Seminar Detail
Oklahoma Mental Health & The Law - 2019
- Where:
- OKLAHOMA CITY, OK
- When:
- Friday, December 6, 2019 at 8:30 AM - 4:00 PM
This event is not currently available for purchase.
For more information: Call (800) 844-8260
Course Description:
As a mental health professional, you not only deal with critical clinical matters with your clients – you must also stay up-to-date on seemingly ever-changing laws and procedures. Keeping up-to-date is essential in order to protect your clients and yourself. At this comprehensive one-day seminar you will gain an understanding of confidentiality, risk management, recent legislation and trends in mental health law in Oklahoma, guardianship, commitment, practical legal options – and more, that will help you stay on top of issues that arise in everyday clinical situations.
As a mental health professional, you not only deal with critical clinical matters with your clients – you must also stay up-to-date on seemingly ever-changing laws and procedures. Keeping up-to-date is essential in order to protect your clients and yourself. At this comprehensive one-day seminar you will gain an understanding of confidentiality, risk management, recent legislation and trends in mental health law in Oklahoma, guardianship, commitment, practical legal options – and more, that will help you stay on top of issues that arise in everyday clinical situations.
Objectives:
- Summarize the legal considerations when opening and maintaining a mental health practice.
- Explain the potential role of mental health professionals in legal proceedings related to client care.
- Identify client confidentiality issues and when clinicians are obligated to disclose protected health information.
- Navigate the legal and ethical issues related to security and privacy in a clinical setting.
- Determine how to legally and ethically handle situations relating to child abuse and elder abuse.
- Explain the legal and ethical issues that arise when using distance therapy in a clinical setting.
OUTLINE
8:00 am - Registration, Sign-In, & Course Materials (Morning Coffee & Tea)
8:30 am – Legal and Professional Considerations for Practice Entities
8:45 am – Legal and Ethical Dilemmas Facing the Mental Health Professional
1:00 pm – Constitutional Privacy and Your Client’s Privilege
2:15 pm – Technology: Mental Health Practice in the Twenty-First Century
8:00 am - Registration, Sign-In, & Course Materials (Morning Coffee & Tea)
8:30 am – Legal and Professional Considerations for Practice Entities
- Opening and operating your practice as a business entity
- Entities and their characteristics
- Using your chosen entity
- Your office forms
- Important distinctions in language
- Provisions that should be in your forms
- Agencies, group practices, and your professional relationships with them
- Other considerations
8:45 am – Legal and Ethical Dilemmas Facing the Mental Health Professional
- Legal proceedings and how the legal system functions
- Negligence versus licensing board complaint
- Dealing with a licensing board complaint
- Liability insurance as you best defense
- Protecting your assets
1:00 pm – Constitutional Privacy and Your Client’s Privilege
- Protected records: what and how
- Record requests and subpoenas – what to do
- Child abuse, elder abuse and reporting
- Duty to warn
2:15 pm – Technology: Mental Health Practice in the Twenty-First Century
- Distance therapy and telehealth
- Security and privacy in your office
- Security and privacy over the internet
Target Audience
- Psychologists
- Social Workers
- Marriage and Family Therapists
- Counselors
- Risk Managers
- Addiction Professionals
- Case Managers
- Nurses
MICHAEL H. FLYNN, JD, PH.D.
Michael H. Flynn, J.D., Ph.D., after more than 25 years in independent practice as a clinical psychologist, in 2008 Dr. Flynn became licensed as an attorney, as well. Since the middle 1980’s, in addition to general practice as a psychologist working with adults and couples, Dr. Flynn conducted over a thousand psychological evaluations and provided expert testimony for litigants, defendants, and agencies in matters of disputed custody, criminal defense and competency, personal injury, employment disputes, and testamentary capacity. Seeking to broaden his practice, in 2005 Dr. Flynn attended law school. He became a member of the State Bar of Texas in 2008.
Since becoming a lawyer, Dr. Flynn has ceased providing psychological services and limited his professional activities to the practice of law, assisting mental health professionals across the state of Texas, across a spectrum of legal matters including answering licensing board complaints, responding to subpoenas and depositions, handling business issues, and a variety of legal concerns specific to mental health practice. Dr. Flynn also represents clients in family law matters, and he offers mental health and law seminars throughout the state.
Dr. Flynn received his Bachelor of Science degree in psychology from Middle Tennessee State University in 1970, his Master of science degree and doctorate in clinical psychology from the University of North Texas in 1980, and his Juris Doctorate from Texas Wesleyan Uni-versity School of Law (Now Texas A & M Law School) in 2007. He has taught abnormal psychology, human development, and personality theory at The University of North Texas, Texas Woman’s University, and Holy Family College in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Since 2009, he has traveled around Texas and around the country teaching seminars in risk management and mental health law. See more at Dr. Flynn’s website, at michaelflynnjdphd.com.
Since becoming a lawyer, Dr. Flynn has ceased providing psychological services and limited his professional activities to the practice of law, assisting mental health professionals across the state of Texas, across a spectrum of legal matters including answering licensing board complaints, responding to subpoenas and depositions, handling business issues, and a variety of legal concerns specific to mental health practice. Dr. Flynn also represents clients in family law matters, and he offers mental health and law seminars throughout the state.
Dr. Flynn received his Bachelor of Science degree in psychology from Middle Tennessee State University in 1970, his Master of science degree and doctorate in clinical psychology from the University of North Texas in 1980, and his Juris Doctorate from Texas Wesleyan Uni-versity School of Law (Now Texas A & M Law School) in 2007. He has taught abnormal psychology, human development, and personality theory at The University of North Texas, Texas Woman’s University, and Holy Family College in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Since 2009, he has traveled around Texas and around the country teaching seminars in risk management and mental health law. See more at Dr. Flynn’s website, at michaelflynnjdphd.com.
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Credits listed below are for full attendance at the live event only. After attendance has been verified, pre-registered attendees will receive an email from PESI Customer Service with the subject line, “Evaluation and Certificate” within one week. This email will contain a link to complete the seminar evaluation and allow attendees to print, email or download a certificate of completion if in full attendance. For those in partial attendance (arrived late or left early), a letter of attendance is available through that link and an adjusted certificate of completion reflecting partial credit will be issued within 30 days (if your board allows). Please see “live seminar schedule” for full attendance start and end times. NOTE: Boards do not allow credit for breaks or lunch.
If your profession is not listed, please contact your licensing board to determine your continuing education requirements and check for reciprocal approval. For other credit inquiries not specified below, or questions on home study credit availability, please contact cepesi@pesi.com or 800-844-8260 before the event.
Materials that are included in this course may include interventions and modalities that are beyond the authorized practice of mental health professionals. As a licensed professional, you are responsible for reviewing the scope of practice, including activities that are defined in law as beyond the boundaries of practice in accordance with and in compliance with your professions standards.
PESI, Inc. offers continuing education programs and products under the brand names PESI, PESI Healthcare, PESI Rehab and Psychotherapy Networker.
Ethics
This seminar includes 4.0 hours of state specific ethics instruction. If ethics is not specified within your licensing board’s approval statement below, please contact your board to determine the applicability and amount of ethics allowed.
Addiction Counselors
This course has been approved by PESI, Inc., as a NAADAC Approved Education Provider, for 6.0 CE in the Legal, Ethical and Professional Development skill group. NAADAC Provider #77553. PESI, Inc. is responsible for all aspects of their programming. Full attendance is required; no partial credit will be awarded for partial attendance.
Oklahoma Alcohol & Drug Counselors: PESI, Inc. is an Oklahoma Board of Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselors approved provider #20190032. This activity consists of 6.0 clock hours of continuing education instruction.
Counselors
This intermediate activity consists of 6.0 clock hours of continuing education instruction. Credit requirements and approvals vary per state board regulations. Please save the course outline, the certificate of completion you receive from the activity and contact your state board or organization to determine specific filing requirements.
Oklahoma Counselors: CE credit is available. This course has been reviewed and approved by the Oklahoma State Department of Health, LPC/LMFT Licensing Board for 6.0 C.E. hours, including 6.0 Counseling Ethics/ Mental Health Ethics Hours.
Oklahoma Marital & Family Therapists: This course has been reviewed and approved by the Oklahoma State Department of Health, LPC/LMFT Licensing Board for 6.0 C.E. hours, including 6.0 Counseling Ethics/ Mental Health Ethics Hours.
Marriage & Family Therapists
This activity consists of 360 minutes of continuing education instruction. Credit requirements and approvals vary per state board regulations. You should save this course outline, the certificate of completion you receive from the activity and contact your state board or organization to determine specific filing requirements.
Nurses, Nurse Practitioners, and Clinical Nurse Specialists
PESI, Inc. is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
Nurses in full attendance will earn 6.0 contact hours. Partial contact hours will be awarded for partial attendance.
Psychologists
PESI, Inc. is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. PESI, Inc. designates this live activity for a maximum of 6.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Social Workers
Other Professions
This activity qualifies for 360 minutes of instructional content as required by many national, state and local licensing boards and professional organizations. Save your course outline and certificate of completion, and contact your own board or organization for specific requirements.
If your profession is not listed, please contact your licensing board to determine your continuing education requirements and check for reciprocal approval. For other credit inquiries not specified below, or questions on home study credit availability, please contact cepesi@pesi.com or 800-844-8260 before the event.
Materials that are included in this course may include interventions and modalities that are beyond the authorized practice of mental health professionals. As a licensed professional, you are responsible for reviewing the scope of practice, including activities that are defined in law as beyond the boundaries of practice in accordance with and in compliance with your professions standards.
PESI, Inc. offers continuing education programs and products under the brand names PESI, PESI Healthcare, PESI Rehab and Psychotherapy Networker.
Ethics
This seminar includes 4.0 hours of state specific ethics instruction. If ethics is not specified within your licensing board’s approval statement below, please contact your board to determine the applicability and amount of ethics allowed.
Addiction Counselors
This course has been approved by PESI, Inc., as a NAADAC Approved Education Provider, for 6.0 CE in the Legal, Ethical and Professional Development skill group. NAADAC Provider #77553. PESI, Inc. is responsible for all aspects of their programming. Full attendance is required; no partial credit will be awarded for partial attendance.
Oklahoma Alcohol & Drug Counselors: PESI, Inc. is an Oklahoma Board of Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselors approved provider #20190032. This activity consists of 6.0 clock hours of continuing education instruction.
Counselors
This intermediate activity consists of 6.0 clock hours of continuing education instruction. Credit requirements and approvals vary per state board regulations. Please save the course outline, the certificate of completion you receive from the activity and contact your state board or organization to determine specific filing requirements.
Oklahoma Counselors: CE credit is available. This course has been reviewed and approved by the Oklahoma State Department of Health, LPC/LMFT Licensing Board for 6.0 C.E. hours, including 6.0 Counseling Ethics/ Mental Health Ethics Hours.
Oklahoma Marital & Family Therapists: This course has been reviewed and approved by the Oklahoma State Department of Health, LPC/LMFT Licensing Board for 6.0 C.E. hours, including 6.0 Counseling Ethics/ Mental Health Ethics Hours.
Marriage & Family Therapists
This activity consists of 360 minutes of continuing education instruction. Credit requirements and approvals vary per state board regulations. You should save this course outline, the certificate of completion you receive from the activity and contact your state board or organization to determine specific filing requirements.
Nurses, Nurse Practitioners, and Clinical Nurse Specialists
Nurses in full attendance will earn 6.0 contact hours. Partial contact hours will be awarded for partial attendance.
Psychologists
PESI, Inc. is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. PESI, Inc. designates this live activity for a maximum of 6.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Social Workers
Other Professions
This activity qualifies for 360 minutes of instructional content as required by many national, state and local licensing boards and professional organizations. Save your course outline and certificate of completion, and contact your own board or organization for specific requirements.
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Your satisfaction is our goal and our guarantee. Concerns should be addressed to PESI Rehab, P.O. Box 1000, Eau Claire, WI 54702-1000 or call (800) 844-8260.
ADA Needs
We would be happy to accommodate your ADA needs; please call our Customer Service Department for more information at (800) 844-8260.
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