PSY 405 Professional Ethical and Legal Standards
This course focuses on the APA Ethical Principles and Code of Conduct, California law for mental health professionals, and federal law (e.g., HIPAA), applying this understanding to the profession of health service psychology. Content will include but not be limited to ethical and statutory regulatory and decisional laws that delineates the scope of practice, documentation of services, psychotherapist-client privilege, confidentiality, client dangerousness to self or others, and treatment of minors with and without parental consent. Professional behavior, licensing practices and the differences in legal and ethical standards for different types of work settings will also be explored.
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PSY