Mental Health Jurisprudence Exam and answers
Disclosure of Confidential Information
A licensee, registrant, or certificate holder shall not disclose, without the consent of the client, any
confidential communications made by the client, or advice given to the client, in the course of
professional employment. A licensee's, registrant's, or certificate holder's employee or associate,
whether clerical or professional, shall not disclose any knowledge of the communications acquired in
that capacity. Any person who has participated in any therapy conducted under the supervision of a
licensee, registrant, or certificate holder, including group therapy sessions, shall not disclose any
knowledge gained during the course of the therapy without the consent of the person to whom the
knowledge relates.
A person may disclose confidential information when a client or the heirs, executors, or administrators of
a client...
...file suit or a complaint against a licensee, registrant, or certificate holder on any cause of action arising
out of or connected with the care or treatment of the client by the licensee, registrant, or certificate
holder
A person may disclose confidential information when a licensee, registrant, or certificate holder...
...was in consultation with a physician, registered professional nurse, licensee, registrant, or certificate
holder against whom a suit or complaint was filed based on the case out of which the suit or complaint
arises
A person may disclose confidential information when...
...a review of services of a licensee, registrant, or certificate holder
A review of services can be determined by a board or a person or group...
...authorized by the board to make an investigation on its behalf
, A review of services can be determined by ________________(1) where the licensee, registrant, or
certificate holder practices or the medical staff ____________________(2)
(1) The governing board of a hospital licensed pursuant to part 1 of article 3 of title 25; (2) of the hospital
if the medical staff operates pursuant to written bylaws approved by the governing board of the hospital
A review of services can be determined by __________________ if the person has signed a release
authorizing the review
A professional review committee established pursuant to section 12-245-212 (1)
A person may disclose confidential information when _________________ a school or the occupants of
a school.
A client, regardless of age, makes an articulable and significant threat against
A person may disclose confidential information when a client, regardless of age, exhibits behaviors that,
in the reasonable judgment of the licensee, registrant, or certificate holder...
....create an articulable and significant threat to the health or safety of students, teachers,
administrators, or other school personnel.
A licensee, registrant, or certificate holder who discloses information under this subsection (2)(d)...
hint: (2)(d) = disclosing information from a client, regardless of age.
...shall limit the disclosure to appropriate school or school district personnel and law enforcement
agencies. School or school district personnel to whom the information is disclosed shall maintain
confidentiality of the disclosed information, regardless of whether the information constitutes an
education record subject to FERPA, consistent with the requirements of FERPA and regulations and
applicable guidelines adopted under FERPA, but may disclose
information in accordance with section 1232g (b)(1) of FERPA and 34 CFR 99.36 if necessary to protect
the health or safety of students or other persons.
Disclosure of Confidential Information
A licensee, registrant, or certificate holder shall not disclose, without the consent of the client, any
confidential communications made by the client, or advice given to the client, in the course of
professional employment. A licensee's, registrant's, or certificate holder's employee or associate,
whether clerical or professional, shall not disclose any knowledge of the communications acquired in
that capacity. Any person who has participated in any therapy conducted under the supervision of a
licensee, registrant, or certificate holder, including group therapy sessions, shall not disclose any
knowledge gained during the course of the therapy without the consent of the person to whom the
knowledge relates.
A person may disclose confidential information when a client or the heirs, executors, or administrators of
a client...
...file suit or a complaint against a licensee, registrant, or certificate holder on any cause of action arising
out of or connected with the care or treatment of the client by the licensee, registrant, or certificate
holder
A person may disclose confidential information when a licensee, registrant, or certificate holder...
...was in consultation with a physician, registered professional nurse, licensee, registrant, or certificate
holder against whom a suit or complaint was filed based on the case out of which the suit or complaint
arises
A person may disclose confidential information when...
...a review of services of a licensee, registrant, or certificate holder
A review of services can be determined by a board or a person or group...
...authorized by the board to make an investigation on its behalf
, A review of services can be determined by ________________(1) where the licensee, registrant, or
certificate holder practices or the medical staff ____________________(2)
(1) The governing board of a hospital licensed pursuant to part 1 of article 3 of title 25; (2) of the hospital
if the medical staff operates pursuant to written bylaws approved by the governing board of the hospital
A review of services can be determined by __________________ if the person has signed a release
authorizing the review
A professional review committee established pursuant to section 12-245-212 (1)
A person may disclose confidential information when _________________ a school or the occupants of
a school.
A client, regardless of age, makes an articulable and significant threat against
A person may disclose confidential information when a client, regardless of age, exhibits behaviors that,
in the reasonable judgment of the licensee, registrant, or certificate holder...
....create an articulable and significant threat to the health or safety of students, teachers,
administrators, or other school personnel.
A licensee, registrant, or certificate holder who discloses information under this subsection (2)(d)...
hint: (2)(d) = disclosing information from a client, regardless of age.
...shall limit the disclosure to appropriate school or school district personnel and law enforcement
agencies. School or school district personnel to whom the information is disclosed shall maintain
confidentiality of the disclosed information, regardless of whether the information constitutes an
education record subject to FERPA, consistent with the requirements of FERPA and regulations and
applicable guidelines adopted under FERPA, but may disclose
information in accordance with section 1232g (b)(1) of FERPA and 34 CFR 99.36 if necessary to protect
the health or safety of students or other persons.
