SECTION 450:53-7-4. Wellbeing of the people served

(a)   Discrimination. C-PRSS shall not, in the rendering of their professional services, participate in, condone, or promote discrimination on the basis of race, color, age, sexual orientation, gender, religion, diagnosis, behavioral health condition or national origin.

(b)   Confidentiality. C-PRSS shall maintain the confidentiality of any information received from any person or source about a consumer, unless authorized in writing by the consumer or otherwise authorized or required by law or court order. C-PRSS shall be responsible for complying with the applicable state and federal regulations in regard to the security, safety and confidentiality of any counseling record they create, maintain, transfer, or destroy whether the record is written, taped, computerized, or stored in any other medium.

(c)   Dual relationships. C-PRSS shall not knowingly enter into a dual relationship(s) and shall take any necessary precautions to prevent a dual relationship from occurring. When the C-PRSS reasonably suspects that he or she has inadvertently entered into a dual relationship the C-PRSS shall record that fact in the records of the affected person(s) and take reasonable steps to eliminate the source or agent creating or causing the dual relationship. If the dual relationship cannot be prevented or eliminated and the C-PRSS cannot readily refer the person to another C-PRSS, the C-PRSS shall complete the following measures as necessary to prevent the exploitation of the person and/or the impairment of the C-PRSS's professional judgment:

(1)   Consult with the C-PRSS supervisor to understand the potential impairment to the C-PRSS's professional judgment and the risk of harm to the person of continuing the dual relationship.

(2)   Fully disclose the circumstances of the dual relationship to the consumer and secure the consumer's written consent to continue providing services.

(d)   Providing services to persons of prior association. C-PRSS' shall not undertake to provide services to any person with whom the C-PRSS' has had any prior sexual contact or close personal relationship.

(e)   Interaction with former people with whom a C-PRSS has provided services. C-PRSS shall not knowingly enter into a close personal relationship, or engage in any business or financial dealings with a former recipient of service. C-PRSS shall not engage in any activity that is or may be sexual in nature with a former recipient of service after the termination of the professional relationship. C-PRSS shall not exploit or obtain an advantage over a former recipient of services by the use of information or trust gained during the peer recovery support professional relationship.

(f)   Invasion of privacy. C-PRSS shall not make inquiry into persons or matters that are not reasonably calculated to assist or benefit the peer recovery support process.

(g)   Referral.

(1)   If C-PRSS determine that they are unable to be of professional assistance to a client, the C-PRSS shall not enter a professional relationship. C-PRSS shall refer people to appropriate sources when indicated. If the person declines the suggested referral, the C-PRSS shall terminate the relationship.

(2)   C-PRSS shall not abandon or neglect current recipients of service in treatment without making reasonable arrangements for the continuation of such treatment.

(3)   When an C-PRSS becomes cognizant of a disability or other condition that may impede, undermine or otherwise interfere with the C-PRSS's duty of responsibility to the current client, including a suspension of the C-PRSS's certification or any other situation or condition described in these rules, the C-PRSS shall promptly notify the recipient of service and the facility in writing of the presence or existence of the disability or condition and take reasonable steps to timely terminate the relationship.

[Source: Added at 28 Ok Reg 912, eff 7-1-11; Amended at 36 Ok Reg 1160, eff 11-1-19]