Professions
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The Standard of Care and Why Psychologis...
There were some discussions about my article on the standard of care and to respond to some
questions I posted this followup explanation that provides my take on why psychologists so frequently turn on each other:
Important News for California Psychologi...
Please feel free to forward a link to this post to all relevant email lists and/or parties.
I and a number of other attorneys who work with psychologists in California have noticed a significant trend. We have become aware of a significant number of Board of Psychology (BOP) denials of supervised professional...
Have you received a letter from a licens...
If you receive a letter from a licensing body informing you that a complaint has been made against you, suppress the urge to panic.
Should HIPAA matter to clinicians who ar...
If you aren’t a “covered entity” (the term HIPAA uses to identify healthcare providers under its authority) do you need to care what HIPAA says? In these situations is HIPAA irrelevant? The answer is both “yes” and “no.”
Business Structures for Therapists...
Psychotherapists frequently have questions about choosing a business structure, especially when opening a private practice. “Business structures” doesn’t refer to the type of building in which your practice is housed. Rather, it refers to the type of business association you choose. For example,...
The Law and Different Types of Psychothe...
March 13, 2007
Professions
Professions
The four most common psychotherapy professions in California are marriage and family therapists (MFT), psychologists, social workers, and psychiatrists. Each of these professions are covered under at least four different, but interrelated, sections of statute. Note, however, that though there are different...
