E4 Identify and comply with requirements for collecting, using, protecting, and disclosing confidential information.

E.4 Identify and comply with requirements for collecting, using, protecting, and disclosing confidential information.

Identifying and complying with the requirements for collecting, using, protecting, and disclosing confidential information means understanding and following ethical and legal guidelines that ensure client data is handled responsibly. This includes obtaining proper consent, ensuring data security, and only sharing information with authorized individuals.

Example: A BCBA is working with a child in a school setting and collects behavioral data during sessions. The BCBA ensures that the data is stored securely on a password-protected device and only shares it with the child’s parents, teachers, and other authorized professionals who are part of the treatment team. Before sharing the information, the BCBA obtains written consent from the child’s parents and ensures that the data is used solely for improving the child’s treatment plan.

E. Ethical and Professional Issues

E.1. Identify and apply core principles underlying the ethics codes for BACB certificants (e.g., benefit others; treat others with compassion, dignity, and respect; behave with integrity).

E.2. Identify the risks to oneself, others, and the profession as a result of engaging in unethical behavior.

E.3. Develop and maintain competence by engaging in professional development activities (e.g., read literature, seek consultation, establish mentors).

E.4. Identify and comply with requirements for collecting, using, protecting, and disclosing confidential information.

E.5. Identify and comply with requirements for making public statements about professional activities (e.g., social media activity; misrepresentation of professional credentials, behavior analysis, and service outcomes).

E.6. Identify the conditions under which services or supervision should be discontinued and apply steps that should
be taken when transitioning clients and supervisees to another professional.

E.7. Identify types of and risks associated with multiple relationships, and how to mitigate those risks when they are unavoidable.

E.8. Identify and apply interpersonal and other skills (e.g., accepting feedback, listening actively, seeking input, collaborating) to establish and maintain professional relationships.

E.9. Engage in cultural humility in service delivery and professional relationships.

E.10. Apply culturally responsive and inclusive service and supervision activities.

E.11. Identify personal biases and how they might interfere with professional activity.

E.12. Identify and apply the legal, regulatory, and practice requirements (e.g., licensure, jurisprudence, funding, certification) relevant to the delivery of behavior analytic services.