Legal Issues and Psychology
Code of Conduct Principles
Standards 1-5
Standards 6-10
Competences and the Licensure Process
100
This act provides specific instructions for preserving and protecting health care information including mental health service data.
What is HIPPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act)?
100
Psychologists do not steal, cheat, or engage in fraud, subterfuge, or intentional misrepresentation of fact. This falls under this section of the guidelines.
What is Principle C: Integrity?
100
Is the acceptance of goods, services, or other nonmonetary remuneration from clients/patients in return for psychological services.
What is bartering?
100
Ida wants to start a therapy group for her clients with anxiety. What does she need to do before the group starts to make sure she does to adhere to the Ethics Code?
What is discuss the limits of confidentiality and expectations outside of the group with group members?
100
The test that is required by state and provincial boards in their evaluation of the qualifications of applicants for licensure and certification.
What is The Examination for Professional Practice in Psychology (EPPP)?
200
All professional practice by any psychologist working within any sub-discipline of psychology (e.g., clinical, developmental, social, cognitive) when applying the scientific, technical, or specialized knowledge of psychology to the law to assist in addressing legal, contractual, and administrative matters.
What is Forensic Psychology?
200
Psychologist are aware of their professional and scientific responsibilities to society and to the specific communities in which they work and to the trust clients and society give them. This falls under this section of the guidelines.
What is Principle B: Fidelity and Responsibility?
200
A type of relationship that exists when an individual simultaneously or sequentially participates in two role categories.
What is dual relationship?
200
Under these situations psychologist may withhold medical records.
What is 1) parents who have not paid for psychological assessment of their child requesting records for special education services 2) treatments that are not an emergency?
200
The number of training hours required to become a licensed psychologist in Ohio.
What is 1800 hours?
300
The psychologist (or other professional) that is traditionally paid for by one party during a court preceding that provides unbiased opinions within their experience, field and knowledge of the case at hand.
What is Expert Witness?
300
Psychologists recognize that fairness and justice entitle all persons to access to and benefit from the contributions of psychology and to equal quality in the processes, procedures, and services being conducted by psychologists. This falls under this section of the guidelines.
What is Principle D: Justice?
300
Not misinforming others by what you say or do not say concerning: your education, academic degree, credentials, affiliations, services, cost of services, or publications.
What is avoidance of false or deceptive statements?
300
Raw and scaled scores, client/patient responses to test questions or stimuli, and psychologists' notes and recordings concerning client/patient statements and behavior during an examination.
What is test data?
300
Psychologists provide services, teach, and conduct research with populations and in areas only within their education, training, supervised experience, consultation, study, or professional experience.
What is boundaries of competence?
400
This is granted by the state, applies to the judicial or court system only, and must be claimed by the client.
What is Privilege?
400
Psychologists’ scientific and professional judgments and actions may affect the lives of others, they are alert to and guard against personal, financial, social, organizational, or political factors that might lead to misuse of their influence. This falls under this section of the guidelines.
What is Principle A: Beneficence and Nonmaleficence?
400
Duty to protect laws have been adopted because of this case.
What is the Tarasoff Case?
400
Length records need to be maintained for adults?
What is 7 years after the last date of service delivery?
400
Behavior that is sexual in nature, that occurs in connection with the psychologist’s activities or roles as a psychologist, and that is unwelcome, is offensive, or creates a hostile workplace or educational environment.
What is sexual harassment?
500
Issued by an attorney instructing the psychologist to provide documents or appear for oral testimony.
What is subpoena?
500
Psychologists are aware of and respect cultural, individual, and role differences, including those based on age, gender, gender identity, race, ethnicity, culture, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability, language, and socioeconomic status, and consider these factors when working with members of such groups. This falls under this section of the guidelines.
What is Principle E: Respect for People’s Rights and Dignity?
500
Organizations you can go to for ethical advice.
What is APA, state psychological association, state psychology ethics board?
500
This must be presented to and signed by a client or subject before doing an interview or assessment.
What is informed consent?
500
A psychologist who is in a professional role with a person and at the same time is in another role with the same person.
What is a multiple relationship?
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