2005 Minnesota Statutes - 148D.215 — Responsibilities to clients.

     148D.215 Responsibilities to clients. 


    Subdivision 1.    Responsibility to clients.  A social 
 worker's primary professional responsibility is to the client.  
 A social worker must respect the client's interests, including 
 the interest in self-determination, except when required to do 
 otherwise by law. 


    Subd. 2.    Nondiscrimination.  A social worker must not 
 discriminate against a client, intern, student, or supervisee or 
 in providing services to a client, intern, or supervisee on the 
 basis of age, gender, sexual orientation, race, color, national 
 origin, religion, illness, disability, political affiliation, or 
 social or economic status. 


    Subd. 3.    Research.  When undertaking research 
 activities, a social worker must use accepted protocols for the 
 protection of human subjects, including (1) establishing 
 appropriate safeguards to protect the subject's vulnerability, 
 and (2) obtaining the subjects' informed consent. 


    HIST: 2005 c 147 art 1 s 48