7. Making Referrals
- 7.1
- Provide appropriate and timely referrals whenever:
Â- You are not sufficiently qualified to meet a client's needs;
- Personal needs and/or life circumstances could compromise your capacity to provide effective professional services; or
- Additional or alternative services are needed, including service summaries when requested and authorized by the client.
- 7.2
- Provide appropriate and immediate referrals for anyone in an emergency situation whenever you cannot respond immediately yourself.
Citations of Pertinent Law, Rules or Regulations:
- Education Law, section 6509(2) - incompetence and negligence
- Education Law, section 6509(3) - impaired practice
- Education Law, section 6509(4) - habitual substance abuse
- Education Law, section 6509(9) - unprofessional conduct
- Regents Rules, part 29.1(b)(7) - failing to release requested records
- Regents Rules, part 29.1(b)(9) - practicing beyond competency
- Regents Rules, part 29.2(a)(1) - abandoning or neglecting a patient/client