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Washington Legal and Ethical Issues for Mental Health Clinicians


Speaker:
Susan J Lewis, PhD, JD
Duration:
Full Day
Product Code:
LWC061630
Brochure Code:
PWZ93766
Media Type:
Live Webinar

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Description

This program focuses on ethical, legal, statutory or regulatory policies, guidelines and standards that impact psychological practice and explores the manner by which clinical and ethical issues affect the everyday practice of the mental heath professional in Washington. This unique blend of clinical and ethical concerns allows for a more meaningful understanding and interpretation of the rules that govern mental health practice and allows the attendee to identify specific state laws that affect and govern their practice.

Through lecture, a review of references including the APA “Ethics Code” and the seminar manual with state specific policies and regulation; Dr. Lewis will prepare you for litigation issues which can put your client, your license and your practice at risk. You will learn how to structure your practice to limit exposure of risk, as well as discover record keeping practices that may help protect you in the event of a compliant. Susan will provide you with the following take-home tools to minimize risk:

  • Updates on HIPAA and Washington laws and regulations
  • Risk management strategies
  • How to minimize litigation dilemmas, complaints and malpractice actions
  • Best practices in the professional relationship, informed consent and office policies

You will learn through problem solving discussions that are representative of actual ethical decisions you encounter in your clinical practice. The blending of Susan’s experience as a lawyer, work within the court system and extensive clinical experience makes her a hands-on, knowledgeable instructor!

Credit

Planning Committee Disclosure - No relevant relationships

All members of the 小蝌蚪视频. planning committee have provided disclosures of financial relationships with ineligible organizations and any relevant non-financial relationships prior to planning content for this activity. None of the committee members had relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies or other potentially biasing relationships to disclose to learners.  For speaker disclosures, please see the faculty biography.



* Credit Note - *

NOTE: Each purchase includes CE credit for one individual (participants in full attendance will be able to print the certificate of completion after passing the online post-test (80% passing score) and completing the evaluation). Instructional methods will include PowerPoint, didactic lecture, Q&A, and others.

Continuing Education Information: Credits listed below are for full attendance at the live, interactive webinar only. This webinar is being broadcast live in real-time and must be attended live, in its entirety, in order to earn credit. You will be able to type questions to the speaker. The speaker will see the questions and address them during the presentation as time allows. Please note, your state licensing board dictates whether web-based activities are an acceptable form of continuing education, as well as which credit types are acceptable for continuing education hours. Please refer to your state rules and regulations. If your profession is not listed, please contact your licensing board to determine your continuing education requirements and check for reciprocal approval. For other credit inquiries not specified below, please contact info@pesi.com or 800-844-8260 before the event.

Materials that are included in this course may include interventions and modalities that are beyond the authorized practice of your profession.  As a licensed professional, you are responsible for reviewing the scope of practice, including activities that are defined in law as beyond the boundaries of practice in accordance with and in compliance with your profession's standards.

For Planning Committee disclosures, please see the statement above.  For speaker disclosures, please see the faculty biography.
 


* Credit Note - ---

Earn up to 6.25 CE hours. Please see below, for more details, as credit amounts vary by state and profession. 


* Credit Note - Ethics

THIS ACTIVITY QUALIFIES FOR 6.25 HOURS  OF state specifc ETHICS INSTRUCTION. Not all boards allow ethics credit for on-line programs. If ethics is not specified within your licensing board’s approval statement below, please contact your board to determine the applicability and amount of ethics allowed.


Counselors - Counselors

This educational offering consists of 6.25 clock hour(s) of continuing education instruction. Credit requirements and approvals vary per state board regulations. Please save the course outline, the certificate of completion you receive from this offering and contact your state board or organization to determine specific filing requirements. 


Counselors - Washington Counselors

CE credit is available. This course consists of 6.0 continuing education clock hours for Washington Counselors. The Washington State Department of Health confirms acceptance (WAC 246-809-610) of continuing education programs relevant to counseling that feature instructors, speakers or a panel approved by an industry-recognized national organization of higher learning, including the National Association of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors (NAADAC). This course has been approved by 小蝌蚪视频., as a NAADAC Approved Education Provider, for 6.0 CE in the legal, ethical, and professional developmetn skill group. NAADAC Provider #77553. 小蝌蚪视频. is responsible for all aspects of their programming.


Social Workers - Social Workers - National ASWB ACE

小蝌蚪视频., #1062, is approved as an ACE provider to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period: January 27, 2023 - January 27, 2026. Social workers completing this course receive 6.25 clinical continuing education credits.

 

Course Level: intermediate Format: .  Full attendance is required; no partial credits will be offered for partial attendance.

 

Canadian Social Workers: Canadian provinces may accept activities approved by the ASWB for ongoing professional development.


Social Workers - Washington Social Workers

CE credit is available for 6.25 continuing education hours for Washington Social Workers. Please see national social work approvals for this program.


Psychologists - Psychologists - National APA

小蝌蚪视频. is approved by the American Psychological Association (APA) to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. 小蝌蚪视频 maintains responsibility for this program and its content. 小蝌蚪视频 is offering this activity for 6.25 hours of continuing education credit. Full attendance is required; no partial credits will be offered for partial attendance. Course level: Intermediate.


Marriage & Family Therapists - Marriage & Family Therapists

This activity consists of 380 minutes of continuing education instruction. Credit requirements and approvals vary per state board regulations. Please save the activity advertisement, the certificate of completion you receive from the activity and contact your state board or organization to determine specific filing requirements. 


Addiction Counselors - Addiction Counselors - Generic

This activity consists of 6.0 clock hours of continuing education instruction. Credit requirements and approvals vary per state board regulations. Please save the course outline, the certificate of completion you receive from the activity and contact your state board or organization to determine specific filing requirements.


Addiction Counselors - Addiction Counselors - NAADAC

This course has been approved by 小蝌蚪视频., as a NAADAC Approved Education Provider, for educational credits. NAADAC Provider #77553. 小蝌蚪视频. is responsible for all aspects of their programming.

This course offers 6.0 continuing education contact hours in the Legal, ethical, and professional development skill group(s). Full attendance is required; no partial credit will be awarded for partial attendance. 


Nurses - Nurses, Nurse Practitioners, and Clinical Nurse Specialists

This activity consists of 6.25 clock hours of continuing education instruction. Credit requirements and approvals vary per state board regulations. Please save the course outline, the certificate of completion you receive from this activity and contact your state board or organization to determine specific filing requirements.


Other Professions

This activity qualifies for 380 continuing education minutes as required by many national, state and local licensing boards and professional organizations. Save your activity advertisement and certificate of completion, and contact your own board or organization for specific requirements. 



Speaker

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Susan J. Lewis, PhD, JD, is a licensed clinical and forensic psychologist and lawyer. She has over 25 years of experience in clinical practice with unique populations that have included female sexual offenders incarcerated at a women鈥檚 prison, self-injurious individuals, forensic patients and individuals who suffer from severe and persistent mental illness. In addition to clinical practice, Dr. Lewis has served in leadership roles as clinical director, program manager, and supervisor for psychiatry residents and post-doctoral psychologists.

Dr. Lewis teaches courses on law and ethics in mental health that are state specific to the laws of each state. She has also lectured nationwide on the DSM-5庐 and differential diagnosis. She taught courses at Harvard鈥檚 Extension School and Northeastern University on the psychology of criminal behavior. She is the author of Legal and Ethical Issues for Mental Health Clinicians: Best Practices for Avoiding Litigation, Complaints and Malpractice (PPM, 2016) and her latest book From Deep Within: A Forensic and Clinical Psychologist鈥檚 Journey (2018).

A sought-after consultant, Dr. Lewis works with attorneys on controversial issues such as dangerousness, competence to stand trial, criminal responsibility evaluations, and civil and criminal commitment. She works with attorneys on strategies of how mental illness might impinge on legal decision-making. Dr. Lewis has been adjudicated an expert in almost all of the district and superior courts in Massachusetts.

 

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Susan Lewis is in private practice and receives royalties as a published author. She receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from 小蝌蚪视频. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Susan Lewis serves as the Chair Ethics Board of Colorado Psychological Association.


Additional Info

Access Period for Live Webcast

For live CE credit, you must watch the live webcast in its entirety at its scheduled time and complete the CE quiz and evaluation within one week. You will have access for 90 days after the program for review.


Webcast Schedule

Please note: There will be a 70-minute lunch and two 15-minute breaks; one in the morning and one in the afternoon. Lunch and break times will be announced by the speaker and at their discretion. A more detailed schedule is available upon request.


Objectives

  1. Describe a process to minimize litigation, licensing complaints and malpractice actions.
  2. Analyze the legal and ethical considerations for the treatment of minor populations in Washington with regard to age of consent, confidentiality and custody concerns.
  3. Identify common boundary and dual relationship issues/dilemmas that may affect therapy.
  4. Identify ethical challenges associated with responding to subpoenas for disclosure of client records.
  5. Discuss the limits of confidentiality as it relates to duty to warn law in Washington.
  6. Demonstrate how risk management strategies regrading technology can keep client information secure and avoid violating HIPAA.

Outline

Clinician-Client Relationship
  • Law vs. Ethics
  • Core Components of Ethics
  • Standard of Care Requirements
  • Nuts and Bolts of Office Policies
  • State Requirement for Records
  • Retention of Records
  • Limitations on Confidentiality
  • Statutory Definition of Mental Illness in Washington
  • Washington Duty to Warn Potential Victims
  • HIPAA
Practical Approach to Risk Management
  • Elements of Consent
  • Competence & Scope of Practice
  • Boundary Violations & Crossings
  • Technology & Cross State Practice
  • Psychotherapy Notes versus Clinical Records
  • Termination vs Abandonment
  • Perils of Supervision
Litigation
  • Licensing Complaints & Malpractice Lawsuits
  • Washington-Specific Statutes
  • Washington Rules and Regulations
  • Case Law and How to Research It
Navigate the Legal System
  • Roles of Attorneys
  • Confidentiality/Privilege
  • Subpoena & Disclosure of Confidential Information
  • Depositions, Interrogatories, Expert Testimony
Treatment of Minors
  • Washington Age of Majority
  • Emancipation
  • Consent to Treatment
  • Confidentiality
  • Separation & Divorce
Research Risks and Limitations

Target Audience

  • Counselors
  • Social Workers
  • Psychologists
  • Case Managers
  • Addiction Counselors
  • Therapists
  • Nurses
  • Marriage & Family Therapists
  • Other Mental Health Professionals

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Overall:      4.2

Total Reviews: 28

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"very satisfied with the context and presenter"

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"Very knowledgeable and engaging presentation. Best ethics course I've participated in, due to presenter's knowledge and use of client stories."

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"The 小蝌蚪视频 Staff were responsive, helpful and very professional. Very positive - human - experience. Brief waiting time to speak with an actual person over the phone. Overall excellent experience that I will refer colleagues to! "

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"Great sense of humor!"

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