Members Shall:

1. Be committed to providing the highest quality care to those seeking their professional service.
2. Give treatment only in those modalities where they are qualified and which represents honestly their training, education, certification and other qualifications.
3. Continuously strive for professional improvement and advancement by continued education and training.
4. Actively support their profession through local organizations, volunteer work or public education.
5. Abide by federal, provincial and municipal laws and regulations, as they pertain to their profession, and rules and bylaws of any health care organization or facility to which they belong.
6. Respect the confidentially of each of their clients.
7. Not give out information concerning a client unless written consent is obtained from the client.
8. Obtain adequate and appropriate medical information concerning a client prior to treatment.
9. Conduct their business and professional activities with honesty, integrity and recognized ethics of their profession.
10. Not conduct themselves in a manner which would be inappropriate or harmful to the client, or jeopardize the professional ethics and conduct of their chosen profession (e.g. not engaging in any sexual conduct involving their clients, silence instead of verbal support, etc.,)
11. Not unjustly discriminate against clients or colleagues.
12. Not offer to guarantee a cure or misrepresent the therapeutic value of any health care therapy.
13. Refer a client to another qualified member of the health care profession when a condition requires further treatment or examination.
14. Keep records of their clients and shall not falsify any part of a client’s record, or sign or issue a report or document containing false or misleading statements.