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Ethical and Legal Issues in Substance Abuse Counseling
9:30 am - 12:30 pm ET
Live Interactive Online Webinar
$60.00

This interactive webinar focuses on the major elements of legal issues surrounding counselors in working with patients who have substance use disorders. In this webinar, participants will learn about the different areas of legal concern for today’s counselors working with clients who have both mental health and substance use issues. Legal areas include scope of clinical practice regarding supervision (including 2019 changes and proposed rule changes), ADC telehealth and telemedicine regulations (proposed in 2021), and NJ Uniform Enforcement Act changes (including 2021 changes). Other recent changes to include the required 3 hours of Legal Standards training include regulation/statute changes in ADC continuing education (3 hours of Legal Standards) and statutory requirements of 1 hour of opioid training (for those dually licensed professionals).

*This webinar does not meet the prescription opioid requirement for social work.
*This webinar does not qualify for NBCC clock hours in ethics for Licensed Professional Counselors.

To earn CE credit, social workers must log in at the scheduled time, attend the entire course, and complete an online course evaluation. Certificates of completion will be emailed within 10 business days of course completion.
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3.0 Ethics
Objectives

At the conclusion of this webinar, participants will be able to:
1. Differentiate the major elements necessary to be a qualified supervisor according to the NJ LCADC/CADC licensure regulations.
2. Identify at least 3 of the telehealth/telemedicine NJ LCADC/CADC regulatory categories.
3. List at least 3 of the NJ Uniform Enforcement Act Duty to Report components.
4. Explain which websites are necessary to keep up on licensure regulations changes in NJ.
 

Outline

9:30 am Welcome/Introduction

9:35 am Clinical Supervision Regulations

  • Licensure statutes vs. regulations 

  • ADC Clinical Supervision Regulation (updated changes from 2019) 

  • Comparison to other licensure 

  • Clinical supervision standards 

  • Discussion of cross licensure differences in the regulations

  • Small Group Exercise 

9:45 am Malpractice<

  • What is needed to prove malpractice

  • How to reduce legal liability

10:00 am  Workplace Harassment

  • Definition of Workplace Harassment

  • Definition of Sexual Harassment

  • NJ ADC Division of Consumer Affairs harassment and sexual harassment standards

  • Different licensures standards and group ethical standards and how they handle dual relationships with clients

  • Issues and Responses Necessary in a Workplace Harassment Scenario

10:45 am  New ADC Telehealth/Telemedicine Rule

  • Overview of the ADC Telehealth/Telemedicine rule proposal and eventual adoption timeline

  • Specific covering Telehealth regulation 13:34C-7.3 Standard of care 

  • Specific covering Telehealth regulation 13:34C-7.7 Prevention of fraud and abuse 

11:30 am  NJ Clinical Supervision Changes in the Substance Use Field

  • Other Disciplines Clinical Supervision Standards (LCADC, LCSW, LMFT) 

  • NJ DCA Substance Use Licensure Regulations <li>Definition of Supervision 

  • NJ DCA Substance Use Licensure Regulations <li>Recent Rule Adoption and Rule Proposal 

  • NJ DCA CADC Supervision Licensure Regulations

  • NJ DCA Counselor Intern and Credentialed Intern Supervision Licensure Regulations

12:20 pm Conclusion, Q&A
 

 

Level
Beginner - Advanced
Audience
Social Workers and Allied Health Professionals