law and ethics Flashcards
Usual & customary professional standards of practice
Standard of care
staying within the limits and guidelines of social work
Scope of practice
staying within the limits of your training and education
Scope of competence
Supporting clients to make healthy decisions that benefit them and empower them
self-determination
minimum age to sign for consent for services independently without a parent
12
Parents and signing consent
married/unmarried/never married only one parent needs to sign
unless Divorced, need to see custody agreement
Divorced parents and signing consent
50/50 custody they both need to sign
whoever has legal custody
need to see agreement
consensual sex between minors with no report
13 yr old with another 13 yr old or younger
14yr old between 17 yr old
16 yr old between 21yr old
consensual sex between minors report
13 yr old with anyone older than 13
age of an elderly person
65 yrs
HIPAA stands for
Health Insurance Portability & accountability Act
days for a client to access records
5 days to allow client to inspect records
10 days to provide tx summary
15 days to make record copies
Privilege
legal right to not have information shared or revealed during legal proceedings
Who holds privilege?
Client treatment unit Guardian ad litem conservator dead clients
When is there exceptions to privilege?
client reporting emotional issues
client suing thx suing
