4.4 Ethical Considerations

providers will adhere to the ethical guidelines and licensure requirements in accordance with the states in which they are licensed to practice providers will make every effort to ensure that ethical and professional standards of care and practice are met at the onset and throughout the duration of clinical services they provide providers are urged to monitor and assess regularly the progress of their client when offering services, and if performing telehealth services, determine if the provision of telehealth services is still appropriate and beneficial to the client if there are significant changes with the client or within therapeutic interaction to cause concern, providers will make a reasonable effort to take the relevant steps to adjust and reassess the appropriateness of the services delivered via telehealth where it is believed that continuing to provide remote services is no longer beneficial or presents a risk to a client's emotional or physical well being, providers should thoroughly discuss these concerns with the client, appropriately terminate their remote services with adequate notice and refer or offer any needed alternative services to the client/patient telehealth services shall be provided in accordance with all state laws relating to behavioral health telehealth practice