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The course: Telehealth: How to Practice Across State Lines for Mental Health Professionals by Joni Gilbertson

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Telehealth services provide your clients with a lifeline during times like this.

But Practicing Across State Lines is one legal issue that stands-out as particularly confusing and concerning to many mental health professionals.

This one hour program will give you what you need to legally provide telehealth services across state lines and protect your license!

Joni Gilbertson is a Board Certified Telemental Health Provider with over a decade of experience providing telehealth services across state lines.

Join her as she gives you the guidance you need and answers your biggest questions!

In this one-hour recording, you’ll learn:

• How to protect yourself from legal and ethical pitfalls when practicing across state lines
• Interjurisdictional state laws and guidelines relevant to you
• HIPAA requirements you need to be aware of
• How to stay up to date with changing laws

1. Evaluate common legal issues concerning practicing across state boundaries.
2. Assess additional resources and ways to stay current on interjurisdictional laws and guidelines.
3. Determine what HIPAA requires for handling emergencies using telehealth and appropriate documentation and the updates due to the Coronavirus.

• How to Use Electronic Technology to Provide Mental Health Services Remotely
• Modalities: Live Video, Store-and-Forward, Remote Patient Monitoring, Email, Phone, Text
• Legal and Ethical Licensure Requirements for Interjurisdictional practice
  • How to locate interjurisdictional state laws and guidelines
  • HIPAA requirements
  • Common Legal and Ethical Issues
  • Considerations when preparing to apply for another state license.
  • How to stay current with changing laws
  • Additional Resources