Contents
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CODE
- I. General Responsibilities
- II. Responsibilities to the Physicians and Other Licensed Healthcare Prescribers
- III. Responsibilities to the Patient
- IV. Responsibilities to Colleagues and the Profession
- V. Application of the Code
- VI. Patient Care by Other Healthcare Professionals
- VII. Credential
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RULES
- I. Responsibility and Objectives of the Professional Ethics Committee
- II. Nature of Authority
- III. ABC Credential Holders Convicted or Charged with a Felony or Disciplined by Other Entities, Organizations or Agencies
- IV: Disciplinary Procedures — Initial Consideration
- V: Disciplinary Procedures — Initial Action
- VI. Disciplinary Procedures — Disposition of Complaint
- VII. Board Decisions
- VIII. Close of Case
- IX. Request for Reinstatement of Credential
- X. Governing Law/Venue
- Supplements
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The Code of Professional Responsibility and Rules & Procedures
January 2020
V. Application of the Code
C5.1 — Adherence to the Code
This Code shall apply to all ABC Credential Holders, including but not limited to NCOPE residents, individual applicants, exam applicants and candidates, credentialed individuals, accredited facilities and facility applicants.
Adherence to the Code includes, without limitation, the actions of an ABC accredited facility’s employees or independent contractors who provide patient care services or act as representatives for the facility, regardless of their individual credentialed status. The ABC credentialed principals and credentialed officers of a facility shall be responsible for the facility’s employees’ or independent contractors’ compliance with this Code and the Rules, regardless of whether the employees or independent contractors are credentialed.
