Exam 12: Professional Codes of Ethics and the Law

_________ law is the body of law defining offenses against the community at large, regulating how suspects are investigated, charged, and tried, and establishing punishments for offenders.

Researchers have found that slightly more than ___% of child abuse reports are completed by mandated reporters and the remainder are completed by neighbors and family members.

The Texas court decision _______ v.Zezulka found that state law does not support disclosure to a third party in a case of identified threat from a client.

There are almost 2 million reports of ____abuse made in the United States each year.

Duty to warn and the laws and court decisions associated with it fit into the hermeneutic model under review of local, state, and federal laws.

The three essential elements of duty to warn include all but which:

There are two major types of laws that potentially affect counselors:

Legally one cannot charge someone with a crime if no law exists even if the act is one that harms others and may appear to require punishment.

Compare and contrast criminal and civil law.

A criminal act with which mental health professionals have been charged is sex with minors.

This is commonly associated with the relationship between lawyers and clients, clergy and parishioners, and doctors and patients.

What guidelines does the ACA Code of Ethics provide regarding working with clients who have HIV/AIDS?

Alhazo et al. (2011) discussed how counselors may consider applying duty to warn to a situation involving an identified partner of a client who is infected with _____ and who has not informed his or her partner of the disease.

A crime may be understood as an obligation to society and generally involves an overt act or behavior causing harm to person, property, and so forth.

Frequently duty to warn is associated with the California case that was the result of events occurring in _____.

Bragg (2009) cited the specific goals of _____, which are to promote access to health insurance; cut fraud, abuse, and waste; and increase the efficiency of health care.

Describe FERPA and discuss why it is important for counselors.

________is primarily focused on protecting the privacy of student records.

It is estimated that mental health professionals submit ______ of dollars in fraudulent billing each year.

______ was passed by Congress in 1996 with the initial intention of reducing health care costs.