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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".03" citation="COMAR 10.57.05.03" title_num="10" subtitle_num="57" chapter_num="05" heading="General Conduct.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>The primary concern of the residential child care program administrator and the residential child and youth care practitioner shall be the welfare of children and youth placed in the residential child care program.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>The certified residential child and youth care practitioner shall:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Function with discretion and integrity in relationships with other health professionals;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Carry out all duties with honesty, integrity, self-respect, and fairness;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Maintain documentation in the client's record which:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Is legible;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Accurately reflects the services provided, including treatment plans, treatment goals, and progress notes;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Indicates the time and date services were provided;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Protects the client's privacy by including only information directly relevant to the delivery of services;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(e)">
        <text>Is sufficient and timely to facilitate the delivery and continuity of services to be delivered in the future; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(f)">
        <text>Is reasonably accessible for the period required by law, after termination of services;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Inform the Board of unethical conduct by a certified residential child care program administrator or residential child and youth care practitioner; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Inform the Board about an individual who is not certified by the Board but who represents that the individual is a residential child care program administrator or residential child and youth care practitioner, or offering to practice residential child care administration.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>In the capacity or identity as a certified residential child care program administrator or certified residential child and youth care practitioner may not:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Participate in or condone dishonest behavior, fraudulent activities, deceitful practices, or misrepresentation;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Misrepresent professional qualifications, education, experience, or affiliation;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Exploit a relationship with a client for personal advantage or satisfaction;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Engage in solicitation which amounts to fraud, intimidation, or undue influence, including but not limited to in-person, telephone, or direct mail solicitation;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Practice, condone, or facilitate discrimination, or collaborate to discriminate on the basis of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, age, religion, national origin, marital status, political belief, disability, or other preference or personal characteristic, condition, or status with an individual or group of individuals;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>Engage or participate in an action that violates or diminishes the civil or legal rights of a client;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>Share with another individual a confidence revealed by a client without the client's consent, except if there is danger to self or another individual , or for a compelling professional reason; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(8)">
      <text>Enter into a nonprofessional, social, or dual relationship with a client, or an individual with whom the client has a close personal relationship.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>