CODE OF CONDUCT
Issue November 2007 Amended January 2008
AN EXAMPLE
MINIMUM CODE OF CONDUCT
FOR AN
ORGANISATION
Introduction
The minimum standards set out in this Code of Conduct
identify appropriate behaviour for healers and are intended to protect the
public when they are given healing.
For the purpose of this Code of Conduct, healing has a
specific definition involving the channelling of healing energy through the
hands and/or with thought. It does not include massage, manipulation, the use of
instruments, drugs or other remedies, or the practice of clairvoyance or psychic
surgery. It does include Distant or Absent Healing.
All healers are expected to behave appropriately, take
responsibility for their own actions and uphold public confidence in healing.
An established set of procedures will be used whenever a
complaint about a healer needs to be investigated, followed by the possibility
of disciplinary action if this Code of Conduct has been breached. A healer who
is the subject of a complaint must co-operate with the investigating body when
called upon to do so, and comply with the procedures and timescales required.
Healers must -
Always:
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Seek to improve their own knowledge and abilities.
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Be respectful and courteous to others.
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Take responsibility for the relationship they have with their
patients and ensure that the trust placed in them is upheld.
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Recognise their own limitations and seek help from those with
greater skills and experience where required.
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Maintain suitable working conditions where they give healing and
ensure that these are safe and meet local authority regulations where required.
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Have insurance protection to the level required by UK Healers.
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Produce details of their membership identification and
qualification when asked by a patient.
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Ascertain, whenever necessary, that patients have sought medical
advice and advise, where appropriate, that they do so.
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Be ready to co-operate with the medical profession.
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Understand and act within the law as it relates to healing (for
example, confidentiality; access to patients' records and data protection;
consent to treatment; child protection; sexually transmitted diseases;
infectious diseases; dentistry; midwifery; the sale of remedies, herbs,
medicines, supplements, oils etc; and the treatment of animals).
Never:
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Use titles or descriptions for themselves or their treatment that
may mislead the public.
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Give or offer any other form of treatment or therapy in
association with healing unless they are qualified and insured to do so and
without first making it clear to the patient and obtaining the patient's
specific consent.
·
Give healing while medically or psychologically unfit to do so.
·
Give healing as a trainee healer without being accompanied by a
qualified healer unless specifically authorised to do so by their Supervisor/
Trainer and the patient agrees to receive healing from a healer under training.
·
Falsify documents or patient's notes.
·
Abuse or exploit a patient sexually, emotionally or in any other
way whatsoever.
·
Give healing when it is not safe or appropriate for the patient or
the healer.
·
Discriminate on the grounds of gender, race, religion, political
persuasion, sexual preference, age or disability
Before giving healing, healers must –
Always:
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Explain to a patient on a first visit how they give healing, how
it is generally experienced, and what the patient may expect with regard to
consultations and fees.
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Make it clear to a patient with which UK Healers healing
organisation(s) they are registered.
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Ensure, when asked to give healing to an animal, that the
treatment given is not construed to be "veterinary surgery" i.e. diagnosis,
giving advice based upon diagnosis, or medical or surgical treatment. Where
there is concern about the animal's health, the owner is to be advised to
consult a veterinary surgeon.
Never:
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Guarantee, promise, claim or imply a cure.
While giving healing, healers must –
Always:
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Behave with decorum and propriety, establish and then respect the
patient's wishes and common decency as to where and how they may or may not be
touched.
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Respect the views and beliefs of the patient.
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Act in an appropriate manner when attending a patient in hospital
or a hospice (for example, obtaining the necessary permission, respecting the
responsibility of the hospital or hospice for the patients in their care,
carrying identification, giving healing without fuss or interruption to ward
staff and other patients, and not wearing clothing which gives the impression of
being hospital staff).
·
Have an additional adult present when giving healing to a child
under 16.
Never:
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Give healing to patients without their specific consent.
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Ask a patient to remove any clothing other than spectacles, coat,
shoes or other incidental items.
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Give a diagnosis to a patient.
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Advise or recommend that a patient undergo a particular form of
treatment (e.g. an operation or course of drugs) or interfere with the medical
advice or treatment which the patient is receiving.
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Have a third party present (e.g. a trainee healer or member of the
patient's family) without the patient's and the healer's specific consent.
After giving healing, healers must –
Always:
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Keep clear notes of healing given to patients.
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Ensure that patient notes are kept in a safe place and retained
for a minimum of seven years.
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Keep confidential any information received from a patient unless
required by law or it is contrary to public interest (for example, there is a
risk that patients may cause harm to themselves, or to others, or have harm
caused to them).
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