Requirements For Clinical Record-Keeping: From The Basic To Complicated

This training will explore the legal and ethical requirements of clinical record
keeping.
About this Event

Mental health professionals have a legal and ethical obligation to keep records to memorialize their work with their clients. However, what you record, and how it is recorded, can be confusing to navigate. This training will explore the legal and ethical requirements of clinical record keeping, while highlighting ethical challenges and the realities of busy professionals. This course aims to bring context to ethical concerns often experienced by behavioral/physical health professionals in practice with individual clients/patients.

This training fulfills the NYS requirement for licensed Psychologists of 3 CEs in Professional Ethics.

Note: All New York State licensees are responsible for complying with New York State laws, rules and regulations. Learn more at https://www.op.nysed.gov/professions/psychology/laws-rules-regulations

3 CEs available to NYS LMHCs, LMFTs, LCSWs, LMSWs, LCATs, NYS Licensed Psychologists and NYS Licensed Psychoanalysts provided by Hudson Valley Professional Development, LLC upon successful completion of training.

Learning Objectives

At the end of this training, participants will be able to:

-describe the ethical responsibility of mental and behavioral health professionals to maintain client records.

-distinguish the ethical responsibility of mental and behavioral health professionals to maintain client records from related legal requirements.

-explain how they protect client confidentiality through their record keeping practices.

In accordance with the NY State Department of Education guidelines, in order to receive continuing education contact hours, a participant needs to be present for the duration of the workshop/training. Therefore, participants who arrive late or leave the event early will not be granted a certificate of completion.

Cancellation Policy: Refunds will be provided for cancellations made in writing up to the day before the event.

Accommodations and Accessibility: HVPD welcomes participants with diverse abilities. Please contact us at [email protected] to request accessibility accommodations. Accommodation requests are considered in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act.

Kathryn Krase, Ph.D., J.D., M.S.W., Principal Consultant with Krase Consultant, is an expert on the professional ethics, and the intersection of ethics with legal responsibilities. She has years of experience consulting with government and community based organizations to develop policy and practice standards.