Standards & Ethics | Precision Health Practitioner Institute

1. Purpose of These Standards

PHPI Standards & Ethics define the professional, ethical, and jurisdictional requirements governing the institute’s certification and credential usage.

These standards exist to protect:

The public
Certified practitioners and coaches
The integrity of the PHPI credential

2. Credential Awarded

PHPI awards the credential:

PRP-C — Certified Precision Health Practitioner

This credential signifies completion of PHPI’s educational curriculum, competency-based assessment, and professional standards requirements.

3. Approved Alternate Credential Usage

In certain jurisdictions, use of the term “Practitioner” may imply state licensure or regulated clinical authority.

To support jurisdictional compliance, PHPI authorizes the alternate designation:

PHC-C — Certified Precision Health Coach

Both PRP-C and PHC-C represent completion of the same PHPI certification requirements. The alternate designation does not indicate a separate or lesser credential.

4. Scope of Practice

PHPI certification authorizes practice within the scope of education, behavior-change coaching, and health optimization support.

Certified individuals may:

Provide education related to health behaviors and lifestyle factors
Support clients in goal-setting and behavior change
Discuss health data in an educational, non-diagnostic manner
Encourage collaboration with licensed healthcare providers

Certified individuals may NOT:

Diagnose disease or medical conditions
Prescribe or alter medications
Provide medical treatment or therapeutic intervention
Represent themselves as licensed clinicians unless separately credentialed

5. Licensed Professionals

Individuals who hold professional licenses (e.g., physicians, nurses, allied health professionals) remain governed by their respective boards and professional regulations. PHPI certification does not expand, replace, or supersede any professional license.

6. Ethical Representation

Graduates must represent credentials accurately and transparently in all professional materials, including websites, social media, resumes, and client communications. Misrepresentation of certification, scope, or authority is grounds for disciplinary action.

7. Clinical Rounds & Competency

Clinical Rounds serve as PHPI’s mastery assessment process. Participation requires:

Case presentation
Reasoned decision-making
Documentation review
Professional feedback integration

8. Certification Integrity & Revocation

PHPI reserves the right to suspend or revoke certification for:

Ethical violations
Scope-of-practice violations
Misrepresentation of credentials
Conduct that undermines public trust

9. Founder & Authority

Scott Raymond Schaffer, PRP-C
Founder & Director, Precision Health Practitioner Institute

PHPI standards are established to ensure that precision health education develops as a credible, responsible, and ethically grounded professional field.