A-12, r. 6 - Code of ethics of agrologists

Section 55 Disposition versions

2015-12-31

55. An agrologist must refrain from

(1)  urging a person repeatedly or insistently, either personally or through another person, to retain the agrologist’s professional services;

(2)  communicating with the complainant without the written permission of the syndic or assistant syndic, where the agrologist is informed of an inquiry into his or her professional conduct or competence or where the agrologist has been served with a disciplinary complaint lodged against him or her;

(3)  not informing the syndic or assistant syndic, within a reasonable time, of a derogatory act committed by a colleague to his or her knowledge or where the agrologist has reasonable grounds for believing that a colleague is incompetent or contravenes the Agrologists Act (chapter A-12), the Professional Code (chapter C-26) or a regulation made for their application;

(4)  not informing the authorities of the Order of any cases of unauthorized use of a title or unlawful practice of which the agrologist is aware;

(5)  inducing someone to commit, or collaborating in the commission of, a violation of the Agrologists Act, the Professional Code or a regulation made for their application;

(6)  misappropriating or employing for personal purposes any money, security or property entrusted to the agrologist;

(7)  claiming fees for professional acts not performed or erroneously described;

(8)  not ensuring the appropriate supervision of a person who carries on an activity reserved for agrologists under subparagraph c of the second paragraph of section 28 of the Agrologists Act;

(9)  carrying on professional activities within a partnership or joint-stock company that holds itself out as or implies that it is a partnership or joint-stock company within the meaning of Chapter VI.3 of the Professional Code, where the requirements of the Code or the Regulation respecting the practice of agrology within a partnership or a joint-stock company (chapter A-12, r. 7.2);

(10)  entering into an agreement or permitting an agreement to be entered into, within a partnership or joint-stock company, in which an agrologist is a partner or a shareholder, including a unanimous shareholders’ agreement, if the agreement operates to threaten the independence, objectivity and integrity required to practise the profession or to comply with the Agrologists Act, the Professional Code and the regulations made for their application;

(11)  carrying on activities within a partnership or joint-stock company when the agrologist is no longer authorized to do so.

O.C. 919-2002, s. 55; O.C. 1071-2015, s. 21.

2012-09-01

55. In addition to the acts contemplated in sections 59 and 59.1 of the Professional Code (chapter C-26), the following acts are derogatory to the agrologist’s profession:

(1)  pressing or repeatedly inducing someone, either personally or through another person, to make use of his professional services;

(2)  using, in the practice of the profession, the name of an agrologist who has ceased practising;

(3)  communicating with the complainant without the written permission of the syndic or assistant syndic, upon being informed of an inquiry into his professional conduct or competence or upon being served with a disciplinary complaint lodged against him;

(4)  failing to inform the syndic or assistant syndic, within a reasonable time, of a derogatory act committed by a colleague to his knowledge or where he has reasonable grounds for believing that a colleague is incompetent or in contravention of the Agrologists Act (chapter A-12), the Professional Code or a regulation enacted thereunder;

(5)  failing to inform the authorities of the Order of any cases of unauthorized use of title or unlawful practice of which he has knowledge;

(6)  inducing someone to commit, or collaborating in the commission of, a violation of the Agrologists Act, the Professional Code or a regulation enacted thereunder;

(7)  misappropriating or employing for personal ends any money, security or property entrusted to him;

(8)  claiming fees for professional acts not performed or erroneously described;

(9)  in the case of an agrologist who calls upon the services of an agricultural technician or technologist, allowing such agricultural technician or technologist to perform one of the professional acts described in section 24 of the Agrologists Act where the agrologist concerned fails to supervise it;

(10)  signing or affixing his seal to any opinion, advice, recommendation or other written document related to the practice of his profession where such opinion, advice, recommendation or document was not prepared by him or under his direction, supervision and responsibility.

O.C. 919-2002, s. 55.