C-26, r. 222.1.2.01 - Code of ethics of sexologists

Section 58 Disposition versions

2016-05-12

58. Sexologists may not cease to provide professional services to a client before completing the agreed upon treatment unless they have just and reasonable grounds. Just and reasonable grounds include, in particular:

(1)  the inability to establish or maintain a relationship of trust with their client;

(2)  lack of benefit to the client from the professional services offered by the sexologist;

(3)  the likelihood that maintaining the professional services may, in the sexologist’s judgment, become more harmful than beneficial for the client;

(4)  the impossibility for the sexologist to maintain a professional relationship with the client, particularly in the presence of a conflict of interest;

(5)  inducement by the client to perform illegal, unfair or fraudulent acts or to contravene the provisions of this Code;

(6)  non-compliance by the client with the conditions agreed on and the impossibility of entering with the client into a reasonable agreement to reinstate the conditions, including professional fees; and

(7)  the sexologist’s decision to scale down his or her practice or to put an end to the practice for personal or professional reasons.

O.C. 307-2016, s. 58.

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In force: 2016-05-12

58. Sexologists may not cease to provide professional services to a client before completing the agreed upon treatment unless they have just and reasonable grounds. Just and reasonable grounds include, in particular:

(1)  the inability to establish or maintain a relationship of trust with their client;

(2)  lack of benefit to the client from the professional services offered by the sexologist;

(3)  the likelihood that maintaining the professional services may, in the sexologist’s judgment, become more harmful than beneficial for the client;

(4)  the impossibility for the sexologist to maintain a professional relationship with the client, particularly in the presence of a conflict of interest;

(5)  inducement by the client to perform illegal, unfair or fraudulent acts or to contravene the provisions of this Code;

(6)  non-compliance by the client with the conditions agreed on and the impossibility of entering with the client into a reasonable agreement to reinstate the conditions, including professional fees; and

(7)  the sexologist’s decision to scale down his or her practice or to put an end to the practice for personal or professional reasons.

O.C. 307-2016, s. 58.