Chapter 1: Participants' Safety

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Click the button beside each article to propose how to elaborate on or specify these articles. Your proposal will be visible to other members, who can propose their texts as well. How do you think this article should be interpreted? What would help you, your colleagues and your clients to understand what this article means?

The current articles of the Code of Conduct were agreed upon in the Guild of Guides meetings of October 29, 2019. It consists of a chapter on participants (Ch1) and a chapter on Guides (Ch2). Chapter 1, Article 4 was added as a result of the Corona crisis, during the meeting on March 16, 2020.

The goal is to agree upon these explanations/specifications during a member meeting and then provide it upon request to anyone interested to know more about what we mean by each article. It will also support members in their ability to adhere to the CoC, because it clarifies and in some cases quantifies what is asked of us. Once agreed upon, the elaboration will also be used to help decide whether a member’s conduct breaches the code, providing corroboration for proposals for members to adjust their conduct or if they fail to do so, potentially face being banned.

1.1

Guides conduct exhaustive physical and mental health screening of participants and ensure their clients receive appropriate and adequate support before, during and after a psychedelic experience.

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1.2

Guides inform participants and clients about the risks and benefits of partaking in a psychedelic experience and offer insight into their own capacities and limitations. They work with written informed consent. Guides do not give medical advice.

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1.3

Clear communication about participant responsibility and the extent of the support offered by the practitioner(s); appropriate preparatory and integrative advice are provided.

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1.4

Facilitator is in physical proximity to the participant for the duration of their experience.

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1.5

Participant is invited to participate in all parts of the service provided, but is free to decline. However, participant does not leave the space without consulting with the/a practitioner.

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1.6

Privacy and confidentiality of the participant are ensured.

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Any use of touch during the time the participant is in the care of the practitioner(s) is consent-based and non-sexual.

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1.8

No intimate and/or sexual relationships will be formed between practitioners and participants for at least 6 months after last professional contact.

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1.9

No proselytizing or pushing personal worldview by practitioner.

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1.10

Testimonials are used only with full informed consent by participant, and only after a waiting period of at least two weeks.

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1.11

Practitioners do not sell additional services or ask for donations or payments during or directly after a retreat/session.

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1.12

Participant has access to a complaints procedure and a confidential counselor.

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