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Access to Laws and Ethics Web Links

Florida Constitution

Florida Statutes

•  Regulation of Licensed Clinical Social Workers  Chapter 491
•  Child Welfare and Reporting Abuse Chapter 39
•  Florida Baker Act (Florida's Mental Health Act, FL Statutes Chapter 395), including Suicidal/Homicidal Patients and involuntary placement) - For regulations, see http://www5.myflorida.com/cf_web/myflorida2/healthhuman/substanceabusementalhealth/laws/index.html 
•  Florida Elder Abuse Reporting Laws - Chapter 415

•  Florida Laws for Long-Term Care Facilities - Ombudsman and Reporting - Chapter 400

•  Florida Government in the Sunshine Laws (access to information) 

Florida Administrative Code, Social Work Regulations can be found under Chapter 64B4 - download the pdf. file using Acrobat Reader)

National Association of Social Workers Code of Ethics

National Institutes of Health (NIH), Ethics Guidelines for Research with Human Subjects - Computer-Based Training

US Constitution

US Patriot Act

US Statutes

Alden March Bioethics Institute: http://www.bioethics.net

Association for Practical and Professional Ethics: http://www.indiana.edu/~appe.

Association of Social Work Boards: http://www.aswb.org

Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) (accreditation for social work schools in USA): http://www.cswe.org

Ethics and Malpractice: http://www.kspope.com/ethics/malpractice.php

Foundations of Critical Thinking: http://www.criticalthinking.org

Institute for Global Ethics: http://www.globalethics.org

Journal of Law, Medicine, and Ethics: http://www.jlme.org

Journal of Moral Education: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/archive/cjme-con.asp

Journal of Social Work Values and Ethics: http://www.socialworker.com/jswve/ can search for online articles

National Institutes of Health – Human Subjects Review Training - http://ohsr.od.nih.gov/cbt/index.html