Telemental Health Practice and Implications of the Law Across State Lines
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3 CE hours available for behavioral health clinicians completing the Online Self-Study.
As telemental health practice continues to evolve, new issues continue to emerge regarding the application of existing legal concepts. While telemental health has been around for some time, more therapists have utilized telemental health platforms to work with clients across state lines, inviting exploration of licensing requirements, authorizations, and portability. As more states adopt interstate licensure compacts and more therapists practice across state lines, additional uncharted territory invites consideration of the ways in which laws vary considerably across jurisdictions and the standards to which therapists are bound.
During this course, practitioners of all experience levels are invited to consider the implications of law in the context of telemental health practice, especially when the therapist is located in one state and the client is in another. Join us, as the facilitator, with credentials in law, clinical mental health counseling, and counselor education, leads a deep dive into what every counselor needs to know about general laws for practice, Conflicts of Law, Choice of Law, jurisdiction, and what to do when the counselor becomes embroiled in a court proceeding involving their client.
Learning Objectives:
- Discuss two legal concepts that apply to providing telemental health services when the therapist is located in a different state than the client.
- Assess a dilemma involving inconsistent professional legal obligations in the jurisdiction where the therapist is located and the jurisdiction where the client is located.
- Explain the circumstances under which a therapist providing telemental health services may be involved in a legal proceeding involving a client.
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Upon completion of this training, professionals will be able to do the following:
- Discuss two legal concepts that apply to providing telemental health services when the therapist is located in a different state than the client.
- Assess a dilemma involving inconsistent professional legal obligations in the jurisdiction where the therapist is located and the jurisdiction where the client is located.
- Explain the circumstances under which a therapist providing telemental health services may be involved in a legal proceeding involving a client.
Course details
Upon completion of this training, professionals will be able to do the following:
- Discuss two legal concepts that apply to providing telemental health services when the therapist is located in a different state than the client.
- Assess a dilemma involving inconsistent professional legal obligations in the jurisdiction where the therapist is located and the jurisdiction where the client is located.
- Explain the circumstances under which a therapist providing telemental health services may be involved in a legal proceeding involving a client.
Instructor
Ann Ordway, JD, Ph.D.
Ann Ordway, JD, PhD, has a law degree and a PhD in Counselor Education and Supervision. She is a retired family law attorney following approximately 20+ years of private practice in New Jersey, where she primarily worked with high conflict divorce dynamics, parenting coordination, and child advocacy. She received her MA and EdS in Counseling from Seton Hall University and completed her Practicum and Internship at the Counseling Services program on campus. Ann has been trained as a family mediator, a Guardian Ad Litem, and as a Parenting Coordinator. Clinical experience has included work with high-conflict families, victims of domestic violence, anger management with accused offenders of domestic violence, and school counseling. Ann has taught graduate-level clinical mental health and school counseling for nearly 14 years, both in-person and via distance learning. She was the College Academic Director of Counseling at a University in Phoenix, Arizona, and she is a former president of the Arizona Counseling Association. She is currently the program director at the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts, where she facilitates the delivery of trainings for an international, interdisciplinary audience of family law professionals.
Dr. Ordway’s doctoral dissertation on the experiences of parenting coordinators working with high-conflict couples engaged in intimate partner violence dynamics is the foundation of her current research. She is a national and international presenter, and has published in peer-reviewed journals on topics related to high-conflict families, the impact of divorce on children, ethics, and the preparedness of counselors for court-involved roles and general court involvement