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| Behavior analyst are truthful and honest and arrange the environment to promote truthful and honest behavior in others |
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| Behavior analyst do not implement contingencies that would cause others to engage in fraudulent, illegal or unethical conduct |
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| 1.01 Reliance on scientific knowledge |
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| Behavior analysts must rely on professionally derived knowledge based on science and behavior analysis when making scientific or professional judgements in human service provision, or when engaging in scholarly or professional endeavors. |
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| 1.02 Boundaries of Competence |
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(A) All behavioral 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.
(b) Behavior analyst 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 areas. |
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| 1.03 Maintaining Competence through professional development |
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| Behavior analyst 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 conventions, participating in workshops, obtaining additional coursework, and/or obtaining and maintaining appropriate professional credentials. |
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| 1.04 (a) Behavior analyst are truthful and honest and arrange the environment to promote truthful and honest behavior in others |
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| 1.05 Professional and scientific Relationships (a) |
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| 1.05 (a) Behavior analyst provide behavior-analytic series only in the context of a defined professional, or scientific relationship or role. |
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| 2.0 Behavior Analyst Responsibility to clients |
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| 2.0 Behavior analysts have a responsibility to operate in the best interest of the clients. Applicable to an individual person, a parent or guardian of a service recipient, an organization, a firm, or firm, or a corporation. |
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| 2.01 behavior analyst accept as clients only those individuals or entities who requested services are commensurate with the behavior analyst, education, training, experience, available resources, and organizational policies. Behavior analysts must function under the supervision of or in consultation with a behavior analyst whose credentials permit performing such services. |
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| 2.02 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 or parties must be established and communicated from the outlet of the defined relationship. Behavior analyst identify and communicate who the primary ultimate beneficiary of services is in any given situation and advocates for his or her best interests |
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2.03 (a) Behavior analyst 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 obligations.
(b) When indicated and professional appropriate, behavior analysts cooperate with other professionals consistent with principles of behavior analysis in order to effectively and appropriately serve their clients. |
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| 2.04 Third-party involvement in Services (a) |
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| 2.04 (a) When a behavioral analyst provide services to a person or entity at the request of a third party, behavior analysts clarify to the extent feasible at the outset of the service, the nature of the relationship with each party and any potential conflicts. This clarifications includes the role of the behavior analyst the probable uses of the services provided of the information obtained, and the fact that there may be limits to confidentiality. |
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| 2.04 Third-party involvement in services (b) |
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| 2.04 (b) if there is a foreseeable risk behavior analyst being called upon to perform conflicting roles because of the involvement of a third of a third party, behavior analyst analyst clarify the nature and direction of their responsibilities, keep all parties appropriately informed informed as matters develop, and resolve in accordance with this code. |
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| 2.04 Third-party involvement in services (c) |
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| 2.04 (c) When providing services to a minor of 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 a services is informed of the nature and scope of services to be provided, as well as their right to all service records and data |
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| 2.04 Third-party involvement of services (d) |
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| 2.04 (d) Behavior analyst put the clients care above all others and should the third party make requirements for services that are contraindicated by the behavior analysts recommendations, behavior analyst are obligated to resolve such conflicts in the best interest of the client. if said conflict cannot be resolved, the behavior anylysts services to the client may be discontinued following appropriate transition. |
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| 2.05 Rights and prerogatives of clients (a) |
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| 2.05 (a) The rights of the client are paramount and behavior analysts support the clients legal rights and prerogatives. |
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| 2.05 Rights and Prerogatives of clients (b) |
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| 2.05 (b) The clients must be provided, on request, an accurate and current set of the behavior analysts credentials. |
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| 2.05 Rights and prerogatives of clients (C) |
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| 2.05 (c) Permission of 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. |
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| 2.05 Rights and prerogatives of clients(d) |
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| 2.05 (d) Clients 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. |
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| 2.05 Rights and prerogatives of clients (e) |
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| 2.05 (e) Behavior analysts comply with any requirements for criminal background checks. |
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