Comps

Front 1

Records

Back 1

1. keep for 7 years
2. .25 cents a page
3. Inspection-during working hours within 5 days
4. Copies-within 15 days
5. treatment summary-10 working days up to 30, can bill for time.

Front 2

Emancipated minors

Back 2

treated as adults except for child abuse.
1. 14 yeasr old,
2. live away from parents with silent consent
3. working, self supporting
4.from legal means
5. military
6. marriage

Front 3

confidentiality, exceptions

Back 3

1. child, dependence, elder abuse , tarassof
2. court order or serach warrant
3. Always assert privilage first

Front 4

confidentiality: legal/ethical requirements

Back 4

1. any info between patient and therapist
2.existence of relationship-ethical
3. assert priviilage, wait for court to tell you

Front 5

Exceptions to privilage

Back 5

1. Client holder of privilage, you assert always.
exceptions: Pt. signed a written waver
2. court order signed by judge
3.crime perpetrated on child under 16
4.client sues for malpractice
5.evidence code 1024
6.clients brough up MH as an issue

Front 6

Subpoena
Bialo

Back 6

1.inform patirnt-has to either assert or wave privilage
2.if called as witness assert privilage

Front 7

Subpoena-Gipstein

Back 7

1.assert privilage
2.talk to attorney with client's permission
3.ask attorney to file motiom to quash the subpeona on basis of privilage
4.if client has no lawer get one yourself
5.go to self help counter

Front 8

AIDS

Back 8

not reportable, rape is under tarassof

Front 9

Tarassof

Back 9

patient coomunicates to therapist, victim identifiable, duty to warn, school considered victim