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

Article 58 Versions de la disposition

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.

D. 307-2016, s. 58.

Non en vigueur

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.

D. 307-2016, s. 58.