The portable lawyer for mental health professionals : an A-Z guide to protecting your clients, your practice, and yourself / Thomas L. Hartsell, Jr., JD and Barton E. Bernstein, JD, LMSW.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hartsell, Thomas L., Jr. (Thomas Lee), 1955-

Bernstein, Barton E., author.

Series:

Gale eBooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mental health laws--United States.

Mental health laws.

Mental health personnel--Legal status, laws, etc--United States.

Mental health personnel.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvii, 532 pages)

Edition:

3rd ed.

Place of Publication:

Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, 2013.

Hoboken, New Jersey : Wiley, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Everything you need to legally safeguard your mental health practice Fully revised, The Portable Lawyer for Mental Health Professionals, Third Edition identifies, explores, and presents solutions to both the simple and complex legal questions that mental health practices must deal with daily. Written by Thomas Hartsell Jr. and Barton Bernstein-attorneys and therapists specializing in legal issues concerning mental health-this essential guide arms professionals with the expert knowledge needed to avoid a legal violation, or to know how to handle a situation if a complaint

Contents:

Clinical records: protected or not

Appendix A: bylaws for an IPA

Appendix B: partnership agreement

Appendix C: articles of incorporation: professional corporation

Appendix D: articles of incorporation: general corporation

Appendix E: certificate of formation of a professional limited liability company

Appendix F: professional limited liability company member agreement

Appendix G: sample business associate contract

Appendix H: business associate contract (attorney services)

Appendix I: authorization for the use and disclosure of protected health information

Appendix J: client information amendment form

Appendix K: notice of privacy practices of Susan A. Jones, LPC

Appendix L: accounting of disclosures of protected health information

Appendix M: request for accounting of protected health information disclosures

Appendix N: authorization revocation form.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9781118416525

111841652X

9781118420164

1118420160

OCLC:

820678705