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American Counseling Association (2014). 2014 ACA Code of ethics. ACA.

Barbee, P. W., Combs, D. C., Ekleberry, F., & Villalobos, S. (2007). Duty to Warn and Protect: Not in Texas. Journal of Professional Counseling: Practice, Theory & Research, 35(1), 18–25.

BHEC.(n.d.). Behavioral Health Executive Council-homepage. Texas Behavioral Health Executive Council.
This is the home page of the Texas Behavioral Health Executive Council (BHEC). It has links to member regulatory boards for specific professional licenses and some administrative links. This is where you can review pending rule changes, find board meeting minutes and agendas, apply for a license when you are ready, explore the discipline and complaint process, and review relevant statutes and board rules.

BHEC. (n.d.). Texas State Board of Examiners and Professional Counselors-homepage. Texas State Board of Examiners and Professional Counselors.
This is the home page of the TSBEPC. The TSBEPC is one of the member boards of the BHEC. It has a brief introduction to the board and a set of important links that are more specific to Counseling-there is some overlap with links on the BHEC home page.

BHEC. (n.d.). Behavioral Health Executive Council statutes and rules. Behavioral Health Executive Council.
This is where you will find links to all of the current versions of relevant Texas laws and rules of the BHEC member boards. Please review and download a copy of the current Consolidated Rulebook for Professional Counseling. This document usually changes a few times per year, so make sure you are getting the most recent version. Once you sign up for email updates in Lesson 1, you will be notified of updates.

Anne Marie Wheeler, & Burt Bertram. (2019). The counselor and the law: A guide to legal and ethical practice: Vol. Eighth edition. American Counseling Association.
Read Chapter 5, pages 116-132. This section of the textbook discusses special circumstances regarding informed consent as it applies to dealing with minors, custody issues, and more.
Read Chapter 6. This chapter discusses duty to report, warn, and protect.

Texas Government. (n.d.). Texas Family Code Chapter 107. Texas Constitution and Statutes.