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Lois Fenner – Legal and Ethical Issues in Behavioral Health in South Carolina
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 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. This webcast is your best choice if you only attend one live webcast in the year.
Attorneys on the move Lois Fenner Enjoy entertaining and enlightening day and Leave with a deeper understanding of the latest South Carolina The laws that relate to behavioral health.
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- Establish practices for ensuring HIPAA compliance to protect client’s privacy and Reduce the risk of being sued
- Compare the requirements to release protected health information via subpoenas and Orders from the court
- Check out the legal and Ethical considerations in the treatment of minor populations in South Carolina Concerning age consent, confidentiality and Custody issues
- Differentiate the processes of voluntary and Involuntary commitment to treatment and determine the clinician’s role in each.
- Establish policies that address ethical issues, such as seclusion, restraints and seclusion and informed consent.
- Designate the treatment provider’s responsibilities relating to mental health issues and Duty to warn the law in South Carolina.
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 can I release records?
- What amount of paperwork will this take for 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
- Investigating
- Policy Development and How to Respond
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
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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 Professionals’ Liabilities
- Duty to Warn Issues
- Professional Obligations and Standards Fraud & Abuse Issues
- Billing & Coding Errors
- Documentation
- Compliance with Contradictory Laws
Course Features
- Lectures 0
- Quizzes 0
- Duration Lifetime access
- Skill level All levels
- Students 289
- Assessments Yes
