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• Archive: Faculty:Lois FennerDuration:6 Hours 23 MinutesFormat:Audio and VideoCopyright:Jun 17, 2020 Description Without the proper legal awareness needed to stay in compliance, you may face grave legal and financial consequences.
• This recording will show you how to continue to help the people you’ve been trained to help while still protecting yourself from many legal pitfalls.Join attorney Lois Fenner in this entertaining and enlightening recording and gain a greater understanding of the latest California laws as they relate to behavioral health.
• You will take home practical strategies to minimize and manage legal and ethical risks and you will learn how to immediately implement these risk-reducing strategies into your practice.
• Handouts Manual - Legal & Ethical Issues in Behavioral Health in California (30.62 MB) 135 Pages Available after Purchase Outline Overview/Confidentiality of Mental Health RecordsWhen and to Whom Records Can Be ReleasedMandatory Disclosure RequirementsAlcohol/Drug and AIDS/HIV Treatment RecordsNecessary DocumentationHIPAA 101 – Federal Confidentiality RegulationsWhat is HIPAA Today?How Do I Comply with the Regulations?What are “Psychotherapy Notes”?When May I Release Records?How Much Paperwork Will This Be for My Office?Responding to Subpoenas, Court Orders and Law EnforcementSubpoenas: Types of Subpoenas; Duty to Respond; Time LimitsSearch Warrants & Court OrdersAuthority to Obtain InformationInvestigationsDevelopment of Policies and Procedures to RespondBalancing the Rights of Minors & ParentsMinors’ RightsAge of MajorityAccess to RecordsRights of Minors to Refuse/Consent to Medication and TreatmentAlcohol, Drug Abuse and Treatment Issues for MinorsParental RightsCustodial and Divorce FactorsChild Abuse AllegationsCustodial vs.
• Non-Custodial Parent’s Rights to RecordsVoluntary and Involuntary Mental Health CommitmentsReasons to Use a Voluntary Commitment or an Involuntary CommitmentGrounds for an Involuntary Commitment: Dangerousness (as Defined by Statute)Mental IllnessProceduresProfessional Ethics and Boundary IssuesConsent Elements and Competency IssuesMedication: Right to RefuseRestraints and SeclusionIndividual’s Legal RightsInformed ConsentBoundary Issues: Where the Lines are BlurredPrescribing PracticesBoard of Health Professionals Investigation – Disciplinary ProceedingsLegal Liabilities of the ProfessionalDuty to Warn IssuesProfessional Obligations and StandardsFraud & Abuse IssuesBilling & Coding ErrorsDocumentationCompliance with Contradictory Laws Faculty Lois Fenner, R.N., M.S., Attorney at Law Related seminars and products: 14 Lois Fenner, R.N., M.S., Attorney at Law, is an honor graduate of the University of Maryland Graduate School of Nursing, Undergraduate School of Nursing, and University of Maryland Law School.