● Violation of laws: Practicing out of your home, when it is not permitted by law. ● Confidentiality: Name-dropping famous clients; telling a spouse details about his partner’s session. ● Contraindications: Treating a client when you are sick/ infectious; ignoring signs of conditions that preclude physical contact. ● Informed consent: Working on a minor without parental knowledge; treating someone’s injury without permission. ● Practicing beyond scope of practice: Doing spinal adjustments, massage or counseling without appropriate training. ● Sexual misconduct: Watching a client undress or hugging a client in a sexual way. ● The individual is subject to intimidating, offensive, or hostile environmental elements that interfere with the individual’s ability to work effectively or productively. Sexual harassment, like sexual misconduct, is not defined by any specific sexual interaction between two individuals. Harassment may include the discussion of sexually explicit topics of conversation at a place of business, unnecessary or inappropriate references to specific body parts or functions, and visual depictions of a provocative or offensive nature, such as posters or calendars featuring photos of nude or scantily clad models. Sexual harassment can occur between men and women, women and women, men and men, or any other combination of sexual or gender identity. Sexual harassment may feel humiliating or shameful, making the victim reluctant to report the incident.
● Financial impropriety: Charging a cash-paying client a different fee than an insurance-paying client. ● Exploiting the power differential: Asking a stockbroker for financial tips during a treatment. ● Misleading claims of curative abilities: Telling a client you guarantee her pain will be gone in two sessions. ● Accessibility: Refusing to adapt your office (or making some reasonable accommodation) for those with physical challenges. ● Bigotry: Refusing to work with someone due to race, religion, size, or sexual orientation. ● Inappropriate advertising: Using a provocative picture in advertising; presenting misleading qualifications. ● Dual relationships: Dating a client. Harassment Harassment is a specific kind of misconduct or boundary violation in which an individual of equal or greater authority is inappropriately familiar with a co-worker or junior employee. Harassment can manifest itself in abusive remarks or behavior, belittling statements and actions, and discussion or commentary of an overly personal or offensive nature. Sexual harassment is abuse of power, typically exercised within the context of work, containing a sexual or gender-specific component. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission defines sexual harassment as any unwelcome advance, request, verbal statement, or physical conduct of a sexual nature, including visual displays, in which: 6 ● Submission is made a condition of an individual’s employment, either explicitly or implicitly. ● Submission forms the basis for work-related evaluations, such as decisions regarding employment benefits or advancement. Reporting misconduct If you believe another practitioner is acting unethically or illegally, you have a responsibility to report it. Contact your state board, the certifying organization (NCBTMB, AMTA, etc.), or the Agency for Healthcare Administration (AHCA) to file a complaint. The AHCA is responsible for analyzing complaints and reports involving potential misconduct and initiating investigations. The boards and councils within statewide organizations determine probable cause and disciplinary action.
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