Florida Laws And Rules Exam For Psychologists Statute 90.503

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Define Psychotherapist:

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1. A person authorized to practice medicine, who is engaged in the dx or tx of a mental or emotional condition, including alcoholism and other drug addiction;
2. A person licensed or certified as a psychologist, who is engaged primarily in the dx or tx of a mental or emotional condition
3. A person licensed or certified as a clinical social worker, marriage and family therapist, or MH counselor under the laws of this state, who is engaged primarily in the dx
or tx of a ...
4. Treatment personnel of facilities licensed by the state or of facilities designated by DCF Services as tx facilities, or of facilities defined as CMHCs who are engaged primarily in the dx or tx of a ...
5. An advanced registered nurse practitioner whose primary scope
of practice is the dx or tx...

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When is a communication between psychotherapist and pt "confidential?"

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When it is not intended to be disclosed to 3rd persons other than:
1. Those present to further the interest of the patient in the consultation, examination, or interview.
2. Those necessary for the transmission of the communication.
3. Those who are participating in the dx and tx under the direction of the psychotherapist.

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By who may privilege be claimed?

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(a) The pt or the pt's attorney on the pt's behalf.
(b) Guardian or conservator of the pt.
(c) The personal representative of a deceased pt.
(d) The psychotherapist, but only on behalf of the pt. The authority of a psychotherapist to claim the privilege is presumed in the absence of evidence to the contrary.

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When is there no privilege?

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(a) For communications relevant to an issue in proceedings to compel hospitalization of a pt for mental illness, if the psychotherapist in the course of dx or tx has reasonable cause to believe the patient is in need of hospitalization.
(b) For communications made in the course of a court-ordered exam of the mental or emotional condition of the pt.
(c) For communications relevant to an issue of the mental or emotional condition of the pt in any proceeding in which the pt relies upon the condition as an element of his claim or defense or, after the pt's death, in any proceeding in which any party relies upon the condition as an element of the party's claim or defense.