[Download Now] Legal and Ethical Issues in Behavioral Health in Mississippi – Lois Fenner

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Without the proper legal awareness needed to stay in compliance, you may face grave legal and financial consequences. You will learn how to help the people you have been trained to help while still protecting yourself from many legal pitfalls. If you only watch one this year, make it a recording.

If you want to learn more about the latest Mississippi laws relating to behavioral health, watch attorney Lois Fenner for an entertaining and enlightening recording. You will learn how to immediately implement risk-reducing strategies after taking home practical strategies to minimize and manage legal and ethical risks.

1. Establish practices for ensuring HIPAA compliance to protect client’s privacy and minimize risk of litigation.
2. Compare the different requirements for release of protected health information via subpoenas and court orders.
3. Explore the legal and ethical considerations for the treatment of minor populations in Mississippi with regard to age of consent, confidentiality and custody concerns.
4. Differentiate between the processes for voluntary and involuntary commitment for treatment and determine the clinician’s role in each.
5. Develop policies on ethical issues such as restraints, seclusion and informed consent.
6. Designate the treatment provider’s responsibilities relating to mental health issues and duty to warn law in Mississippi.

Confidentiality of Mental Health Records

• When and to Whom Records Can Be Released
• Mandatory Disclosure Requirements
• Alcohol/Drug and AIDS/HIV Treatment Records
• Necessary Documentation

There are federal confidentiality regulations.

• What 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?

Complying with court orders and law enforcement.

• Subpoenas; Types of Subpoenas; Duty to Respond; Time Limits
• Search Warrants & Court Orders
• Authority to Obtain Information
• Investigations
• Development of Policies and Procedures to Respond

The rights of children and parents are balanced.

• Minors’ Rights
• Age of Majority
• Access to Records
• Rights of Minors to Refuse/Consent to Medication and Treatment
• Alcohol, Drug Abuse and Treatment Issues for Minors
• Parental Rights
• Custodial and Divorce Factors
• Child Abuse Allegations
• Custodial vs. Non-Custodial Parent’s Rights to Records

There are voluntary and involuntarily mental health commitments.

• Reasons to Use a Voluntary Commitment or an Involuntary Commitment
• Grounds for an Involuntary Commitment: Dangerousness (as Defined by Statute)
• Mental Illness
• Procedures

Boundary issues and professional ethics.

• Consent Elements and Competency Issues
• Medication: Right to Refuse
• Restraints and Seclusions
• Individual’s Legal Rights
• Informed Consent
• Boundary Issues: Where the Lines Are Blurred
• Prescribing Practices
• Board of Health Professionals Investigation – Disciplinary Proceedings

There are legal problems of the professional.

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

Legal and ethical issues in behavioral health in Mississippi. Legal and ethical issues in Mississippi. There are legal and ethical issues in behavioral health in Mississippi.