Code of Ethical Conduct | Standards of Clinical Practice | Guidelines
Compiled December 2008 | Amended June 2014
Part 1 – Code of Ethical Conduct and Standards of Clinical Practice
Code of Ethical Conduct | June 2014
Standards of Clinical Practice
Standard for Informed Consent to Clinical Counselling and the Collection, Use and Disclosure of Personal Information | October 2010
Standard for Payment for Clinical Counselling Services | October 2010
Standard for the Content of Clinical Records | October 2010
Standard for Promoting and Advertising Services | March 2014
Standards for Clinical Counselling Reports | June 2011
Standards of Practice for Counsellors Acting as Parent Coordinators | November 2015
Part 2 – Guidelines
Remote Counselling and Privacy Law | March 16, 2020
Guideline for Ethical Decision Making | October 2008
Guidelines for Ethics in Supervision & Teaching | November 1999
PIPA: A Counsellor’s Guide for Developing Client Personal Information Protection Policies and Procedures | October 2004
Scope of Practice
Counselling is a relational process based upon the ethical use of professional competencies to facilitate human thriving. A counsellor’s scope of practice is that use of recognized and evolving professional competencies. | October 2014
BCACC Bylaws
Approved with amendment at the Delegate Council Meeting, June 15, 2018 and filed on June 29, 2018.
2018 BCACC Integrated Bylaws | June 29, 2018
It is recommended that all counsellors have a copy of Balancing Conflicting Interests: A Counsellor’s Guide to the Legal Process by Maureen McEvoy and Gayla Reid. This may be obtained from the Justice Institute of B.C., Social Service & Community Safety Division, 715 McBride Boulevard, New Westminster, B.C. V3L 5T4, Telephone: (604) 528-5608, Fax: (604) 528-5640, Website: www.jibc.ca