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Legal & Ethical Issues in Behavioral Health in Virginia

Average Rating:
   4
Faculty:
Patrick J Hurd, JD
Duration:
6 Hours 07 Minutes
Copyright:
Nov 20, 2014
Publisher:
PESI Publishing
Product Code:
RNV060510
Media Type:
DVD
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Description

Without the proper legal awareness needed to stay in compliance, you may face grave legal and financial consequences. This seminar will show you how to continue to help the people you’ve been trained to help while still protecting yourself from many legal pitfalls. If you attend only one seminar this year, make it this one.

Join attorney, Patrick J. Hurd, for an entertaining and enlightening recording and leave with a greater understanding of the latest Virginia laws as they relate to behavioral health. You will take home practical strategies to minimize and manage legal and ethical risks and you will learn how to immediately implement these risk-reducing strategies into your practice.

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Handouts

File type File name Number of pages
PDF Manual - Virginia Ethics (0.57 MB) 96 Pages Available after Purchase
PDF CE Test – 060510 – Paper Option (248.7 KB) Available after Purchase

Faculty

Patrick J Hurd, JD's Profile

Patrick J Hurd, JD Related seminars and products

Hurd Law & Consulting LLC

Patrick J. Hurd is managing principal of Hurd Law & Consulting, LLC. He serves as a lawyer and consultant to healthcare providers on a broad range of regulatory compliance, risk management, ethics and liability matters with a special emphasis on legal and ethical issues. He is a former CEO of a not-for-profit organization with two health centers providing reproductive health and family planning services to women, men and teens. Mr. Hurd also served as senior counsel in Healthcare Law for a national law firm, based in its Norfolk office and is a former director of risk management and in-house lawyer for a health system with a 170+ bed acute care hospital. He received his J.D. degree from George Washington University National Law Center and is licensed to practice law in Virginia and D.C.

 

Speaker Disclosures: 

Financial: Patrick J. Hurd has an employment relationship with LeClairRyan He receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc. He has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.

Non-financial: Patrick J. Hurd has no relevant non-financial relationship to disclose.  
 

Additional Info

Access for Self-Study (Non-Interactive)

Access never expires for this product.


Target Audience

Social Workers, Counselors, Psychologists, Nurses, Marriage & Family Therapists, AODA Professionals, Health Information Managers, Medical Records Professionals, Attorneys

Objectives

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

Outline

  • HIPAA/HI-TECH – Impact on Mental Health Providers
  • Confdentiality of Mental Health Records
  • The Duty to Warn in Virginia
  • Balancing the Rights of Minors and Parents
  • Professional Ethics & Boundary Issues
  • Responding to Police Inquiries, Attorney Questions, and Subpoenas
  • ECOs, TDOs, and Involuntary Commitments in Virginia

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Overall:      4.3

Total Reviews: 4

Comments

Mary K - BRIDGEWATER, Virginia

"This was a very thorough course. It was organized and done in way that was understandable. "

Russell J - BLACKSBURG, Virginia

"Enjoyed the course and found it to be very informative."

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