Law & Mental Health Professionals: Kansas

by Sheldon, Jan Bowen

• ISBN13: 9781433803314
• ISBN10: 1433803313
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-02-01
• Publisher: AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION

Author Biography

Jan Bowen Sheldon is a professor in the Department of Applied Behavioral Science and in the School of Law at the University of Kansas, and the director of the Edna A. Hill Child Development Center at the University of Kansas.

Table of Contents

Editors' Preface	p. xi
Authors' Preface	p. xvii
Acknowledgments	p. xxi
Legal Credentialing	p. 1
Licensure and Regulation of Mental Health Professionals	p. 3
Licensure and Regulation of Psychiatrists	p. 4
Licensure and Regulation of Psychiatric Nurses	p. 15
Licensure and Regulation of Psychologists	p. 22
Subdoctoral and Unlicensed Psychologists	p. 36
Licensure and Regulation of Social Workers	p. 43
Licensure and Regulation of School Psychologists	p. 52
Licensure and Regulation of School Counselors and School Social Workers	p. 56
Licensure and Regulation of Marriage and Family Therapists	p. 60
Licensure of Other Types of Mental Health Professionals	p. 67
Licensure and Regulation of Hypnotists	p. 87
Licensure and Regulation of Polygraph Examiners	p. 88
Regulation of Unlicensed Mental Health Professionals	p. 89
Sunset of Credentialing Agencies	p. 90
Business Matters	p. 93
Sole Proprietorships	p. 95
Professional Corporations	p. 96
Partnerships	p. 101
Health Maintenance Organizations	p. 107
Preferred Provider Organizations	p. 109
Individual Practice Associations	p. 110
Hospital, Administrative, and Staff Privileges	p. 111
Zoning for Community Homes	p. 112
Insurance Reimbursement for Services	p. 115
Mental Health Benefits in State Insurance Plans	p. 119
Tax Deductions for Services	p. 120
Limitations on and Liability for Practice	p. 123
Informed Consent for Services	p. 125
Extensiveness, Ownership, Maintenance, and Access to Records	p. 128
Confidential Relations and Communications	p. 134
Privileged Communications	p. 142
Search, Seizure, and Subpoena of Records	p. 150
State Freedom of Information Act	p. 153
Right to Refuse Treatment	p. 156
Regulation of Aversive and Avoidance Conditioning	p. 160
Quality Assurance for Hospital Care	p. 162
Malpractice Liability	p. 165
Other Forms of Professional Liability	p. 170
Criminal Liability	p. 174
Liability of Credentialing Boards	p. 177
Antitrust Limitations to Practice	p. 180
Families and Juveniles	p. 183
Competency to Marry	p. 185
Guardianship for Adults	p. 187
Conservatorship for Adults	p. 195
Annulment	p. 202
Divorce	p. 205
Child Custody After Marital Dissolution	p. 208
Reporting of Adult Abuse	p. 216
Reporting of Child Abuse	p. 221
Abused and Neglected Children	p. 227
Termination of Parental Rights	p. 237
Guardianship for Minors	p. 244
Conservatorship for Minors	p. 249
Foster Care	p. 253
Adoption	p. 257
Juvenile Offenders	p. 266
Competency of Juveniles to Stand Trial	p. 277
Nonresponsibility Defense	p. 280
Transfer of Juveniles to Stand Trial as Adults	p. 282
Voluntary Admission and Civil Commitment of Minors	p. 286
Education for Childen With Disabilities and Gifted Children	p. 291
Consent, Confidentiality, and Services for Minors	p. 297
Consent for Abortion	p. 301
Evaluation and Treatment of Children at the Request of a Noncustodial Parent	p. 305
Other Civil Matters	p. 307
Mental Status of Licensed or Certified Professionals	p. 309
Workers' Compensation	p. 315
Vocational Disability Determinations	p. 323
Emotional Distress as a Basis for Civil Liability	p. 330
Mental Disability and Civil Liability	p. 334
Competency to Contract	p. 339
Competency to Sign a Will	p. 342
Competency to Vote	p. 345
Competency to Obtain a Driver's License	p. 347
Product Liability	p. 349
Unfair Competition	p. 353
Employment Discrimination	p. 356
Civil and Criminal Trial Matters	p. 359
Jury Selection	p. 361
Expert Witnesses	p. 369
Polygraph Evidence	p. 373
Competency to Testify	p. 375
Psychological Autopsy	p. 378
Battered Woman's Syndrome	p. 380
Rape Trauma Syndrome	p. 383
Hypnosis of Witnesses	p. 386
Eyewitness Identification	p. 389
Criminal Matters	p. 391
Screening of Police Officers	p. 393
Competency to Waive the Rights to Silence, Counsel, and a Jury	p. 395
Precharging and Pretrial Evaluations	p. 399
Bail Determinations	p. 400
Competency to Stand Trial	p. 404
Provocation	p. 408
Mens Rea	p. 411
Diminished Capacity	p. 413
Criminal Responsibility	p. 415
Competency to Be Sentenced	p. 421
Sentencing	p. 423
Probation	p. 425
Dangerous Offenders	p. 427
Habitual Offenders	p. 430
Competency to Serve a Sentence	p. 431
Mental Health Services in Jails and Prisons	p. 432
Transfer From Penal to Mental Health Facilities	p. 434
Parole Determinations	p. 436
Competency to Be Executed	p. 439
Pornography	p. 442
Services for Sex Offenders	p. 445
Services for Victims of Crimes	p. 448
Voluntary or Involuntary Receipt of State Services	p. 455
Medicaid	p. 457
Health Care Cost-Containment System	p. 459
Voluntary Admission of Adults With Mental Illness	p. 461
Involuntary Commitment of Mentally Ill Adults	p. 464
Voluntary Admission and Involuntary Admission of Persons Who Abuse Alcohol	p. 479
Voluntary Admission and Involuntary Commitment of Adults Addicted to Drugs	p. 484
Services for People With Developmental Disabilities	p. 485
Hospice Care	p. 492
Appendix	p. 493
Table of Cases	p. 495
Table of Statutes	p. 499
Table of Rules of Court	p. 513
Table of Administrative Rules and Regulations	p. 514
Table of References to Constitution	p. 517
Index	p. 518
About the Authors	p. 525
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