Professional Responsibility & Disciplinary Trends

1. www.bocatc.org Professional Responsibility & Disciplinary Trends Rob Sandmann, MEd, ATC

2. Objectives • Identify BOC resources to inform ATs of their professional responsibilities. • Recognize the guidance provided by the BOC Standards of Professional Practice and its disciplinary processes. • Discuss various disciplinary trends the BOC is experiencing.

3. Educate and Inform

4. Educate and Inform

5. Educate and Inform Where can ATs go to find state AT laws? www.bocatc.org

6. Authoritative Sources

7. Educate and Inform

8. Codes of Conduct/Ethics

9. BOC Standards of Professional Practice The BOC Standards of Professional Practice consists of two sections: I. Practice Standards II. Code of Professional Responsibility

10. Practice Standards • Direction • Prevention • Immediate Care • Clinical Evaluation and Diagnosis • Treatment, Rehabilitation and Reconditioning • Program Discontinuation • Organization and Administration

11. Code of Professional Responsibility Code 1: Patient Responsibility Code 2: Competency Code 3: Professional Responsibility Code 4: Research Code 5: Social Responsibility Code 6: Business Practices

12. Code of Professional Responsibility Code 3.2 Knows and complies with applicable local, state and/or federal rules, requirements, regulations and/or laws related to the practice of athletic training

13. BOC Disciplinary Guidelines Inform ATs, exam applicants, consumers of athletic training services and members of the public of the disciplinary guidelines and procedures.

14. BOC Disciplinary Guidelines

15. Discipline How is the BOC notified of violations? • News Alerts • State Regulatory Agency • Complaints submitted by: • Consumers • Other ATs • Self • Employers

16. Duty to Report Do you require ATs to report a violation? Code 3.5

17. BOC Complaints

18. Discipline

19. Professional Practice & Discipline Committee Responsible for the oversight and adjudication of the: • BOC Professional Practice and Discipline Guidelines and Procedures • BOC Standards of Professional Practice • Practice Standards • Code of Professional Responsibility

20. Discipline Cases • Candidates with conviction • Unlicensed practice • Sexual misconduct • Fraud • Social media misuse • Facebook and Twitter posts

21. Candidate with Conviction Candidate with Criminal Attempt Internet Sexual Exploitation of a Child conviction

22. Unlicensed Practice AT practiced athletic training without a license for a period of time

23. Unlicensed Practice AT supervised and allowed 2 ATs to practice athletic training without a license for a period of time

24. Sexual Misconduct AT pled guilty to 2 counts of Improper Relations between Educator/Student

25. Sexual Misconduct AT sent a series of inappropriate and sexually harassing text messages to a 17-year old female student athletic trainer

26. Fraud AT pled guilty to one count of Health Care Fraud – Services Without a Valid Prescription

27. Social Media Misuse Twitter Message: “But it’s extremely reassuring that I diagnosed correctly and that he was just a little whimp. Just like I thought. Speaking of whimps. Today’s injuries: a fresmen that had to sit out from a cramp, and then an elbow injury that “turned into” a concussion.”

28. Social Media and Boundary Issues Risks Health Care Professionals Face With Social Media Gullick– Corporate Compliance Insights • Formation of Unintended Provider-Patient Relationships • Potential Violations of Patient Privacy and Confidentiality • Exerting Undue Influence • Unprofessional Behavior • Misuse of Information • Inability to separate personal and professional lives

29. Digital Professionalism “Digital technologies (whether for good or ill) now frame much of our day-to-day experiences.” – Ellaway and Tworek (AAMC, July 2011)

30. Social Media &Digital Professionalism What role, if any, does the state regulatory agency play in social media and digital professionalism?

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