Telehealth: How to Practice Across State Lines for Mental Health Professionals

Telehealth services provide your clients with a lifeline during times like this.

But Practicing Across State Lines is one legal issue that stands-out as particularly confusing and concerning to many mental health professionals. This one-hour PESI video program will give you what you need to legally provide telehealth services across state lines and protect your license!

In this one-hour recording, you’ll learn:

• How to protect yourself from legal and ethical pitfalls when practicing across state lines
• Inter jurisdictional state laws and guidelines relevant to you
• HIPAA requirements you need to be aware of
• How to stay up to date with changing laws

A link to the PESI evaluation will be emailed to you after the training in order for you to receive the 1 CEU.

Learning Objectives: 

• Evaluate common legal issues concerning practicing across state boundaries.
• Assess additional resources and ways to stay current on inter jurisdictional laws and guidelines.
• Determine what HIPAA requires for handling emergencies using telehealth and appropriate documentation and the updates due to the Coronavirus.

Presenter

Joni Gilbertson, MA, NCC, LCPC, LMHC, BC-TMH, CTMH, is a licensed clinical professional counselor, Board-Certified Telemental Health Provider and the owner/ founder of COPE Counseling Services, LLC where she uses telemental health to assist individuals, couples and families with everyday coping in areas such as relationships, depression, suicide, and anger management. She is licensed as a mental health professional both in Illinois and Florida while presently residing in Florida and is a PESI trainer.

Ceu's offered
1 CEU offered via PESI

Schedule

Thursday, August 5, 2021

Program: 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm, (pst)

Once registered and paid an email will be automatically sent with the Zoom login details. Please check your spam folder if you do not find the email in your inbox.

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