Ethics/ Legal Flashcards
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Professional Conduct
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- Continue ongoing training and development as a health coach including emerging research, continued education (36hrs), and recertification every 3 years.
- Engage in personal health and well-being, including physical and emotional health and prevent potential burnout
- Engage in self-awareness practices, including emotional self-regulation
- Conduct myself in accordance with the NBHWC Code of Ethics in all health and wellness coaching interactions, including coach training and coach mentoring activities.
- Commit to take the appropriate action with the coach, faculty member, or coach mentor and/or will contact NBHWC to address any ethics violation or possible breach as soon as I become aware of such situation, whether it involves me or others.
- Communicate and create awareness in others, including organizations, employees, sponsors, coaches, clients, potential clients, and others who might need to be informed of the responsibilities established by this Code.
- Refrain from unlawful discrimination in occupational activities, including age, race, gender orientation, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religion, national origin or disability; and consistently demonstrate dignity and respect in all professional relationships.
- Make verbal and written statements that are true and accurate about what I offer as a health and wellness coach, the coaching profession, and the NBHWC.
- Accurately identify my coaching qualifications, expertise, experience, training, certifications and NBHWC credentials.
- Recognize and honor the efforts and contributions of others and only claim ownership of my own material. I understand that violating this standard may leave me subject to legal remedy by a third party.
- Strive at all times to recognize any personal issues that may impair, conflict with or interfere with my coaching performance or my professional coaching relationships. I will promptly seek the relevant professional assistance and determine the action to be taken, including whether it is appropriate to suspend or terminate my coaching relationship(s) whenever the facts and circumstances necessitate.
- Recognize that the Code of Ethics applies to my relationship with coaching clients, students, mentees, sponsors, and other coaches.
- Conduct and report research with competence, honesty and within recognized scientific standards and applicable subject guidelines. Research I participate in will be carried out with the informed consent of those participating and the approval of all regulatory bodies as indicated. Such research efforts will be performed in a manner that complies with the applicable laws and regulations of the jurisdictions involved.
- Maintain, store and dispose of any records, including electronic files and communications, created during my coaching engagements in a manner that promotes confidentiality, security and privacy and complies with any applicable laws, regulations and agreements.
- Use NBHWC credentialed coach contact information, such as email addresses and telephone numbers, only in the manner and to the extent authorized by the NBHWC.
2
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Value of NBHWC code of ethics
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Provides guidelines, accountability, and professional standards for health and wellness coaches.
3
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Code of Ethics
https://nbhwc.org/code-of-ethics/
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- Confidentiality
- Working within an organization; serving sponsor and client
- Conflicts of interest
- Demonstrate dignity and respect for all people, honor diversity, cultural sensitivity
- True and accurate representation of your training, experience, expertise, credentials
- Provide attribution for contributions of others, including copyrighted material
- Scope of practice and refer when necessary
- Balancing multiple roles (nurse/coach, physician/coach, therapist/coach,
etc.) and dual relationships - Maintaining professional boundaries
- Consent and approval from relevant parties
- Self-monitoring and management of triggers and boundaries
- Seek consultation or supervision as needed
4
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Legal
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- Maintain security and privacy of client records
- Awareness of relevant federal and state regulations that affect health coaching (HIPAA)
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HIPAA
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The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, is a federal law in the United States that establishes privacy and security standards for protecting individuals’ health information.
6
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Conflict of Interest
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A situation in which a coach has a private or personal interest sufficient to appear to influence the objective of his or her professional role or responsibilities as a coach, faculty, or mentor.
