COLORADO MENTAL HEALTH JURISPUDENCE EXAM LATEST 2024
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS|ALREADY
GRADED A+|GUARANTEED TO PASS CONCEPTS
Disclosure of Confidential Information - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔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... - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔...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... -
✔✔ANSWER✔✔...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... - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔...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... - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔...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) - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔(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 - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔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. - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔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... - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔....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. - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔...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.
A licensee, registrant, or certificate holder who discloses or fails to disclose a confidential
communication... - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔...with a client in accordance with this subsection (2)(d) (A client
regardless of age) is not liable for damages in any civil action for disclosing or not disclosing the
communication. This subsection (2)(d)(III) does not rescind any statutory duty to warn and protect
specified in, and does not eliminate any potential civil liability for failure to comply with, section 13-21-
117.
,Subsection (2)(d) does not apply to...
hint: (2)(d) = disclosing information from a client, regardless of age. - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔...an education
record that, under FERPA, is exempt from the HIPAA privacy rule.
Subsection (2)(d) applies to covered entities, as defined in HIPAA as...
hint: (2)(d) = disclosing information from a client, regardless of age. - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔"Articulable and
significant threat" means a threat to the health or safety of a person that, based on the totality of the
circumstances, can be explained or articulated and that constitutes a threat of substantial bodily harm to
a person.
FERPA means... - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔the federal "Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974"
HIPPA means... - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔the federal "Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of
1996"
"School" means... - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔a public or private preschool; elementary, middle, junior high, or
high school; or institution of postsecondary education described in title 23, including the Auraria higher
education center created in article 70 of title 23.
The records and information produced and used in the review provided for in subsection (2)(c) of this
section...
hint: (2)(c) = A review of services of a licensee, registrant, or certificate holder is conducted -
✔✔ANSWER✔✔...do not become public records solely by virtue of the use of the records and
information. The identity of a client whose records are reviewed shall not be
disclosed to any person not directly involved in the review process, and procedures shall be adopted by a
board, hospital, association, or society to ensure that the identity of the client is concealed during the
review process itself and to comply with section 12-245-226 (4).
, Subsection (1) of disclosing confidential information does not apply to... - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔...any
delinquency or criminal proceeding, except as provided in section 13-90-107 regarding any delinquency
or criminal proceeding involving a licensed psychologist.
Mandatory disclosure requires ______________ number of the licensee, registrant, or certificate holder
in writing - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔the name, business address, and business phone
Mandatory disclosure requires ______________ requirements applicable to the particular level of
regulation in writing - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔an explanation of the levels of regulation applicable to mental
health professionals under this article 245 and the differences between licensure, registration, and
certification, including the educational, experience, and training
Mandatory disclosure requires ______________ the degree, credential, certification, registration, or
license in writing - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔a listing of any degrees, credentials, certifications, registrations, and
licenses held or completed by the licensee, registrant, or certificate holder, including the education,
experience, and training the licensee, registrant, or certificate holder was required to satisfy in order to
complete
Mandatory disclosure requires a statement ______________ in writing - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔indicating that
the practice of licensed or registered persons in the field of psychotherapy is regulated by the division,
and an address and telephone number for the board that regulates the licensee, registrant, or certificate
holder
Mandatory disclosure requires a statement in writing saying a client is entitled to receive information... -
✔✔ANSWER✔✔...about the methods of therapy, the techniques used, the duration of therapy, if known,
and the fee structure;
Mandatory disclosure requires a statement in writing saying the client may seek... - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔...a
second opinion from another therapist or may terminate therapy at any time;
Mandatory disclosure requires a statement in writing saying in a professional relationship... -
✔✔ANSWER✔✔...sexual intimacy is never appropriate and should be reported to the board that
licenses, registers, or certifies the licensee, registrant, or certificate holder
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS|ALREADY
GRADED A+|GUARANTEED TO PASS CONCEPTS
Disclosure of Confidential Information - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔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... - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔...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... -
✔✔ANSWER✔✔...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... - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔...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... - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔...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) - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔(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 - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔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. - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔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... - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔....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. - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔...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.
A licensee, registrant, or certificate holder who discloses or fails to disclose a confidential
communication... - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔...with a client in accordance with this subsection (2)(d) (A client
regardless of age) is not liable for damages in any civil action for disclosing or not disclosing the
communication. This subsection (2)(d)(III) does not rescind any statutory duty to warn and protect
specified in, and does not eliminate any potential civil liability for failure to comply with, section 13-21-
117.
,Subsection (2)(d) does not apply to...
hint: (2)(d) = disclosing information from a client, regardless of age. - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔...an education
record that, under FERPA, is exempt from the HIPAA privacy rule.
Subsection (2)(d) applies to covered entities, as defined in HIPAA as...
hint: (2)(d) = disclosing information from a client, regardless of age. - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔"Articulable and
significant threat" means a threat to the health or safety of a person that, based on the totality of the
circumstances, can be explained or articulated and that constitutes a threat of substantial bodily harm to
a person.
FERPA means... - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔the federal "Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974"
HIPPA means... - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔the federal "Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of
1996"
"School" means... - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔a public or private preschool; elementary, middle, junior high, or
high school; or institution of postsecondary education described in title 23, including the Auraria higher
education center created in article 70 of title 23.
The records and information produced and used in the review provided for in subsection (2)(c) of this
section...
hint: (2)(c) = A review of services of a licensee, registrant, or certificate holder is conducted -
✔✔ANSWER✔✔...do not become public records solely by virtue of the use of the records and
information. The identity of a client whose records are reviewed shall not be
disclosed to any person not directly involved in the review process, and procedures shall be adopted by a
board, hospital, association, or society to ensure that the identity of the client is concealed during the
review process itself and to comply with section 12-245-226 (4).
, Subsection (1) of disclosing confidential information does not apply to... - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔...any
delinquency or criminal proceeding, except as provided in section 13-90-107 regarding any delinquency
or criminal proceeding involving a licensed psychologist.
Mandatory disclosure requires ______________ number of the licensee, registrant, or certificate holder
in writing - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔the name, business address, and business phone
Mandatory disclosure requires ______________ requirements applicable to the particular level of
regulation in writing - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔an explanation of the levels of regulation applicable to mental
health professionals under this article 245 and the differences between licensure, registration, and
certification, including the educational, experience, and training
Mandatory disclosure requires ______________ the degree, credential, certification, registration, or
license in writing - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔a listing of any degrees, credentials, certifications, registrations, and
licenses held or completed by the licensee, registrant, or certificate holder, including the education,
experience, and training the licensee, registrant, or certificate holder was required to satisfy in order to
complete
Mandatory disclosure requires a statement ______________ in writing - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔indicating that
the practice of licensed or registered persons in the field of psychotherapy is regulated by the division,
and an address and telephone number for the board that regulates the licensee, registrant, or certificate
holder
Mandatory disclosure requires a statement in writing saying a client is entitled to receive information... -
✔✔ANSWER✔✔...about the methods of therapy, the techniques used, the duration of therapy, if known,
and the fee structure;
Mandatory disclosure requires a statement in writing saying the client may seek... - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔...a
second opinion from another therapist or may terminate therapy at any time;
Mandatory disclosure requires a statement in writing saying in a professional relationship... -
✔✔ANSWER✔✔...sexual intimacy is never appropriate and should be reported to the board that
licenses, registers, or certifies the licensee, registrant, or certificate holder
