Subpoenas and Ethics for Treating Professionals
PRESENTED BY Sean Knuth, Phd
Webinar Based Exam
2 CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDITs
BASE is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. BASE maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
DESCRIPTION
This course is intended to provide practicing mental health clinicians with a more robust understanding of how mental health practitioners can assist in the administration of justice in a manner that is ethically defensible while minimizing any concerns about their ability to provide high quality care to current and future clients/patients, particularly as it relates to civil court proceedings. Attendees will learn how mental health practitioners and the court system interact (Barsky, 2012), will be presented with a framework for appropriately responding to subpoenas (Borkosky, 2020; Committee on Legal Issues, 2016), and will be provided with a discussion of the role of testimony from mental health practitioners in court proceedings (Ackerman and Kane, 2018).
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Based on the content of this workshop, you will be able to:
·Describe their legal obligations upon receiving a subpoena.
·Describe their ethical obligations upon receiving a subpoena.
·Identify and analyze any conflicts between their ethical and legal obligations upon receiving a subpoena.
·Articulate to the court identified conflicts and any other concerns to the court in a proactive manner.
AUDIENCE
This program is appropriate for licensed psychologists and other mental health practitioners who provide therapeutic intervention, consultation, or psychological assessment services. Training is at an introductory level.
RESOURCES
Ackerman, M. J., & Kane, A. W. (2018). Psychological experts in divorce actions, 7th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Wolters Kluwer.
Barsky, A. E. (2012). Clinicians in court – A guide to subpoenas, depositions, testifying, and everything else you need to know. New York, NY: The Guilford Press.
Borkosky, B. G. (2020). Responding to subpoenas - Written objections. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 51(4), 352–361.
Committee on Legal Issues. (2016). Strategies for private practitioners coping with subpoenas or compelled testimony for client records or test data. Professional Psychology, Research and Practice , 47(1), 1–11. https://doi.org/ 10.1037/pro0000063
PROFESSIONAL AND ETHICAL ISSUES
There is no commercial support for this CE program, instructor, content of instruction, or any other relationship that could be construed as a conflict of interest. There is no endorsement of products.