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	<title>Clinical Lawyer</title>
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	<description>Where the law meets mental health practice</description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 20:56:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Reporting Suspected Abuse: those reports are highly confidential!</title>
		<link>http://clinicallawyer.com/files/2008/07/22/reporting-suspected-abuse-those-reports-are-highly-confidential/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 20:53:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Clinical Lawyer</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Legal Basics</category>
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	<category>Practice Management</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a reminder: reports that clinicians make of suspected abuse are highly confidential.  Under California law, reports of suspected child abuse and information contained in those reports may only be disclosed to persons or agencies who coordinate the investigation of these reports.
 This makes sense.  But here&#8217;s the potential problem: most clinicians [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Should HIPAA matter to clinicians who aren&#8217;t covered under HIPAA?</title>
		<link>http://clinicallawyer.com/files/2008/05/15/should-hipaa-matter-to-clinicians-who-arent-covered-under-hipaa/</link>
		<comments>http://clinicallawyer.com/files/2008/05/15/should-hipaa-matter-to-clinicians-who-arent-covered-under-hipaa/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 02:15:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Clinical Lawyer</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Legal Basics</category>
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	<category>Professions</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you aren&#8217;t a &#8220;covered entity&#8221; (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 &#8220;yes&#8221; and &#8220;no.&#8221;
     Strictly speaking, for clinicians who aren&#8217;t covered entities they don&#8217;t need [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Psychotherapist-Patient Privilege for Private Sex Offender Treatment?</title>
		<link>http://clinicallawyer.com/files/2008/02/22/psychotherapist-patient-privilege-for-private-sex-offender-treatment/</link>
		<comments>http://clinicallawyer.com/files/2008/02/22/psychotherapist-patient-privilege-for-private-sex-offender-treatment/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2008 18:47:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Clinical Lawyer</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Legal Basics</category>
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	<category>Forensic Practice</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[On February 20th, 2008, the Court of Appeal of the state of California, Second Appellate District, published an opinion in the nature of the psychotherapist-patient privilege for convicted sex offenders undergoing voluntary psychotherapy.
The question the court faced was this: if a convicted sex offender (SO) is required to undergo psychotherapy as a part of his/her [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What happens when confidential information gets into the wrong hands?</title>
		<link>http://clinicallawyer.com/files/2007/08/15/what-happens-when-confidential-information-gets-into-the-wrong-hands/</link>
		<comments>http://clinicallawyer.com/files/2007/08/15/what-happens-when-confidential-information-gets-into-the-wrong-hands/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Aug 2007 18:26:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Clinical Lawyer</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Legal Basics</category>
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	<category>Practice Management</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a particularly troublesome dilemma and one that most clinicians dread.  We take great care to avoid such a situation, and in the event that a fax or letter gets to the wrong person most clinicians are unsure about whether the unintended recipient has any legal responsibilities to avoid further disclosure.  Another common question [...]]]></description>
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		<title>HIPAA: Once a covered entity, always a covered entity?</title>
		<link>http://clinicallawyer.com/files/2007/06/16/hipaa-once-a-covered-entity-always-a-covered-entity/</link>
		<comments>http://clinicallawyer.com/files/2007/06/16/hipaa-once-a-covered-entity-always-a-covered-entity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jun 2007 22:11:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Clinical Lawyer</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Legal Basics</category>
	<category>Miscellaneous</category>
	<category>Practice Management</category>
	<category>Forensic Practice</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rightly or wrongly, HIPAA is perceived by many clinicians as an administrative nightmare.  For those who aren&#8217;t already compliant, the task of becoming HIPAA compliant isn&#8217;t one that clinicians relish.  Most clinicians who have practices that need to be HIPAA compliant accomplished this task a long time ago.
For those who/that are covered entities, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Finding an Attorney for Your Mental Health Practice</title>
		<link>http://clinicallawyer.com/files/2007/06/12/finding-an-attorney-for-your-mental-health-practice/</link>
		<comments>http://clinicallawyer.com/files/2007/06/12/finding-an-attorney-for-your-mental-health-practice/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jun 2007 06:18:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Clinical Lawyer</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Legal Basics</category>
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	<category>Practice Management</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Consultation with an attorney is activity that most mental health clinicians engage in on an infrequent basis.  As a general matter, mental health practice is a profession that sees a relatively low number of lawsuits.  In addition, many clinicians have the option of consulting with an attorney provided by their professional liability carrier [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Mysterious Recurring Two Physician Approval Question</title>
		<link>http://clinicallawyer.com/files/2007/04/20/the-mysterious-recurring-two-physician-approval-question/</link>
		<comments>http://clinicallawyer.com/files/2007/04/20/the-mysterious-recurring-two-physician-approval-question/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2007 22:30:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Clinical Lawyer</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Another of the more persistent myths in mental health practice is whether certain acts require the approval of two physicians.  In the last 6 months I have been asked the following question, in varying form, four times:
&#8220;Is it true that if two physicians sign off on _______, this satisfies the legal requirement for _______?&#8221;

This [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Understanding Lawyers</title>
		<link>http://clinicallawyer.com/files/2007/03/13/understanding-lawyers/</link>
		<comments>http://clinicallawyer.com/files/2007/03/13/understanding-lawyers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2007 19:32:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Clinical Lawyer</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Legal Basics</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dealing with attorneys is often discussed among mental health professionals as one of the more unpleasant activities one can engage in. I’m not too happy about this, especially considering that I am an attorney. However, I must admit that I understand the dread many therapists feel about talking to lawyers they have not retained. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blue Ink or Black Ink?</title>
		<link>http://clinicallawyer.com/files/2007/03/13/blue-ink-or-black-ink/</link>
		<comments>http://clinicallawyer.com/files/2007/03/13/blue-ink-or-black-ink/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2007 19:29:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Clinical Lawyer</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The question about what color ink to use in charts or for record-keeping is one of the more persistent myths in mental health practice. Most clinicians have heard an admonishment to use blue ink or black ink, purportedly for “legal reasons.” But no one seems to know which color is preferred. I am asked questions [...]]]></description>
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