Code of Ethics
1. The orthopaedic Technologist has a responsibility to the patient to provide a professional standard of care and to be responsive to the patient’s needs.
2. Respect the patient’s individual rights to privacy.
3. Orthopaedic Technologists should be able to inform and support patient’s needs for informed decisions.
4. Each member respects the patient’s rights to confidentially in all aspects of written and verbal health care.
5. The member is accountable for the orthopaedic practice to maintain competence in ongoing education.
6. The member respects the contribution of other member and other health professional development and standard.
7. The member shall promote an environment in which the patient’s customs, needs and spiritual beliefs are respected at all times.
8. A member may refuse to carry out any procedure which is legally the responsibility of another professional.
9. It is the member’s responsibility to be aware of, and practice within the limits of any legislation pertinent to the area of professional conduct/practice.
10. A member must promote co-operation between the medical profession, hospital and clinics at all times.
11. Members must have a knowledge of current occupational health and safety procedures for a safe environment.
12. The member must have an international responsibility to assist with the orthopaedic technology being non-political, non-sectarian, non-sexist and non-discrimatory.
13. The institute is committed to equal opportunity, quality assurance and co-ordination of on-going programmes.
14. Members shall exhibit the same ethical and moral standards outside their profession as within and they shall be ever conscious that the members reputation is of the Australian (Institution of Orthopaedic Technologists Inc.
