1 CE Hour. Continuing Education for Office Hours (CE for OH) Session.

Developed by Roy Huggins, LPC NCC
Presented by Roy Huggins, LPC NCC; Liath Dalton

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One of the most common times that clients desire telehealth work is when they travel or move house to a place far from their existing therapist — and not uncommonly, they go to another state or even another country! Additionally, many therapists want to expand their practices across jurisdictions through the use of telehealth services. This is where therapists run into the wall of interjurisdictional practice.

While sometimes such practice simply won’t be possible to do legally, that isn’t always the case. A number of licensing boards have provisions for temporary practice, and differences in regulatory styles across the world can make international practice possible so long as we maintain a healthy habit of managing the risks involved in doing do.

This introductory-level course for counselors, clinical social workers, marriage and family therapists, and clinical and counseling psychologists will discuss if practice in foreign jurisdictions can be legal and how it can be legal, with a survey of specific examples of temporary practice rules under some select US licensing boards and nations outside the United States.

1 CE Hour. Continuing Education for Office Hours (CE for OH) Session.

Educational Objectives

  • Describe 3 different schemes of temporary practice provision and how they impact the learner’s ability to work with clients who are present in foreign states
  • Use the Epstein, Becker, Green telehealth survey tool to discover licensure board rules in foreign states
  • Describe 1 method for discovering the circumstances of legal practice with clients present in nations outside North America

Syllabus

  1. How is interjurisdictional practice regulated (or not regulated)?
    • The role of licensing boards in the US
    • When and how foreign licensing board rules come into play
  2. What are some US state boards that allow temporary practice, and how does it work?
    • A process for discovering if temporary practice is available in a given state
    • Some specific state boards without temporary practice allowance, and how we discovered that fact
    • Some specific state boards with temporary practice allowance, and how we discovered that fact
    • What it does and doesn’t mean for temporary practice to be allowed
  3. What are some nations that do not disallow practice from US clinicians, and what are the risks and benefits?
    • The difference between practice being permitted and practice not being forbidden
    • Some risks and benefits of Roy’s telepractice in Japan
    • Some examples of telepractice in European nations
  4. How are professional associations working to make interjurisdictional practice easier?

Vital Stats

Date and Time: November 29th, 10AM Pacific / 11AM Mountain / Noon Central / 1PM Eastern
Venue: The event will be held via interactive webinar during an Office Hours session.
Cost: Included in membership.
Availability: This is a live event. On-demand replay is included in membership.

Course Developer/Primary Presenter

Roy Huggins, LPC NCCRoy Huggins, LPC NCC, is a counselor in private practice who also directs Person-Centered Tech. Roy worked as a professional Web developer for 7 years before changing paths, and makes it his mission to grow clinicians’ understanding of the Internet and other electronic communications mediums for the future of our practices and our professions.

Roy is an adjunct instructor at the Portland State University Counseling program where he teaches Ethics, and is a member of the Zur Institute advisory board. He has acted as a subject matter expert on HIPAA, security and clinical use of technology for Counseling licensure boards and both state and national mental health professional organizations. He has co-authored or authored 2 book chapters, and he routinely consults with mental health colleagues on ethical and practical issues surrounding tech in clinical practice. He served for 5 years on the board of the Oregon Mental Health Counselors Association and then the Oregon Counseling Association as the Technology Committee Chair.

He really likes this stuff.

Course Co-Presenters

Liath Dalton is a Ph.D candidate in Religious Studies. She began her academic career at Reed College and continued her graduate work at the University of Cape Town.

Liath is the Deputy Director for Person Centered Tech and runs our HIPAApropriateness review program. Through her combination of experience evaluating products for their utility and security in regards to how they can meet risk management needs and providing guidance to members around what product options will best meet their specific practice needs, Liath has an intimate knowledge of both what the practice tech needs are for mental health professionals and what it takes for a product to meet those needs.

Program Notices

Accuracy, Utility, and Risks Statement: This presentation may not include information on all applicable state or national laws. Misapplication of the materials, or errors in the materials, could result in non-compliance with applicable laws or ethics codes. 

Conflicts of Interest: None.

Commercial Support: This program has no commercial support.

All events for this program will be subject to our cancellation/refund policy and complaint policy.

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ACEP LogoPerson Centered Tech Incorporated is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Person Centered Tech Incorporated maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

ACEP LogoPerson Centered Tech Incorporated has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 6582. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Person Centered Tech Incorporated is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.

State Approvals

Person Centered Tech is an approved provider continuing education provider with the Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling. CE Broker Provider #50-23706.

Ohio Counselor, Social Worker, and Marriage and Family Therapist Board accepts continuing education credits from providers approved by the Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy and Mental Health.

Person Centered Tech Incorporated is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0540.

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