CENTRAL OHIO MENTAL HEALTH CENTER
Subject:
Organizational Ethics Statement
Section:
01.01.01.00
Effective Date: 10/28/2010
Approved by: ______________________________
Gary Bell, Board President
PURPOSE:
To address ethical issues in the business provision of service delivery, professional
responsibilities, billing, marketing, contractual relationships, admissions practices and human
resources.
POLICY:
Central Ohio Mental Health Center will maintain an organizational ethics statement to guide the
business practices and clinical conduct of the organization.
I.
Management shall develop an organizational ethics statement for review and approval of
the COMHC Board of Directors.
II.
Upon Board approval, the organizational ethics statement shall be posted and
communicated to all members of the workforce, persons served, and other stakeholders.
III.
The organizational ethics statement shall be reviewed annually by management and the
Board of Directors of COMHC for approval.
IV.
The organizational ethics statement addresses professional responsibilities, personal
behavior, business practices, marketing practices, clinical practices, potential conflict of
interest, and human resources.
V.
COMHC has a “no reprisal” system for personnel reporting waste, fraud, abuse, and
questionable activities or practices.
RESPONSIBILITY:
The Executive Director is responsible for the communication and implementation of this policy
and any subsequent procedures that are applicable.
Revised:
10/16/2009
Approved:
10/16/2009, 07/28/2005
2/18/2016
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Central Ohio Mental Health Center
Organizational Ethics Statement
The Board of Directors of the Central Ohio Mental Health Center approves and supports the
ethical provision of assistance to clients who participate in agency services. Central Ohio
Mental Health Center will not discriminate against or refuse its services to anyone on the basis
of sex, race, color, religion, national origin, age, disability, HIV/AIDS infection, sexual
orientation, ability to pay or notoriety of the referral source or client.
Central Ohio Mental Health Center accurately markets and promotes itself, consistent with its
mission to address behavioral health issues through the provision of professional interventions
to individuals seeking treatment and other services.
Central Ohio Mental Health Center will make decision regarding service expansion,
collaboration, and affiliation in a manner consistent with our mission.
Central Ohio Mental Health Center is committed to remaining a good community citizen with
sensitivity to the impact our decision may have on surround neighborhoods.
Central Ohio Mental Health Center will not enter into any contractual or casual relationship that
would promote a conflict with our mission.
Central Ohio Mental Health Center will use ethical and accepted billing practices with all clients,
funders and regulatory agencies.
The integrity of clinical decision-making is based upon the bio-psychosocial needs of the clients
and not on financial incentives.
Personal behavior and professional conduct of all Central Ohio Mental Health Center staff and
its Board of Directors shall be held in high regard and expected from all individuals at all times.
Potential conflicts of interest shall be identified and address directly by all Central Ohio Mental
Health Center Board and staff on a voluntary basis. If a conflict is identified pertaining to any
Board or staff person, it shall be addressed immediately.
The Central Ohio Mental Health Center Organizational Ethics Statement shall be communicated
to all personnel and Board members at orientation and shall be reviewed annually by all
personnel.
In the effort to share the Central Ohio Mental Health Center Organizational Ethics Statement
with clients and other stakeholders, the Organizational Ethics Statement shall be posted
internally and included with agency marketing literature.
Central Ohio Mental Health Center has a “no reprisal” system for personnel to use in reporting
waste, fraud, abuse and other questionable activities and practices in the form of its Board of
Director’s approved Corporate Compliance Program.
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President, Board of Directors
2/18/2016
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Executive Director
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