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AARC Statement of Ethics and Professional Conduct
In the conduct of professional activities the Respiratory Therapist shall be bound by the following ethical and professional principles. Respiratory Therapists shall:
• Demonstrate behavior that reflects integrity, supports objectivity, and fosters trust in the profession and its professionals.
• Promote and practice evidence-based medicine.
• Seek continuing education opportunities to improve and maintain their professional competence and document their participation accurately.
• Perform only those procedures or functions in which they are individually competent and which are within their scope of accepted and responsible practice.
• Respect and protect the legal and personal rights of patients, including the right to privacy, informed consent, and refusal of treatment.
• Divulge no protected information regarding any patient or family unless disclosure is required for the responsible performance of duty as authorized by the patient and/or family, or required by law.
• Provide care without discrimination on any basis, with respect for the rights and dignity of all individuals.
• Promote disease prevention and wellness.
• Refuse to participate in illegal or unethical acts.
• Refuse to conceal, and will report, the illegal, unethical, fraudulent, or incompetent acts of others.
• Follow sound scientific procedures and ethical principles in research.
• Comply with state or federal laws which govern and relate to their practice.
• Avoid any form of conduct that is fraudulent or creates a conflict of interest, and shall follow the principles of ethical business behavior.
• Promote health care delivery through improvement of the access, efficacy, and cost of patient care.
• Encourage and promote appropriate stewardship of resources.
• Work to achieve and maintain respectful, functional, beneficial relationships and communication with all health professionals. It is the position of the American Association of Respiratory Care that there is no place in a professional practice environment for lateral violence and bullying among respiratory therapists or between healthcare professionals.

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Organizational ethics and policies are discussed. The demonstrated behavior that reflects integrity, supports objectivity, and fosters trust in the profession and its professionals is discussed.

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