Ethical Principles in the Practice of Wisconsin Mental Health Professionals

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Allan M. Tepper, JD, PsyD, is engaged in the private practice of both law and psychology in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. As a psychologist, he specializes in forensic matters and has testified on numerous occasions in cases involving civil, criminal, domestic relations, and death penalty issues. As an attorney, he has extensive trial experience, including the representation of mental health professionals in ethics and licensing board proceedings. He has been an adjunct faculty member at Widener University in the Institute for Graduate Clinical Psychology, and at the Philadelphia Chapter of Great Lakes Colleges Association, and an adjunct assistant professor at Immaculate College, Graduate School. Dr. Tepper conducts ethical training for mental health professionals throughout the United States and is well-known for his engaging style. He publishes frequently in the areas of law and psychology. He is co-author of Pennsylvania Law and Psychology - Fourth Edition. He received his JD degree from Albany Law School and received MS and PsyD degrees in clinical psychology from Hahnemann University in Pennsylvania. Visit his website at www.allanmtepper.com.

 

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Dr. Allan Tepper maintains private law and psychology practices. He receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. He is a published author and receives royalties. He has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Dr. Allan Tepper has no relevant non-financial relationships.

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Objectives

1. Identify specific state and administrative laws that are pertinent to establishing and maintaining an ethical clinical practice.
2. Determine potential nonsexual boundary violations.
3. Explain which notes, documents, reports, forms, and clinical data constitute an official medical record.
4. Evaluate your current record-keeping practices in order to ensure compliance with ethical and legal requirements.
5. List the treatment providers’ responsibilities relating to mental health issues and duty to warn law.
6. Analyze the legal and ethical considerations for the treatment of minor populations with regard to age of consent, confidentiality and custody concerns.

Outline

• Statutes
• Rules and regulations
• Case law
• Finding the law

• Criminal liability
• Civil liability
• Licensing complaints
• Organization complaints

• The professional relationship
• The legal and ethical principle of informed consent
• Informed consent as part of the treatment modality
• Use of and reliance upon written consent forms

• Record-keeping regulations
• Items which constitute the record, personal notes vs. charting, raw data, computer printouts and third-party records
• Access to records by written requests, subpoenas and court orders

• Duty to warn potential third-party victims
• Review of specific Wisconsin case law governing danger to others
• A clinical approach to the duty to protect

• Age of majority
• Consent to treatment and access to records
• Clinical implications in the treatment of the older adolescent
• Treatment of minors in situations of family separation and divorce

• Email correspondence and cell phone contacts
• Treatment vs. advocacy for patients
• Professional contacts with attorneys and the legal profession
• In-court expert testimony

Target Audience

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

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