Tag Archives: immunity from liability
Potpourri
Administrative Due Process – The term “administrative due process” refers to the due process rights of licensed mental health [...]
“Immunity from Liability” vs. “No Liability”
Last month I wrote about dangerous patient issues and the nature and breadth of the mental health practitioner’s duty to protect third [...]
Immunity From Liability
In most states, therapists and counselors are given “immunity from liability” in limited circumstances. It is useful to know when [...]
The Dangerous Patient
... The topic of dangerous patient bears revisiting from time to time, both because there are new readers and because the topic is [...]
The Dangerous Patient – Again!
… Two separate events spurred me to once again write about this topic. First, the Governor of California signed a bill into law in July [...]
Confidentiality and the Dangerous Patient
Although I have previously written about this topic on several occasions (see Archives), the tragic shootings at Virginia Tech in April [...]
Immunities from Liability
… While I have written about this topic before in a variety of contexts, it is worth repeating and consolidating. Therapists and [...]
Immunity From Liability
Most child abuse reporting laws provide immunity from liability for those mandated reporters who make a child abuse report that is [...]
Confidentiality and Child Abuse Reporting
The duty to report child abuse is one of the exceptions to the practitioner’s legal and ethical duty of confidentiality. Many [...]