Provision of Services Flashcards
8.1 Context of professional relationship
A registrant must provide diagnostic, therapeutic, teaching, research, supervisory, consultative, or other psychological services only in the context of a defined professional or scientific relationship or role.
8.2 Services appropriate to needs
A registrant must provide psychological services which are appropriate and adequate to the client’s needs, or else refer the client to another service provider for services.
8.3 Fulfillment of agreements
A registrant must fulfill the terms of his or her agreements with a client as established while obtaining informed consent for services at the outset of the professional relationship.
8.4 Provision of partnership services
Where a registrant provides psychological services through a partnership that includes non‐registrant partners, the registrant must assume responsibility for the planning, supervision, and billing practices of the psychological component of the services offered.
8.5 Sufficient personnel
A registrant must employ sufficient personnel to maintain the quality of any psychological services offered by, or under the supervision of, the registrant.
8.6 Accountability for supervisees
A registrant is responsible and accountable for the actions of any non‐ registrant who is providing psychological services under his or her supervision.
8.7 Obligation to advise of responsibility
Where a registrant supervises any non‐registrant in the provision of psychological services, the registrant must advise the client (and the payer, if different from the client) that the registrant has professional responsibility and legal accountability for the supervised services.
8.8 Provision of services in sponsoring agency
Where a registrant offers psychological services or is directing the psychological services of others within a sponsoring institution and the registrant believes that the most appropriate service(s) to a client is not in accord with the expectations of the sponsoring institution, the registrant must attempt to reconcile these differences with the administration of the institution in order to best respond to the client’s needs.
