Laws and Ethics Course
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Approvals:
This program is approved by the National Association of Social Workers (provider # 886463870) for 6 continuing education contact hours.
This course meets the qualifications for 6 hours of continuing education credit for MFTs and LCSWs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences. Provider # PCE 3457
SpeedyCeus.com is approved by the Texas State Board of Social Workers Examiners as a provider of continuing education activities for social workers. This course is approved for 6 hours.
This activity for 6 contact hours, has been approved by the Alabama State Nurses Association, which is accredited as an approver of continuing education in nursing by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's (ANCC) Commission on Accreditation.
Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number CPE 14462 for 6 contact hours.
Course Objectives
After completing this training the professional healthcare provider will be able to:
- Understand the need for laws and ethics in practice.
- Discuss current laws and ethics in practicing general counseling principles.
- Apply ethical principles in practice.
- Understand the complexities of ethical dilemmas and apply a framework for dealing with these complexities.
- Establish and maintain appropriate boundaries.
- Maintain self-awareness and manage transference and counter-transference issues.
- Apply the laws and ethics regarding reporting requirements, i.e. child abuse, elderly abuse, plan to harm self or others, Tarasoff etc.
- Understand HIPPAA regulations and how to apply them in practice.
Laws and Ethics:
Taking a course on laws and ethics does not exactly create excited anticipation. As a healthcare practitioner you probably like working with people. If you wanted to work with laws and rules you would have been a lawyer. Is it enough to just know the basics (like Tarasoff) and move on? Nope, no way, uh-uh, can't happen. You have to know this stuff for at least two reasons: to protect your client (the consumer) and you (the healthcare professional). So, don't plug your nose and swallow like taking nasty medicine. Learn it, love it, embrace it, make it yours, take it home with you.
The trip through laws and ethics is a trip you must take so we'll keep it straight and to the point. There are many great links if you want to see more expanded information on different subjects.
Need to Know
Laws and ethics permeate all services licensed professionals offer. They give the consumer protection and a set of expectations in the services they receive. They concurrently provide a road map for the professional healthcare practitioner. Unfortunately, licensed professionals occasionally fail to abide by legal and ethical standards. This often results in creating emotional harm for the client and the loss or suspension of the professional's license, and even incarceration. This course is designed to make clear the legal and ethical responsibilities of the professional healthcare practitioner.
