

NWI Wellness Promotion Competency Domain Course: Legal & Ethical Principles for Wellness Professionals
About the Course
Increase your understanding of compliance, confidentiality, scope of practice and more to protect yourself and those you serve. Case studies, scenarios, and a variety of interactive methods are employed during the course to help you understand ways to develop and maintain ethical relationships and practices within the fast-expanding moral and ethical wellness landscape.This course is intentionally designed for individuals seeking professional development in the "Legal & Ethical Principles" domain of the NWI Wellness Promotion Competency Model. The course supports the following wellness promotion competencies:
- Comply with legal standards for confidentiality, compliance, and mandated reporting.
- Work within your scope of practice and in accordance with your profession-specific code of conduct.
- Maintain ethical relationships.
Registration Info
4-week access ("Get Started" below)
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Improve your competencies in all five domains of the NWI Wellness Promotion Competency Model. Learn more.
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Who Should Attend?
This course is applicable to professionals working as individual practitioners as well as anyone who promotes wellness within organizations or communities.
Continuing Education Credit (CEC)
The course is eligible for 3 CECs and pre-approved for: NWI CWP (Category 1), ACSM, CHES/MCHES (Category I CC), HRCI, NBC-HWC, SHRM-CP, & SHRM-SCP.
View NWI's CEC Info page for more details. You must complete the full lesson and submit the Course Evaluation + CEC Request form before your course access expires to earn your continuing education credit certificate.
Course Requirements
Within this self-paced interactive eLearning course, you’ll find knowledge checks or activities to enhance your learning as well as a variety of tools and resources you can apply in your work.
Time to complete the course varies by learner, but we suggest planning for a total of three to five hours to complete all the learning elements, including any application activities and self-reflections.
Time to complete the course varies by learner, but we suggest planning for a total of three to five hours to complete all the learning elements, including any application activities and self-reflections.
About the NWI Wellness Promotion Competency Model

NWI intentionally designed nine eLearning courses to support competency-building in the five domains of this competency model: (1) Authenticity and Self-Awareness; (2) Whole-person and Systems Approaches; (3) Inclusive and Responsive Practices; (4) Communication and Connection; and (5) Legal and Ethical Principles.
The model serves as the standard for the Certified Wellness Practitioner (CWP) certification.
This course was developed through a collaboration between
the National Wellness Institute and Butler's Division of Professional Studies.
the National Wellness Institute and Butler's Division of Professional Studies.

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