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Question
The primary purpose of the ACA Code of Ethics is:
a. to allow counselors to guide their own behavior.
b. to address in an appropriate manner the behavior of other mental health professionals that appears to be unethical.
c. to set standards for ethics committees to use when complaints are filed.
d. to provide a means of punishing unethical counselors.
e. to prove to the public that counselors are professionals.
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When it comes to determining who has the right to make decisions regarding a childs life, the law favors:
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b. grandparents, if they are raising the child.
c. biological parents.
d. the child himself or herself.
e. the childs adult sibling.