Legal & Ethical Principles for Wellness Professionals

Legal and Ethical Principles Domain

Competency Course, Course, CWP, Legal and Ethical Principles, NBHWC, NCHEC, Wellness Competency Model

Course Description

Increase your understanding of compliance, confidentiality, scope of practice and more to protect yourself and those you serve. Case studies, scenarios, and a variety of interactive methods are employed during the course to help you understand ways to develop and maintain ethical relationships and practices within the fast-expanding moral and ethical wellness landscape.

The Wellness Alliance offers nine e-learning courses intentionally designed to cover foundational topics within the five domains of the Wellness Promotion Competency Model. The researched-based model serves as the standard for the Certified Wellness Practitioner (CWP) certification. This course supports the Legal & Ethical Principles competency domain.

Learning Objectives

Comply with legal standards for confidentiality, compliance, and mandated reporting.
Work within your scope of practice and in accordance with your profession-specific code of conduct.
Maintain ethical relationships.

Who Should Attend?

This course is applicable to individual practitioners as well as anyone who promotes wellness within organizations or communities. Discounts are available for educational institutions, associations, and organizations wishing to train a team or integrate courses into their curriculum. Contact [email protected] for details and rates.

Course Delivery

Within this self-paced interactive e-learning course, you’ll find knowledge checks or activities to enhance your learning as well as a variety of tools and resources you can apply in your work. Time to complete the course varies by learner, but we suggest planning for a total of three to five hours for to complete all the learning elements, including any application activities and self-reflections.

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4-week access
Member: $195
Nonmember: $225

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Continuing Education

This course is preapproved for 3.0 CE credits for: CWP (Category 1), NCHEC (Category 1 Advanced-Level CHES), and NBC-HWC (Activity ID: CEA-000253-3). View our CE Credit page for more details.

About the Wellness Promotion Competency Model

The research-based Wellness Promotion Competency Model encompasses a total of 27 competencies grouped into five domains. This ground-breaking resource aids in curriculum development, recruitment and hiring, continuing professional development, and certification in the wellness field.

The model serves as the standard for the gold-standard Certified Wellness Practitioner (CWP) certification.

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