N.J. Admin. Code § 13:42-10.4

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 21, November 4, 2024

Section 13:42-10.4 - Professional responsibilities to the Board, other regulatory authorities, or the public

(a) Where not otherwise specified in this section, the term "licensee" includes holders of licenses and holders of temporary permits issued by the Board.

(b) A licensee shall meet professional responsibilities to the Board, to other regulatory authorities, and to the public as determined by accepted standards of practice, law or rules.

(c) A licensee shall respond within 30 days or sooner, as specified, to written communication from the Board, the Attorney General or the Director of the Division of Consumer Affairs and shall make available all records required with respect to a complaint from a client or as otherwise deemed necessary regarding the licensee's conduct. The response period commences on the date of the communication to the licensee's last reported address.

(d) A licensee shall maintain competence consistent with professional responsibilities, including the following:

1. A licensee shall remain abreast of standards of practice in the profession by means of securing continuing education such as training, experience or counsel and through professional journals;

2. A licensee-teacher shall base academic instruction primarily upon material the licensee reasonably believes to be accurate, current and scholarly;

3. A licensee shall obtain competent professional assistance in order to determine whether to voluntarily suspend, terminate or limit the scope of the licensee's professional and/or scientific activities which are foreseeably likely to lead to inadequate performance or harm to a client, colleague, student or research participant;

4. A licensee shall refuse to engage in, or condone, hiring, promotion, or training practices that are inhumane or that result in illegal or otherwise unjustifiable discrimination on the basis of race, color, ancestry, marital status, civil union status, domestic partnership status, genetic information, pregnancy or breastfeeding, ethnicity, disability, age, sex or gender, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, atypical hereditary cellular or blood trait, refusal to submit to a genetic test or make available the results of a genetic test to an employer, liability for service in the Armed Forces of the United States, nationality, religion, national origin, or any other characteristic protected by N.J.S.A. 10:5-12(a); and

5. A licensee shall practice only in his or her area of competence, consistent with his or her training, experience, education or supervision, and shall make appropriate referrals to practitioners of related or other professions.

N.J. Admin. Code § 13:42-10.4

Amended by R.2004 d.140, effective 4/5/2004.
See: 35 New Jersey Register 5039(a), 36 New Jersey Register 1815(a).
Rewrote (d)5.

Amended by 53 N.J.R. 1570(a), effective 9/20/2021