Law & Ethics TRAINING

The Department of Behavioral Health invites you to join us for our Law & Ethics training webinar on Tuesday, July 28 from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Upon completion of the training, attendees will be able to:

1. Explain the expansion of minor consent laws to include treatment for injuries caused by intimate partner violence, with clarity on what to advise a teenage client who says in therapy that he or she has been injured as a result of such violence, as well as the obligation to report child abuse;

2. Articulate how gaps in state law addressing the involuntary hold processes (5150 patients) create concerns for those involved in the medical clearance step and confusion over the 72 hour clock;

3. Describe how the law has changed regarding an individual’s right to own or purchase a firearm if they have been hospitalized more than once in a 365 day period of time;

4. Explain to teen-aged patients how minor consent law permits them in certain circumstances to consent to their own medical care, including outpatient behavioral health services;

5. Describe how the 2017 regulatory change to SUD confidentiality laws (42 CFR Part 2) impacted what must be on a consent form before Part 2 SUD information can be released to a third party, and how that might change if the August 2019 proposed Final Rule is adopted; and

6. Educate other non-treating provider members of a homeless outreach “high utilizer” multi-disciplinary team the form of patient consent that must be in place before behavioral health providers are permitted to share confidential behavioral health information with other non-treating provider members of the team.

Continuing Education
APA: The San Bernardino County Department of Behavioral Health is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The San Bernardino County Department of Behavioral Health maintains responsibility for this program and its content. This course is offered for 5.5 continuing education credits for psychologists.
CAMFT: The San Bernardino County Department of Behavioral Health is a CAMFT Approved CE Provider #84541. This course meets the qualifications for 6 hours of continuing education credit for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs, and/or LEPs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences.
CBRN: The San Bernardino County Department of Behavioral Health is approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing under Provider Number CEP-15400; training approved for 6 contact hours.
CCAPP: Provider approved by CCAPP-El, Provider Number 2S-18-295-0220, for 6.5 CEHs.
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DBH and Contract Agency staff may register and obtain webinar login credentials on Relias.