PREAMBLE
The respect of
the human person in his/her/its psychic dimension is an inalienable right. His/her/its
recognition founds the action of the psychologists.
The present Code of
Deontology is destined to act as professional rule to the men and to the
women who have psychologist's title, whatever is their fashion of exercise and
their professional setting, including their activities of teaching and
research.
His/her/its finality is above all to protect the public and the
psychologists against the mésusages of psychology and against the use of
methods and techniques himself claimant abusively of psychology.
The
organizations professional signatories of the present Code use themselves to the
to make to know and to respect. They bring in this perspective, support and
aid to their members. The adherence of the psychologists to these organizations
imply their engagement to respect arrangements of the Code.
I TITLE - PRINCIPLES
GENERAL
The complexity of the psychological situations opposes the
simple systematic application of rules practices. The respect of the rules of the
present Code of Deontology rests on an ethical reflection and a capacity of
discernment, in the observance of the big following principles,:
1 / respect of the person's rights
The psychologist refers his/her/its
exercise to the principles decreed by the domestic laws, European and
international on the respect of the rights fundamental of people, and
especially of their dignity, their liberty and their protection. Him
only intervenes with the consent free and illuminated of the concerned people.
Reciprocally, all person must be able to address directly and freely
to a psychologist. The psychologist preserves life deprived of people some
guaranteeing the respect of the professional secrecy, including between colleagues. Him
respect the fundamental principle that no one is held to reveal whatever it is
on himself.
2 / expertise
The psychologist holds her expertises of knowledge
theoretical regularly set up-to-date, of a continuing education and one
formation to discern his/her/its personal implication in the understanding
of others. Every psychologist is guarantor of his/her/its particular qualifications and
defines his/her/its clean limits, considering his/her/its formation and his/her/its experience.
He/it refuses all intervention when he/it knows how to not to have expertises
requisite.
3 / responsibility
Besides the responsibilities defined by the law
township, the psychologist has a professional responsibility. He/it becomes attached to that
that his/her/its interventions conform to the rules of the present Code. In the setting of
his/her/its professional expertises, the psychologist decides the choice and of
the application of the methods and psychological techniques that he/it conceives and puts some
work. He/it answers therefore personally for his/her/its choices and the direct consequences
of his/her/its actions and professional opinions.
4 / integrity
The psychologist has a duty of integrity in all his/her/its
professional relations. This duty founds the observance of the rules
ethical and his/her/its continuous effort to refine his/her/its interventions, to specify,
his/her/its methods and to define his/her/its goals.
5 / scientific quality
The fashions of intervention chosen by the
psychologist must be able to be the subject of an explicitation reasoned of their
theoretical foundations and of their construction. All assessment or all result
must be able to be the subject of a debate contradictory of the professionals between
them.
6 / respect of the assigned goal
The methodological devices put in
place by the psychologist answers the motives of his/her/its interventions, and to them
only. While constructing his/her/its intervention in the respect of the assigned goal.
the psychologist must take therefore in consideration the possible uses who
are possibly able in to be made by third party.
7 / professional independence
The psychologist cannot alienate
the independence necessary to the exercise of his/her/its profession under some shape that
it is.
CLAUSE OF CONSCIENCE
In all circumstances where the
psychologist estimates not to be able to respect these principles. he/it is in right of
to make play the clause of conscience
II TITLE - THE EXERCISE
PROFESSIONAL
CHAPTER 1: THE TITLE OF PSYCHOLOGIST AND THE DEFINITION OF
THE PROFESSION
Article 1 - The use of psychologist's title is defined by
the law n°85-772 of July 25, 1985 published to the FEDERAL REGISTER of July 26, 1985. Are
psychologists the people who fill the conditions of qualification
requisite in this law. All shape of usurpation of the title is liable of
pursuits.
Article 2 - The professional exercise of psychology requires
the title and psychologist's statute.
Article 3 - The mission fundamental of the
psychologist is to make to recognize and to respect the person in his/her/its dimension
psychic. His/her/its activity is about the psychic component of the individuals,
considered separately or collectively.
Article 4 - The psychologist can
to exercise different functions to liberal title, salaried employee or of public agent. Him
can fill different missions, that he/it distinguishes and makes distinguish, as the
advice, the teaching of psychology, the assessment, the appraisal, the,
formation. the psychotherapy. research, etc. These missions can exercise themselves
in various professional sectors.
CHAPTER 2: THE CONDITIONS OF THE EXERCISE OF THE
PROFESSION
Article 5 - The psychologist exercises in the domains bound to his/her/its
qualification, which appreciates itself notably by his/her/its academic formation
fundamental and applied high-level in psychology, by formations,
specific, by his/her/its hands-on experience and his/her/its works of research. Him
determine the indication and proceed has the realization of acts that is a matter for his/her/its
expertise.
Article 6 - The psychologist has the specificity of sound respected
exercise and his/her/its technical autonomy. He/it respects those of the other
professional.
Article 7 - The psychologist accepts the missions, that him
esteem, compatible with his/her/its expertises, his/her/its technique, his/her/its functions, and that
nor infringe to arrangements of the present Code, nor to the statutory provisions
in force.
Article 8 - The fact for a psychologist to be bound in sound
professional exercise by a contract or a statute to all private corporation or
all state agency, don't modify his/her/its professional duties, and some
particular his/her/its obligations concerning the professional secrecy and the independence
of the choice of his/her/its methods and his/her/its decisions. He/it notes the Code of
Deontology in the establishment of his/her/its contracts and refers itself of it in his/her/its ties
professional.
Article 9 - Before all intervention, the psychologist insures
of the consent of those that consults it or participate to an assessment, one,
search for or an appraisal. He/it informs them of the modes, the objectives and the
limits of his/her/its intervention. The psychologist's opinions can concern the
files or of the situations that are returned to him, but his/her/its assessment is not able to
to carry that on people or situations that he/it could examine himself.
In all situations of assessment, whatever is the claimant, the,
psychologist reminds to people concerned their right to ask for one
counter-assessment. In the situations of research, he/it informs them of their
right to withdraw itself/themselves at all times of it. In the consultancy situations judicial,
the psychologist deals equitable way with each of the parts and knows that his/her/its
mission has for goal to illuminate the justice on the question that is asked him and
no to bring some proofs.
Article 10 - The psychologist can receive, to their
demand, of the miners or adults protected by the law. His/her/its intervention nearby
account of their statute, their situation and statutory provisions takes after them
in force. When the consultation for miners or adults protected by
for the law is asked by a third, the psychologist requires their consent
illuminated, as well as the one of the possessors of the parental authority or the
tutelage.
Article 11 - The psychologist doesn't use her position to ends
personal. of proselytism or alienation of others. He/it doesn't answer the
demand of a third that searches for an illicit or immoral advantage, or that makes
act of abusive authority in the recourse to his/her/its services. The psychologist doesn't hire
no assessment or of treatment implying people to which he/it would be
already personally linked.
Article 12 - The psychologist is only person responsible of
his/her/its findings. He/it makes state of the methods and tools on which he/it founds them,
and he/it presents them in a way adapted to his/her/its different interlocutors, of manner,
to preserve the professional secrecy. The concerned persons have the right to get one
comprehensible report of the assessments them concerning, whatever is some
the recipients. When these findings are presented to third party, them
answer that to the calm question and don't include the elements of order
psychological that found them that so necessary.
Article 13 - The psychologist
cannot take advantage of his/her/its function to guaranty a malfeasance, and his/her/its
title doesn't dispense it of the obligations of the common law. In accordance with the
legal provisions penal concerning non aid to no one in danger,
he/it is made him obligation therefore to signal to the loaded judiciary powers
of the enforcement of law all situation that he/it knows how to put in danger
the integrity of people. In the particular case where these are information to
confidential character that indicates him some situations susceptible to carry
reached to the person's psychic or physical integrity that consults it or has
the one of a third, the psychologist values in conscience the conduct to hold, some,
taking into account the statutes of limitations concerning professional secrecy and
of aid to no one in danger. The psychologist can illuminate her decision some
taking advice by experienced colleagues.
Article 14 - The documents
emanating a psychologist (attestation. balance, certificate, mail, report,,
etc.) carry his/her/its name, the identification of his/her/its function as well as his/her/its coordinates
professional, his/her/its signature and the recipient's precise mention. The
psychologist doesn't accept that of others that himself modifies, sign or
annul the documents being a matter for his/her/its professional activity. He/it doesn't accept
not that his/her/its reports are transmitted without its explicit agreement, and he/it makes
to respect the confidentiality of his/her/its mail.
Article 15 - The psychologist
arrange on the place of his/her/its professional exercise of an appropriate installation,
of adequate premises to permit the respect of the professional secrecy, and of
technical means are sufficient in relation with the nature of his/her/its acts
professional and of the people who consult it.
Article 16 - In the case
where the psychologist is stopped from pursuing his/her/its intervention. he/it takes the
suitable measures so that the continuity of his/her/its professional action is
assured by a colleague, with the agreement of people concerned, and without prejudice
that this new intervention is founded and possible déontologiquement.
CHAPTER 3: THE TECHNICAL MODES OF THE EXERCISE
PROFESSIONAL
Article 17 - the psychologist's practice doesn't cut down
to the methods and to the techniques that he/it puts in work. She/it is inseparable of one
critical appreciation and of a setting in theoretical perspective of these
techniques.
Article 18 - The techniques used by the psychologist for
the assessment, to direct ends of diagnosis of orientation or selection,
must have been scientifically validated.
Article 19 - The psychologist is
aware of the relative character of his/her/its assessments and interpretations. He/it doesn't pull
no reducing or definitive findings on the faculties or the
personality of the individuals, notably when these findings can have one
direct influence on their existence.
Article 20 - The psychologist knows the
statutory provisions and authorized exits of the law of January 6, 1978
relative to the data processing, to the files and to the liberties. Consequently, him
collect, bill, class, archive and keep the information and data
pertaining to his/her/its activity according to the arrangements in force. When these data
are used to ends of teaching, of research. of publication, or of
communication, they are treated imperatively in the absolute respect of
anonymity, by the deletion of all element permitting identification,
direct or indirect of the concerned people, this still in conformity with
the statutory provisions concerning the nominative information.
CHAPTER 4: THE PSYCHOLOGIST'S DUTIES TOWARDS HIS/HER/ITS
COLLEAGUES
Article 21 - The psychologist sustains her colleagues in
the exercise of their profession and in the application and the defense of the present
Code. He/it answers their demands of advice favorably and help them in the
difficult situations. notably while contributing to the resolution of the problems
ethical.
Article 22 - The psychologist respects the conceptions and the
convenient of his/her/its colleagues as far as they don't infringe to the
general principles of the present Code; it doesn't exclude the critique
founded.
Article 23 - The psychologist doesn't compete his/her/its abusively
colleagues and makes call to them if he/it estimates that they are more to even than him of
to answer a demand.
Article 24 - When the psychologist fills one
mission of audit or consultancy opposite colleagues or institutions, him the
makes in the respect of the requirements of his/her/its deontology.
CHAPTER 5: THE PSYCHOLOGIST AND THE DIFFUSION OF THE
PSYCHOLOGY
Article 25 - The psychologist has a responsibility in the
diffusion of psychology, by the public and medias. He/it makes the
psychology and of his/her/its applications a presentation in agreement with the rules
ethical of the profession. He/it uses his/its right of rectification for
to contribute information communicated to the public seriously.
Article 26 -
The psychologist doesn't enter in the detail of the methods and techniques
psychological that he/it presents to the public, and he/it informs it of the potential dangers
of an uncontrolled use of these techniques.
III TITLE - THE FORMATION OF THE PSYCHOLOGIST
CHAPTER 1: THE PRINCIPLES OF THE
FORMATION
Article 27 - The teaching of psychology to the
future psychologists respect the ethical rules of the present Code. Some
consequence, the institutions of formation, :
- distribute the Code of
Deontology of the Psychologists to the students since the beginning of the studies,
-
ascertain the existence of conditions permitting that develops himself the reflection
on the questions of ethics bound to the different convenient: teaching and
formation, convenient professional, research.
Article 28 - The teaching
present the different fields of psychology survey, as well as plurality
the theoretical settings, the methods and the practices, in a worry appropriate in
perspective and of critical confrontation. He/it necessarily banishes
indoctrination and the sectarianism.
Article 29 - The teaching of the
psychology makes a place to the disciplines that contribute to the knowledge of
the man and to the respect of his/her/its rights, in order to prepare the students to land,
the questions bound to their future exercise in the respect of the knowledge
available and of the ethical securities
CHAPTER 2: CONCEPTION OF THE
FORMATION
Article 30 - The psychologist not teaching psychology
participle not to formations not offering any guarantees on the seriousness of the
finalities and the means. The teachings of psychology intended to the
continuing education of the psychologists can only concern people having
psychologist's title. The teachings of psychology intended to the
formation of professionals non psychologists observes the same rules
ethical that those stated to the articles 27, 28 and 32 of the present,
Code.
Article 31 - The psychologist teaching psychology stays up has that that
his/her/its practices, as well as the academic requirements (memorial of research,
professional practicums, recruitment of topics, etc.), are compatible with the
professional deontology. He/it treats the information concerning the students
acquired on the occasion of the activities of teaching, formation or practicum,
in the respect of the articles of the Code concerning people.
Article 32 -
He/it is taught to the students that the psychological procedures concerning
the assessment of the individuals and groups requires the biggest rigor
scientific and ethical in their handling (prudence, verification) and their
use (professional secrecy and standby duty), and that the
presentations of case make themselves in the respect of the liberty to agree or of
to refuse, of the dignity and the well-being of people presented,
Article 33 -
The psychologists who frame the practicums, to the university and on the land,
look after what the trainees apply arrangements of the Code, notably
those that are about confidentiality, the professional secrecy, the,
illuminated consent. They oppose what the trainees are used
as non gainful professionals. They have for mission to form
professionally the students, and no to intervene on their
personality.
Article 34 - in accordance with the statutory provisions, the,
psychologist not teaching psychology accepts no remuneration for her leaves
of a person who has the right to his/her/its services to the title of his/her/its academic function
11 don't require some students that they follow academic extra formations
pay or no, for the obtaining of their diploma. He/it doesn't hold the students
for patients or customers. He/it doesn't require their free involvement or
no, to his/her/its other activities, when they don't make explicitly gone of the
training program in which is hired the students.
Article 35 -
The validation of the knowledge acquired during the initial formation himself
makes according to official modes. She/it is about the taught disciplines
to the university, on the critical capacities and self-evaluation of the candidates,,
and she/it requires the reference to the ethical requirements and to the rules
ethical of the psychologists.
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