Lois Fenner – Legal and Ethical Issues in Behavioral Health in Arkansas

This seminar will show you how to continue to help the people you’ve been trained to help while still protecting yourself from many legal pitfalls.

Lois Fenner – Legal and Ethical Issues in Behavioral Health in Arkansas

Overview/Confidentiality of Mental Health Recordings

• When and Whom Records May Be Released
• Mandatory Disclosure Requirements
• Alcohol/Drug and AIDS/HIV Treatment Records
• Not required documentation

HIPAA 101 Federal Confidentiality Regulations

• What is HIPAA Today and How Does It Work?
• What are the steps to comply with the Regulations?
• What are you looking for? “Psychotherapy Notes”?
• When may I release records?
• How much paperwork will this add to my office?

Responding to Subpoenas and Court Orders and Law Enforcement

• Subpoenas, Types of Subpoenas, Duty to Respond; Time Limits
• Search Warrants & Court Orders
• Authority to Obtain Information
• Investigative Services
• The development of policies and Response procedures

Balancing the Rights of Minors & Parents

• Minors’ Rights
• Age of Majority
• Access to Records
• Rights of minors to refuse/consent to medication and Treatment
• Alcohol and drug abuse and Treatment Issues For Minors
• Parental rights
• Custodial and Divorce Factors
• Allegations of child abuse
• Custodial vs. Non-Custodial Parent’s Rights to Records

Voluntary and Involuntary Mental Health Commitments

• Why use an Involuntary or Voluntary commitment?
• Grounds for Involuntary Commitment: Dangerousness (as Defined By Statute).
• Mental Illness
• Procedures

Professional ethics and Boundary Issues

• Consent Elements and Competency Issues
• Medication: You have the right to refuse
• Restraints and The best way to be alone is solitude
• Individual’s Legal Rights
• Informed Consent
• Boundary Issues: Where the Lines are Blurred
• Prescribing practices
• Board of Health Professionals Investigation – Discipline Proceedings

Legal Liabilities of the Professional

• Duty to Warn Issues
• Professional Obligations and Standards
• Fraud & Abuse Issues
• Billing & Coding Errors
• Documentation
• Compliance with Contradictory Laws

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You cannot stay if you don’t have the right legal knowledge in Failure to comply could result in serious legal consequences and financial consequences. This seminar will show you how to continue to help the people you’ve been trained to help while still protecting yourself from many legal pitfalls.

This seminar is the one you should be watching this year. Get involved with an attorney Lois Fenner Enjoy entertaining and enlightening recording and You will leave the seminar with a better understanding of the most recent developments Arkansas Laws relating to behavioral health. You will learn practical strategies to reduce stress. and manage legal and Ethical risks and You will be able to implement these risk-reducing strategies immediately in your practice.