Session Details

Attendees will earn their annual legal and ethical CE training in a dynamic, entertaining game show format in this session. Participants are broken into teams, and each team has an electronic remote that notes the team’s answer to legal and ethical questions. Answers from teams are graphed, displayed in the session room and discussed. Questions are presented in various formats, and scores are tracked electronically. Management of some of the most perplexing legal and ethical quandaries will be explored. Topics include: child abuse, confidentiality, dual relations, suicide, duty to warn, elder abuse, HIPAA and more. The material is applicable to all disciplines, practices and states.

Upon completion of this session, attendees will be able to:

Explain legal and ethical requirements surrounding informed consent and situations when confidentiality should and should not be broken.
Explain the differences between child abuse, rape and statutory rape as well as the mental health professional’s duty relative to each under the codes and laws.
Explain specific instances when duty to warn is mandated and the pitfalls and complexities posed by dual relationships.

Agenda:

Hour 1

Introduction, Instructions, and Rules of Play
Dual Relationships
HIPAA
Elder Abuse
Insurance Fraud
Treatment Mandates

Hour 2

Advertisements
Suicide obligations
Duty to Treat
Aspirational /Virtue ethics
Suicide Liability
Sex with Supervisees
Informed Consent

Hour 3

Confidentiality
Court Records
Aspirational/Virtue Ethics and Legal Terms
Dual Relationships
Subpoenas
Sex with Clients

Hour 4

Duty to Warn
Child Abuse
Therapist Stress
Elder Abuse
Malpractice

Hour 5

Child Abuse
Statutory Rape
HIPAA
Duty to Warn

Hour 6

Malpractice
Famous Cases
Scope of Practice
Summary and Concluding Discussion