Product Detail

Indiana Mental Health & The Law
CE Test
$19.99 USD
This purchase is for online CE Test only
Product Details
Format:
Additional Participant CE Test
Author:
PHYLLIS GARRISON JD, CHP, CIPP/US, CIPM, FIP
Publisher:
PESI Inc.
Copyright:
8/24/2020
CE Available:
Yes, See CE credit tab for complete continuing education details
Product Code:
RNT030385
Objectives
  1. Differentiate between temporary and regular involuntary commitment for treatment and determine the clinician’s role in each.
  2. Explore the legal and ethical considerations for the treatment of minor populations in Indiana with regard to age of consent, confidentiality and custody concerns.
  3. Determine ethical issues related to the use of restraints, seclusion and informed consent.
  4. Articulate the role and responsibilities of the treatment provider as related to duty to warn law in Indiana.
  5. Compare the different requirements for release of protected health information via subpoenas and court orders.
  6. Develop policies on ethical issues such as restraints, seclusion and informed consent.
Outline
VOLUNTARY AND INVOLUNTARY TREATMENT OF MENTALLY ILL INDIVIDUALS
  • Emergency & Immediate Detention
  • Involuntary Commitment (Temporary & Regular)
  • Guardianship, Power of Attorney, Psychiatric Advance Directives
TREATMENT RIGHTS
  • Individual’s Legal Rights
    • Informed Consent
  • Right to Refuse Treatment
  • Restraints & Seclusion
  • Psychotropic Medication Issues
CONFIDENTIALITY
  • Reporting Requirements
    • Child Abuse
    • Vulnerable Adults
    • Duty to Warn
    • Other Reporting
    • Subpoenas/Court Orders
RELEASE OF INFORMATION
  • Mental Health Records
  • Psychotherapy Notes
  • Substance Abuse Records
FERPA
  • Minors
    • HIPAA & HITECH: Privacy & Security Standards 
Author

PHYLLIS GARRISON JD, CHP, CIPP/US, CIPM, FIP

Phyllis J. Garrison, JD, CHP, CIPP/US, CIPM, FIP is most recently retired as the Privacy Director and a member of the legal staff for Eskenazi Health Indianapolis, Indiana. She has returned to her private legal practice as “Of Counsel” in the Garrison Law Firm, Indianapolis. She previously served as Associate General Counsel for Community Hospitals of Indiana, Inc., and has provided legal services for a number of health care entities both as outside counsel and in-house counsel since 1984. Ms. Garrison has experience with a wide variety of health law issues including regulatory issues, fraud and abuse; EMTLA; anti-trust, nursing liability, medical records documentation; research compliance, mental health; professional licensure issues; HIPAA and medical malpractice. She graduated, magna cum laude , from Indiana University School of Law, Indianapolis and holds a BS degree from Ball State University where she graduated summa cum laude.

Ms. Garrison is a member of the Indiana State Bar Association, the American Health Lawyers Association, Who’s Who in American Law, the International Association of Privacy Professionals, the Indiana Security and Privacy Network, and St. Margaret’s Hospital Guild. She is also a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt.

Speaker Disclosures:

Speaker Disclosures: Financial: Phyllis Garrison maintains a private legal practice. She receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.

Non-financial: Phyllis Garrison is a member of the Indiana Bar Association.
Continuing Education Credits
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Listed below are the continuing education credit(s) currently available for this non-interactive self-study package. Please note, your state licensing board dictates whether self study is an acceptable form of continuing education. Please refer to your state rules and regulations.

Certificates of Successful Completion are available for email, download and/or printing from your online account immediately following the successful completion of the post-test/evaluation.

**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.

All members of the PESI, Inc. planning committee have provided disclosures of financial relationships with ineligible organizations and any relevant non-financial relationships prior to planning content for this activity. None of the committee members had relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies or other potentially biasing relationships to disclose to learners. For speaker disclosures, please see the faculty biography.


Ethics
This self-study course includes 5.5 hours of state specific ethics instruction. Not all boards allow ethics credit for self-study products. 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
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This self-study course has been approved by PESI, Inc., as a NAADAC Approved Education Provider, for 5.5 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.


Counselors
This intermediate self-study activity consists of 5.5 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.


Marriage & Family Therapists
This self-study activity consists of 5.5 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 this self-study activity and contact your state board or organization to determine specific filing requirements.


Nurses/Nurse Practitioners/Clinical Nurse Specialists - Credit Expired: 8/24/2023
No CE available for this board.

Indiana Psychologists: PESI, Inc is an approved provider with the Indiana Board of Psychology. Certificate #: 98000998A - Category I. PESI maintains full responsibility for this program and its contents. Full attendance at this self-study course qualifies for 5.5 contact hours.


Social Workers
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PESI, Inc., #1062, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. PESI, Inc. maintains responsibility for this course. ACE provider approval period: January 27, 2020 - January 27, 2023. Social Workers completing this course receive 5.5 Ethics continuing education credits.

Course Level: Intermediate. Format: Asynchronous distance learning. Full attendance is required; no partial credits will be offered for partial attendance.


Other Professions
This self-study activity qualifies for 5.5 clock hours of instructional content as required by many national, state and local licensing boards and professional organizations. Retain your certificate of completion and contact your board or organization for specific filing requirements.

Disclaimer: **Information obtained in this course should be used within your scope of practice.
**It is your ethical responsibility to report accurate hours to your licensing board.
**All self-study participants must complete and pass (80% or better) a post-test and evaluation prior to receiving a certificate of completion. If you require a copy of the test/evaluation for CE purposes, please print at the time you take the test. Or you may call our customer service department and a copy of your test/evaluation will be emailed to you. Please allow 30-45 days.


Audience
  • Psychologists
  • Social Workers
  • Marriage and Family Therapists
  • Counselors
  • Risk Managers
  • Addiction Professionals
  • Case Managers
  • Nurses