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2026 Ethics Framework for Case Managers, Rehab Counselors, Disability Managers, and Addiction ProfessionalsETHICS credit for CCM, CRCC, CDMS, CCAPP, NAADAC, CVRP

This class will familiarize the students with basic ethical principles and theories, presenting a six-step guide to ethical decision-making for addressing such issues. It will also present the Codes of Conduct for CDMS, CRC, CCM, and Addiction Professionals regarding common ethical dilemmas, including conflict of interest, dual relationships, and confidentiality for those particular areas of practice.
2 CEU hours Patsy Barnes, RN, BA Free retakes
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ACMCA BRNCCAPPCCLCPCCMCDMSCE Broker ProviderCLCPCMCPSCOPS-KTCRCCCVECVRPDelaware BONMCBAP-Specific MSCCNAADACRNs

Course Overview

This class will familiarize the students with basic ethical principles and theories, presenting a six-step guide to ethical decision-making for addressing such issues. It will also present the Codes of Conduct for CDMS, CRC, CCM, and Addiction Professionals regarding common ethical dilemmas, including conflict of interest, dual relationships, and confidentiality for those particular areas of practice. Autonomy is the basis for Western medical ethics as well as informed consent. Physician-assisted suicide is being legalized in many states and presents ethical dilemmas for healthcare providers, and is presented here. Dementia as a diagnosis makes ethical principles look differently, and there are cases to illustrate that point.

Course Format

This course is online. All course material is available online and is accessible immediately after purchase from your account homepage. Certificate of Completion is available immediately upon passing the exam.

Course Objectives

  1. Describe the four major ethical principles and major ethical theories.
  2. Present ethical considerations, including veracity, fidelity, slippery slope, and double effect.
  3. Explain the ethical theory of utilitarianism, the benefit-to-burden ratio, and paternalism.
  4. List the six steps in the ethical decision- making model and practice those six steps using the case study provided.
  5. Contrast moral, ethical, and legal ideas and how they affect practice in healthcare.
  6. Reference how the particular Ethical Code of Conduct guides the CRC, CDMS, CCM, and Addiction Professionals in ethical dilemmas about conflict of interest, boundary issues, and confidentiality.
  7. State the responsibility of the CDMS, CRC, CCM, and Addiction Professionals in those various ethical dilemmas.
  8. Discuss the implications of ethical dilemmas in social media and the dangers of those dilemmas for healthcare professionals.
  9. Discuss the principle of autonomy and its limitations.
  10. Physician-assisted suicide: ethical considerations.
  11. Dementia and Ethics <br />

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Customer Testimonial

"Another great course. Well written with lots of valuable information that will carry over to my practice."

Patricia H.

Course Outline

10 sections · final assessment · downloadable certificate

1
Ethics Framework
2
Moral, ethical, and legal differences
3
Steps in Ethical Decision Making
4
Conflicts of Interest
5
Boundary Issues
6
Privacy and Confidentiality
7
Ethical Behavior in Social Media
8
Autonomy and Its Requirements and Limitations
9
Ethics of Physician-assisted Suicide<br />
10
Dementia and Ethics
Final assessment
Unlimited retakes

Approvals & accreditation

AAACEUs is an approved provider for the following boards. This course counts toward continuing education for 18 credentials.

Credential Board Hours
ACM Accredited Case Manager 2 (incl. ethics)
CA BRN California Board of Nursing 2 (incl. ethics)
CCAPP California Consortium of Addiction Programs and Professionals 2 (incl. ethics)
CCLCP Certified Canadian Life Care Planner 2 (incl. ethics)
CCM Certified Case Manager 2 (incl. ethics)
CDMS Certified Disability Management Specialist 2 (incl. ethics)
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CE Broker Provider Florida Board of Nursing 2 (incl. ethics)
CLCP Certified Life Care Planner 2 (incl. ethics)
CMCPS Certified Medical Cost Projection Specialist 2 (incl. ethics)
COPS-KT American Kinesiotherapy Association 2 (incl. ethics)
CRCC Certified Rehab Counselor 2 (incl. ethics)
CVE Certified Vocation Evaluation Specialist 2 (incl. ethics)
CVRP Certified Vocational Rehab Professional 2 (incl. ethics)
Delaware BON Delaware Board of Nursing 2 (incl. ethics)
MCBAP-Specific Michigan Certification Board for Addiction Professionals 2 (incl. ethics)
MSCC Medicare Set-Aside Certification 2 (incl. ethics)
NAADAC The Association for Addiction Professionals 2 (incl. ethics)
RNs Colorado Nurses Association 2 (incl. ethics)
2026 Ethics Framework for Case Managers, Rehab Counselors, Disability Managers, and Addiction Professionals
$20 · 2h

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