Michael H. Flynn – Texas Mental Health & The Law

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Faculty:
Flynn, Michael H.
Duration:
6 hours and 1 minute
Format:
Video and audio
Copyright:
Jul 10, 2020
Description

As a mental health practitioner, you must not only deal with significant clinical issues with your clients, but you must also keep up with seemingly ever-changing regulations and procedures. It is critical to stay current in order to safeguard your clients and yourself. This comprehensive recording will provide you with an understanding of confidentiality, risk management, recent legislation and trends in Texas mental health law, guardianship, commitment, practical legal options – and more – to help you stay on top of issues that arise in everyday clinical situations.

Handouts

Texas Mental Health & The Law Manual (2.1 MB) 84 Pages Available After Purchase

6 Pages Extra Handout (65.5 KB) Available After Purchase
Outline

Considerations for Legal and Professional Practice Entities

Starting and running your practice like a company
Entities and their properties
Using your selected entity
Forms for your office
Important linguistic differences
Formal provisions that should be included
Agencies, group practices, and the professional ties you maintain with them
Other factors to consider

Legal and Ethical Issues for Mental Health Professionals

Legal processes and the operation of the legal system
Licensing board actions versus negligence
Managing a licensing board complaint
Your best defense is liability insurance.
Keeping your assets safe

Your Client’s Privilege and Constitutional Privacy

What and how are protected records?
What to do about record requests and subpoenas
Child and elder abuse, as well as reporting
The obligation to warn

Mental Health Practice in the Twenty-First Century: Technology

Telehealth and distance therapy
Your office’s security and privacy
The internet’s security and privacy
Faculty
Dr. Michael H. Flynn, JD

After more than 25 years of solo practice as a clinical psychologist, Michael H. Flynn, J.D., Ph.D., got licensed as an attorney in 2008. Dr. Flynn has conducted over a thousand psychological evaluations and provided expert testimony for litigants, defendants, and agencies in matters of disputed custody, criminal defense and competency, personal injury, employment disputes, and testamentary capacity since the mid-1980s, in addition to general practice as a psychologist working with adults and couples. Dr. Flynn attended law school in 2005 in order to widen his practice. In 2008, he was admitted to the Texas State Bar.

Dr. Flynn has stopped providing psychological services and has limited his professional activities to the practice of law, assisting mental health professionals across the state of Texas with a variety of legal matters such as answering licensing board complaints, responding to subpoenas and depositions, handling business issues, and a variety of legal concerns specific to mental health practice. Dr. Flynn also defends clients in family court proceedings and conducts mental health and legal seminars around the state.

Dr. Flynn earned a Bachelor of Science in psychology from Middle Tennessee State University in 1970, a Master of Science and a Doctorate in Clinical Psychology from the University of North Texas in 1980, and a Juris Doctorate from Texas Wesleyan University School of Law (now Texas A & M Law School) in 2007. He has taught abnormal psychology, human development, and personality theory at Texas Woman’s University, The University of North Texas, and Holy Family College in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Since 2009, he has lectured on risk management and mental health legislation in Texas and the United States. More information is available on Dr. Flynn’s website, michaelflynnjdphd.com.

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