Ethics & Professional Practice Standards Flashcards
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An SLP provides services to a child whose parents are in a contentious custody dispute. Each parent requests the child's records separately. The SLP should:
Answer: Review the custody agreement to determine who holds legal authority to access records
The SLP must review the legal custody agreement to determine which parent(s) have legal authority to access the child's protected health information.
A patient requests that an SLP omit a clinical finding from a report being sent to an insurance company. The SLP should:
Answer: Include all clinically relevant findings and explain the legal and ethical obligations to the patient
SLPs are required to produce accurate and complete clinical reports; omitting relevant findings constitutes fraud and violates ethical standards.
The ethical concept of justice in healthcare delivery most directly requires SLPs to:
Answer: Ensure fair and equitable access to services across diverse populations
Justice requires fair distribution of services and resources, including addressing disparities in access for underserved populations.
An SLP is treating a patient who discloses they plan to harm a specific third party. Under the duty to warn doctrine, the SLP should:
Answer: Notify the intended victim and appropriate authorities as required by state law
The Tarasoff duty to warn requires clinicians to protect identifiable third parties from credible threats, overriding confidentiality in most states.
Under ASHA's scope of practice, an SLP should decline to perform a clinical task when:
Answer: The task falls outside their individual competence or professional training
SLPs must decline tasks outside their individual scope of competence, even if those tasks fall within the broader SLP scope of practice.
A research SLP plans to publish a case study about a patient. To comply with ethical standards, the SLP must:
Answer: Obtain written informed consent from the patient before publication
Publishing identifiable patient information requires written informed consent that specifically covers the publication's scope and purpose.
Which of the following best describes an SLP's ethical obligation when a supervisee demonstrates unsafe clinical behaviors?
Answer: Provide immediate corrective feedback and increased supervision to protect patient safety
Supervisors must intervene immediately when supervisee behavior endangers patient safety, providing direct corrective feedback and closer oversight.