| (a) Licensees do not abandon patients or clients.
(b) Withdrawal from a professional relationship in
compliance with Council rules to avoid a prohibited dual relationship
is not abandonment of a patient or client.
(c) Licensees terminate a professional relationship
when it becomes reasonably clear that the patient or client no longer
needs the service, is not benefiting or is being harmed by continued
service.
(d) Prior to termination of a professional relationship
for any reason, the licensee takes all reasonable steps to facilitate
transfer of responsibility for the patient or client to a qualified
service provider if necessary to prevent physical or emotional harm
and, if not precluded by the patient or client's conduct, provides
appropriate pre-termination counseling and referrals.
(e) Licensees who are required to interrupt services
of a professional relationship for any reason shall make arrangements
for provision of any services to all patients or clients required
during the interruption.
(f) Termination of employment with agencies or organizations.
(1) When entering into employment or contractual relationships,
licensees provide for orderly and appropriate resolution of responsibility
for patient or client care in the event that the employment or contractual
relationship ends, with paramount consideration given to the welfare
of the patient or client.
(2) Licensees who are employed by an organization or
agency to provide psychological services must, upon termination of
that employment, work with the employer to facilitate access to records
of all services provided by the licensee to patients or clients as
otherwise required by Council rules and applicable law.
(3) Licensees who are employed by an organization or
agency to provide psychological services must, upon termination of
that employment, work with the employer to facilitate transfer of
clients or patients who are continuing to receive services from the
agency or organization to another qualified service provider.
(g) Termination of employment with public schools.
(1) A LSSP who is under contract as an employee of
a public school to provide school psychological services must deliver
to such public school a written resignation before terminating services
or employment without cause. The resignation must be filed with the
public school's board of trustees or designee not later than the 45th
day before the first day of instruction of the following school year.
A written resignation mailed by prepaid certified or registered mail
to the president of the public school's board of trustees or designee
at the post office address of the public school is considered delivered
at the time of mailing.
(2) A LSSP who is under contract as an employee of
a public school may resign at any time if given written consent by
the public school's board of trustees or designee or if such resignation
is for cause.
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