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Requirement

Conduct during an emergency

Psychology Board Code of conduct for psychologists 1.4, stated plainly and cited to the edition held, with the evidence an auditor or the regulator asks for, the common gaps, and a free worksheet to fill in.

Clause

Psychology Board Code of conduct 1.4

Regulator

Psychology Board of Australia

Edition held

Code of conduct for psychologists, effective 1 December 2025 (advance copy published November 2024; PDF dated 13 November 2025)

Checked current

6 October 2026, our build record of the held copy: current on the Psychology Board site as read 6 October 2026

Who it applies to

Registered psychologists (general, provisional and endorsed), from 1 December 2025. Never occupational therapists or physiotherapists, who follow the shared Code of conduct.

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Psychology Board Code of conduct for psychologists on the standards library

1.4Conduct during an emergencysource
Requirement, our statement of the clause

A psychologist who steps in during an emergency weighs more than the help being given: their own safety, their skills, what other options are available and the effect on their other clients, and they keep helping until assistance is objectively no longer needed.

Evidence that typically shows this
  • Contemporaneous note of the emergency, the help given and the point at which other services took over
  • Practice emergency procedure covering staff safety, escalation contacts and cover for other booked clients
Common gap to check
  • No record of an emergency intervention
  • Assistance ended before other help arrived, with no reason recorded
Worksheet: what your practice holds, and where
RefHeld (yes, partly, no, not applicable)Where it is keptOwnerLast reviewedNext review
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Completing this worksheet records what your practice holds and where. It does not make a practice compliant or ready for audit, and it is not legal advice.

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