Approved Continuing Education Provider
Description
This course is an introduction to California law and ethics. You will learn about legal and ethical requirements and limitations in advertising, scope of practice, scope of competence, treatment of minors, confidentiality, dangerous clients, psychotherapist-client privilege, record keeping, and client access to records. You will take a deeper dive into California and federal laws relating to confidentiality of patient health information, dual relationships, child abuse, elder and dependent adult abuse, online therapy, insurance reimbursement, civil liability, disciplinary actions and unprofessional conduct, ethics complaints and ethical standards, termination of therapy, standards of care, relevant family law, therapist disclosures to clients, the application of legal and ethical standards in different types of work settings, as well as licensing law and the licensing process.
This course meets the California Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC) law and ethics content requirement for out-of-state applicants and provides flexible and effective learning through a self-paced module.
