | 1.0 Responsible Conduct of Behavior Analysts 1.07 Exploitative Relationships |
| Behavior analysts accept as clients only those individuals or entities whose requested services arecommensurate with the behavior analysts’ education, training, experience, available resources, and organizational policies. In lieu of these conditions, beh | 2.0 Behavior Analysts’ Responsibility to Clients. 2.01 Accepting Clients. |
| Behavior analysts’ responsibility is to all parties affected by behavior-analytic services. When multiple parties are involved and could be defined as a client, a hierarchy of parties must be established and communicated from the outset of the defined rel | 2.0 Behavior Analysts’ Responsibility to Clients. 2.02 Responsibility |
| (a) Behavior analysts arrange for appropriate consultations and referrals based principally on the best interests of their clients, with appropriate consent, and subject to other relevant considerations, including applicable law and contractual obligation | 2.0 Behavior Analysts’ Responsibility to Clients. 2.03 Consultation |
| (b) When indicated and professionally appropriate, behavior analysts cooperate with othernprofessionals, in a manner that is consistent with the philosophical assumptions and principles of behavior analysis, in order to effectively and appropriately serve | 2.0 Behavior Analysts’ Responsibility to Clients. 2.03 Consultation |
| (a) When behavior analysts agree to provide services to a person or entity at the request of a third party, behavior analysts clarify, to the extent feasible and at the outset of the service, the nature of the relationship with each party and any potentia | 2.0 Behavior Analysts’ Responsibility to Clients. 2.04 Third-Party Involvement in Services |
| (b) If there is a foreseeable risk of behavior analysts being called upon to perform conflicting roles because of the involvement of a third party, behavior analysts clarify the nature and direction of their responsibilities, keep all parties appropriatel | 2.0 Behavior Analysts’ Responsibility to Clients. 2.04 Third-Party Involvement in Services |
| (c) When providing services to a minor or individual who is a member of a protected population at the request of a third party, behavior analysts ensure that the parent or client-surrogate of the ultimate recipient of services is informed of the nature an | 2.0 Behavior Analysts’ Responsibility to Clients. 2.04 Third-Party Involvement in Services |
| (d) Behavior analysts put the client’s care above all others and, should the third party make requirements for services that are contraindicated by the behavior analyst’s recommendations, behavior analysts are obligated to resolve such conflicts in the be | 2.0 Behavior Analysts’ Responsibility to Clients. 2.04 Third-Party Involvement in Services |
| (a) The rights of the client are paramount and behavior analysts support clients’ legal rights and prerogatives. | 2.0 Behavior Analysts’ Responsibility to Clients. 2.05 Rights and Prerogatives of Clients. |
| (b) Clients and supervisees must be provided, on request, an accurate and current set of the behavior analyst’s credentials. | 2.0 Behavior Analysts’ Responsibility to Clients. 2.05 Rights and Prerogatives of Clients. |
| (c) Permission for electronic recording of interviews and service delivery sessions is secured from clients and relevant staff in all relevant settings. Consent for different uses must be obtained specifically and separately. | 2.0 Behavior Analysts’ Responsibility to Clients. 2.05 Rights and Prerogatives of Clients. |
| (d) Clients and supervisees must be informed of their rights and about procedures to lodge complaints about professional practices of behavior analysts with the employer, appropriate authorities, and the BACB. | 2.0 Behavior Analysts’ Responsibility to Clients. 2.05 Rights and Prerogatives of Clients. |
| (e) Behavior analysts comply with any requirements for criminal background checks. | 2.0 Behavior Analysts’ Responsibility to Clients. 2.05 Rights and Prerogatives of Clients. |
| (a) Behavior analysts have a primary obligation and take reasonable precautions to protect the confidentiality of those with whom they work or consult, recognizing that confidentiality may be established by law, organizational rules, or professional or sc | 2.0 Behavior Analysts’ Responsibility to Clients. 2.06 Maintaining Confidentiality. |
| (b) Behavior analysts discuss confidentiality at the outset of the relationship and thereafter as new circumstances may warrant. | 2.0 Behavior Analysts’ Responsibility to Clients. 2.06 Maintaining Confidentiality. |
| (c) In order to minimize intrusions on privacy, behavior analysts include only information germane to the purpose for which the communication is made in written, oral, and electronic reports, consultations, and other avenues | 2.0 Behavior Analysts’ Responsibility to Clients. 2.06 Maintaining Confidentiality. |
| (d) Behavior analysts discuss confidential information obtained in clinical or consulting relationships, or evaluative data concerning clients, students, research participants, supervisees, and employees, only for appropriate scientific or professional pu | 2.0 Behavior Analysts’ Responsibility to Clients. 2.06 Maintaining Confidentiality. |
| (e) Behavior analysts must not share or create situations likely to result in the sharing of any identifying information (written, photographic, or video) about current clients and supervisees within social media contexts. | 2.0 Behavior Analysts’ Responsibility to Clients. 2.06 Maintaining Confidentiality. |
| (a) Behavior analysts maintain appropriate confidentiality in creating, storing, accessing, transferring, and disposing of records under their control, whether these are written, automated, electronic, or in any other medium | 2.0 Behavior Analysts’ Responsibility to Clients. 2.07 Maintaining Records |
| (b) Behavior analysts maintain and dispose of records in accordance with applicable laws, regulations, corporate policies, and organizational policies, and in a manner that permits compliance with the requirements of this Code. | 2.0 Behavior Analysts’ Responsibility to Clients. 2.07 Maintaining Records |
| Behavior analysts never disclose confidential information without the consent of the client, except as mandated by law, or where permitted by law for a valid purpose | 2.0 Behavior Analysts’ Responsibility to Clients. 2.08 Disclosures. |
| (a) Clients have a right to effective treatment (i.e., based on the research literature and adapted to the individual client). | 2.0 Behavior Analysts’ Responsibility to Clients. 2.09 Treatment/Intervention Efficacy. |
| (b) Behavior analysts have the responsibility to advocate for the appropriate amount and level of service provision and oversight required to meet the defined behavior-change program goals | 2.0 Behavior Analysts’ Responsibility to Clients. 2.09 Treatment/Intervention Efficacy. |
| (c) In those instances where more than one scientifically supported treatment has been established, additional factors may be considered in selecting interventions, including, but not limited to, efficiency and cost-effectiveness, risks and side-effects o | 2.0 Behavior Analysts’ Responsibility to Clients. 2.09 Treatment/Intervention Efficacy. |
| (d) Behavior analysts review and appraise the effects of any treatments about which they are aware that might impact the goals of the behavior-change program, and their possible impact on the behavior change program, to the extent possible. | 2.0 Behavior Analysts’ Responsibility to Clients. 2.09 Treatment/Intervention Efficacy. |
| (a) Behavior analysts appropriately document their professional work in order to facilitate provision of services later by them or by other professionals, to ensure accountability, and to meet other requirements of organizations or the law. | 2.0 Behavior Analysts’ Responsibility to Clients. 2.10 Documenting Professional Work and Research. |
| (b) Behavior analysts have a responsibility to create and maintain documentation in the kind of detail and quality that would be consistent with best practices and the law. | 2.0 Behavior Analysts’ Responsibility to Clients. 2.10 Documenting Professional Work and Research. |
| (a) Behavior analysts create, maintain, disseminate, store, retain, and dispose of records and data relating to their research, practice, and other work in accordance with applicable laws, regulations, and policies; | 2.0 Behavior Analysts’ Responsibility to Clients. 2.11 Records and Data |
| (b) Behavior analysts must retain records and data for at least seven (7) years and as otherwise required by law. | 2.0 Behavior Analysts’ Responsibility to Clients. 2.11 Records and Data |