On October 14, 2008, the NCCAOM Board of Commissioners approved a newly revised Code of Ethics. The changes to the Code of Ethics were recommended by NCCAOM's Prefessional Ethics and Discipline Committee (PEDC), lead by Chair, Michael Taromina. Section A, #12, of the Code was amended to include a six month waiting period before a practitioner could engage in sexual contact with a former patient. Practitioners continue to be cautioned that a sexual relationship must not exploit the trust established during the professional relationship.

By Valerie Hobbs. Dipl. O.M. (NCCAOM) and Member of the NCCAOM Professional Ethics and Disciplinary Committee (PEDC)

Trying to find out what questions are on exams, telling classmates the questions on exams taken, memorizing questions on exams that you don’t know so you can warn others, schemes for groups of people to collaborate on memorizing test questions, electronic transmission of test questions….does this sound like our profession?” (read more)