26. Unless they have sound and reasonable grounds for doing so, members may not terminate the professional services they provide to a patient.
The following in particular constitute sound and reasonable grounds:1° loss of the relationship of trust between the patient and the member;
2° lack of benefit to the patient from the professional services offered by the member;
3° a conflict of interest or any situation in which the member’s professional independence could be called into question; and
4° inducement by the patient to perform illegal, immoral, unfair of fraudulent acts or to contravene this Code.