Professional Boundary
In clinical work, CAMH members should conduct clinical evaluation and herbal formulation for clients in accordance with the unique diagnosis methods and prescription principles of a Clinical Herbalists.
The terminology and professional designations of Chinese medicine and acupuncture are reserved and protected by the profession. Therefore, CAMH members are prohibited from using terms specific to traditional Chinese medicine andacupuncture, such as symptom descriptions, diagnosis and disease names, and names of herbal formulas, in their clinical work, client communication, and treatment records.
CAMH members are not allowed to use professional titles and terminologies in Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture, such as Chinese Medicine Practitioner (R.TCMP) or Acupuncturist (R.Ac.), in their market promotion scenarios，such as advertisements, business cards and multimedia. Similarly, Chinese Medicine Practitioner and acupuncturists are not allowed to use the professional title of Medical Herbalist reserved by our association.
For those who violate this code, the association will regard it as their personal conduct and revoke their membership.
Informed Consent
CAMH members will provide their clients and potential clients with truthful and non-misleading information about their experience, training, services, pricing structure and practices.
Confidentiality
Personal information gathered in the herbalist/client relationship will be held in strict confidence by the CAMH member unless specifically allowed by the client.
Professional Courtesy
CAMH members shall present opinions about and experiences with other practitioners and healing modalities in an ethical and honorable manner.
Professional Networking
Clients shall be encouraged to exercise their right to see other practitioners and obtain their botanicals from the source of their choosing.
Peer Review
CAMH members shall welcome a peer review of their publications, lectures, and/or clinical protocols. Peer review is a primary means of enhancing our level of knowledge and expertise and should be encouraged.
Referrals
CAMH members shall recognize their own limitations when they feel a condition is beyond their scope of expertise and practice as an herbalists, or when it is clear that a client is not responding positively to therapy.
Environmental Commitment
CAMH members should acknowledge that individual health is not separate from environmental health and should counsel clients to embrace this same Earth-centered awareness.
Humanitarian Service
CAMH members should be open and willing to attend to those in need of help without making monetary compensation the primary consideration.
Quality Botanicals
CAMH members should endeavor to ensure that the botanicals they use are formulated and manufactured in a way that will deliver the desired therapeutic results, striving to obtain organically grown and ethically harvested botanicals whenever possible.
Sexual Harassment
CAMH members shall not use their position as a practitioner or teachers to seek sexual encounters with clients or students. The association has a zero tolerance policy and violators will be permanently disqualified from membership.