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Treatment Records - Your Rights and Responsibilities
This course meets the qualifications for continuing education credit in
Law and Ethics for LMFTs and LCSWs as required by the California Board
of Behavioral Sciences.
Continuing Education - Two hours of self-study in law and ethics.
Dear Member,
The records that you keep regarding the professional services you
render to patients are of critical importance, both to you and to the
patient. Therapists’ practices and procedures with respect to
recordkeeping vary, both from practitioner to practitioner and from
client to client. A failure to keep adequate records may result in
liability of one kind or another for the therapist. What is
“adequate” in a particular situation may not be adequate in
a different situation. This test explores the area of law and practice
dealing with treatment records, and does so from a number of
perspectives. Suppose a new patient, quite well known and in a position
of power, requests that you keep minimal records in order to protect the
patient’s privacy. Can you lawfully agree to do so? Should you
consistently seek to obtain prior mental health records at the earliest
time practicable? What part of your records can be removed by you before
complying with a patient’s request to see a copy of his or her
records? What laws or ethical standards relate directly to patient
records?
These questions, and others, are explored in this self-assessment test.
Since your records may protect you from liability, or in some cases hurt
you, it is important for you to be familiar with this subject matter.
Just as psychotherapy is both an art and a science, so too is
recordkeeping. In addition to the importance of the actual content of
your records, it is important to learn well the various aspects of law
that relate to access to patient records by others, whether by subpoena
or otherwise. This test explores these various aspects of treatment
records and your rights and responsibilities with respect to them.
This continuing education self-assessment test, like the prior tests,
is sponsored by CAMFT in partnership with Richard S. Leslie, J.D., who
created the test and made it available to CAMFT. THERE IS NO
PASSING OR FAILING SCORE.
CAMFT Member - $35
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Please note: Once you make your online payment you have five hours
available to take the test, after five hours the test will not be
available to you online. In order to complet the test you will have to
call CAMFT at (888) 892-2638 and request the test be sent to you by fax
or e-mail.
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Take the test by answering true or false to each question
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CAMFT will send you the answers (including explanations), an
evaluation form, and a certificate of course completion. You will earn
two hours of self-study CE credits in Law and Ethics.
Receive the Test in PDF Format
CAMFT Member - $40
Non-Member - $55
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Print the test, complete the answer sheet and follow the directions
to submit the test.
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Make sure you have included your name and credit card
information.
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CAMFT will send you the answers (including explanations), an
evaluation form, and a certificate of course completion. You will earn
two hours of self-study CE credit in law and ethics.
Remember: you can acquire all of the six-hour Law and Ethics continuing
education requirement by taking these tests. It takes completion of
three tests to achieve the mandatory six hours in Law and Ethics.
Further, if you enjoy this manner of supplementing your understanding of
legal and ethical issues, you may acquire more than six hours in this
important aspect of practice. You are limited to a maximum of 18 hours
in self-study per license renewal period, or 9 hours for your initial
license renewal period.
We respectfully request that the answer sheet you will receive not be
shared without written permission. The test and answers are copyrighted
materials. We appreciate your understanding and respect for the
proprietary nature of this material. We encourage and look forward to
your participation.
Sincerely,
Jill Epstein, JD
Executive Director
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California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists is
approved for Continuing Education Units by: California Board of
Behavioral Sciences (Provider # PCE 50) for LMFTs and LCSWs; California
Board of Registered Nursing (Provider # CEP 4046); The National Board of
Certified Counselors (Provider # 5306); and California Foundation for
Advancement of Addiction Professionals (formerly CAADAC) (Provider
# IS-95-319-1012).
Resources
Law and Regulations
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Log on to www.leginfo.ca.gov
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Click on "California Law"
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Click on the relevant Code
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Click on "Search"
- Business and Professions Code Sections: 4982
- Evidence Code Section: 1010 et seq.
- Family Code Section: 3083
- Health and Safety Code Sections: 123110(a) and (b), 123105(d),
123111, 123130, and 124260
CAMFT articles - (Member login and password required)
CAMFT Ethical Standards
California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists
Ethical Standards Part I
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