NCCPT Certified Personal Trainer Code of Ethics
When you order any NCCPT (or NCCPT affiliate) educational or business program, you
accept and agree to adhere to the NCCPT Code of Ethics. You hereby certify that the
information given to NCCPT is true, complete and correct. You acknowledge if any of this information is later determined to be false, NCCPT reserves the right to revoke any certification or certificate that has been granted by the NCCPT or any of its affiliates.. You further acknowledge that NCCPT certification does not certify or in any way guarantee the quality of your work as an NCCPT-certified professional. You therefore agree to indemnify and hold harmless NCCPT, its officers, directors and staff from any claims due to negligent acts,
omissions, or faulty advice that you may give to clients as a NCCPT certified professional.
You further recognize that NCCPT is not responsible for any actions or damages incurred
or taken by any person arising out of your work, intentions or actions as a NCCPT certified
professional.
As a NCCPT Certified Personal Trainer you must recognize the importance of a
set standard and scope of professional and ethical conduct in providing personal training
services to clientele and the general public. Professional and ethical concerns or issues arise when professionalism and ethics are either not known or not fully understood. The NCCPT Certified Personal Trainer Code of Ethics represents a professional standard that must be upheld at all times when performing
the duties of a professional Personal Trainer.
Certified Personal Trainers:
1) Act with integrity in any relationship with their clients by providing the highest level of professional fitness training services based on objective and unbiased research and scientific information in accordance with local, state and federal laws
2) Act with integrity in relationship with colleagues, fellow employees and other health care professionals. They should respect the rights, opinions and decisions of other certified Personal Trainers and never solicit business from another trainer’s client and members of the general public
3) Ensure a safe and enjoyable training environment through significant and suitably challenging programming.
4) Distinguish between personal convictions or opinions and professional duties and responsibilities and not allow personal beliefs and biases to interfere with the greater goals of the clients’ health, fitness and performance. A trainer must not sexually, psychologically or economically exploit their relationship with a client, supervisor, employee or colleague.
5) Personal Trainers should always keep the clients best interests first, not those which merely advance a trainers private and personal interest or gain.
6) Refer clients to appropriately qualified professionals when client need is greater than
the trainer’s knowledge or abilities.
7) Keep abreast of the new developments, concepts and practices by actively researching and learning on a daily basis in order to promote professional excellence.
8) Respect a client’s right to privacy. Maintain the confidentiality of personal client information and written records. Conversations, behavior, personal life and in some cases personal identity should be kept confidential. The focus should be on the business relationship and not a client’s personal life, except as it affects a person health and fitness goals.
9) Avoid sexually oriented comments or banter and inappropriate physical conduct should be avoided.
10) Provide a non-biased, fair and equal treatment to all individuals and groups both
personally and professionally.
11) Use advertisements which promote the primary intent of helping clients make informed judgments, choices or decisions regarding their fitness goals.
12.) Maintain an appearance which is clean in a manner consistent with good hygiene, safety and commonly accepted good taste.
13) Remain focused when training and be distracted by other people, televisions, computer monitors or cell phones.
Reporting of Conduct Violations
In order to ensure the validity and professional significance of the NCCPT CPT
Certification and processes, certified and non-related or non-certified individuals are asked
to report concerns regarding ethical or professional misconduct by NCCPT Certified Personal
Trainers to the Certification Board’s Policies and Procedures Committee.
for consideration. This will help to ensure the professional fitness practice of NCCPT
Certified Personal Trainers and fair treatment of public members, employers and
clientele.
Report conduct violations and concerns by completing and submitting the Report of Conduct Violations Form available at www.nccpt.com/forms/violationreport.pdf
The identity of all involved parties whether reporting ethical or professional misconduct or accused of such misconduct will remain private and undisclosed to any other individual or entity unless legal procedures require such disclosure. Factual evidence must be collected and submitted in order for any disciplinary action to be mandated by the Certification Board.
All responses to the Policies and Procedures Committee regarding professional and ethical
misconduct must be in writing. Correspondences from the CB will also be provided in writing. In the event a disciplinary action is deemed necessary, the accused party or parties will have 30 days to file an appeal to the Policies and Procedures Committee for consideration. The goal of the Policies and Procedures Committee is to ensure ethical and professional practice and conduct by setting forth fair and reasonable expectations for NCCPT Certified Personal Trainers and creating an avenue for enforcement of these expectations.
It is the policy of the NCCPT Certification Board that no exam candidate for Personal Trainer certification be discriminated against based upon race, religion, creed, gender, age, national origin or ethnicity.