What You’ll Discover in Lois Fenner Legal Issues in Behavioral Health Maryland Legal and Ethical Considerations
- Faculty:
- Lois Fenner
- Duration:
- 6 Hours 19 Minutes
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- Copyright:
- August 28, 2020
Description
Without proper legal knowledge, it is impossible to stay in Failure to comply could result in serious legal consequences 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. Attend this seminar if you can only attend one seminar in the year.
You can also watch the attorney Lois Fenner Enjoy entertaining and enlightening day and Leave with a deeper understanding of the latest Maryland Behavioral health laws. Practical strategies will be provided to help you minimize your risk. and manage legal and Ethics: Risks and You will be able to implement these risk-reducing strategies immediately in your practice.
Handouts
| Manual Legal Issues in Behavioral Health in Maryland (14.9 MB) | 93 pages | Available after Purchase |
Outline
Overview/Confidentiality of Mental Health Recordings
- When and To Whom Records May Be Released
- Mandatory Disclosure Requirements
- Alcohol/Drug and AIDS/HIV Treatment Records
- Documentation is required
HIPAA 101 – Federal Confidentiality Regulations
- What is HIPAA Today and what are its implications?
- What is the best way to follow the regulations?
- What are You Looking For? “Psychotherapy Notes”?
- When can I release records?
- How much paperwork will this add to my office?
Responding to Subpoenas and Court Orders and Law Enforcement
- Subpoenas – Types of subpoenas, Duty to Respond, Time Limits
- Search Warrants & Court Orders
- Authority to Obtain Information
- Investigative Services
- The development of policies and Response procedures
Balance the rights of parents and minors
- Minors’ Rights
- Age of Majority
- Access to Records
- Rights of minors to refuse/consent to medication and Treatment
- Alcohol and drug abuse and Treatment Issues For Minors
- Parental Rights
- Custodial and Divorce Factors
- Allegations of Child Abuse
- Custodial vs. Non-Custodial Parent’s Rights to Records
Voluntary and Involuntary Mental Health Commitments
- There are two reasons to use a Voluntary Commitment and an Involuntary Complement.
- Grounds for Involuntary Commitment: Dangerousness (as Defined By Statute).
- Mental Illness
- Procedures
Professional ethics and Boundary Issues
- Consent Elements and Competency Issues
- Medication: You have the right to refuse
- Restraints and The best way to be alone is solitude
- Individual’s Legal Rights
- Informed Consent
- Boundary Issues: Where the Lines are Blurred
- Prescribing practices
- Board of Health Professionals Investigation – Disciplinary Proceedings
Legal Professional Liability
- Warning: Duty to Warn Issues
- Professional Obligations and Standards
- Fraud & Abuse Issues
- Billing & Coding Errors
- Documentation
- Compliance with Contradictory Laws
Faculty
Lois FennerR.N. M.S., Attorney At Law Similar seminars and products: 14
Lois FennerR.N., M.S. Attorney at Law An honor graduate of University of Maryland Graduate School of Nursing, Undergraduate School of Nursing and University of Maryland Law School. She is an attorney licensed to practice before the United States Supreme Court. and Certified clinical specialist.
Ms. Fenner is a founding member of The American Nurse Attorneys Association, past president of the Monumental Bar Association, member of the Women’s Bar Association, Phi Kappa Phi and Honor Societies for Sigma Theta Tau and The National Exchange Club. The Alliance of Black Women Attorneys has awarded her the Distinguished Women Award in Law Award; Baltimore Marketing Association Harold Young Leadership Award and Baltimore County Diversity Award
She is also a three-dimensional artist.-time recipient of the Daily Record’s Top 100 Women in Maryland Award and Inducted into the Circle of Excellence Attorney Fenner has been recognized as a Baltimore Business Journals Who’s Who in Law and She was twice selected for the Super Lawyers. Her practice focuses on medical negligence and Healthcare including medical malpractice, personal injury and accreditation. and Questions concerning licensure
Ms. Fenner An educator is recognized and A lecturer across the country who provides realistic information and Current information in Interactive presentations
Disclosures to Speakers:
Financial: Lois A. Fenner It is in Private practice PESI Inc. provides a speaking honorarium.
Non-Financial: Lois A. Fenner Has no pertinent non-Financial relationships must be disclosed
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