Telehealth: Legally and Ethically Practice Across State Lines & International Borders
Faculty: Marlene M. Maheu, PhD
Many federal and state changes are underfoot to make interjurisdictional practice a permanent reality. Still, only a handful will survive the political cauldron to impact your ability to work over state lines permanently. This exciting training activity will give you an update so you will know what to expect and where to go to stay informed.
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Professional Development Activity Description
The US Public Health Emergency has created a pivotal decision point for practitioners seeking to develop telehealth across state lines. Many laws have recently changed, leaving most practitioners at a loss for how to practice legally and ethically. This Telehealth.org professional development activity will provide you with 2023 updated resources and in-depth answers to your questions about practicing telehealth, teletherapy, and telemedicine across state lines, counseling telehealth across state lines, social work therapy across state lines, and other forms of telehealth interjurisdictional practice. It will give detailed legal and ethical information relevant to physicians, nurses, psychologists, social workers, counselors, marriage and family therapists, and speech and language therapists.
Specific Topics: Practicing Telehealth Across State Lines
This learning activity will provide succinct answers to the following telehealth questions - and more.
- The relevant legal and ethical codes related to practicing therapy across state lines.
- Solutions for many of the common challenges faced by providers who apply for and juggle licenses in multiple states.
- How to systematically build a manageable resource network.
- How to keep current with various state laws, continuing education requirements, and their documentation.
- How to think about billing for services delivered over state lines or in multiple states for the same client or patient.
- Questions to ask your malpractice carrier about your policy’s coverage when practicing across state lines and internationally.
- Where to go and what to say when seeking information about practicing in foreign countries.
- How to think about legal and ethical interjurisdictional issues if your supervisee's profession differs from yours.
- Case-based examples spark group discussion of how to address the many nuances of dealing with legal, ethical, and clinical issues.
- Where can you go for FREE, up-to-date telehealth interjurisdictional practice information, including telehealth "model compacts" for your profession?
This highly interactive program is designed to include the audience in a discussion to help you understand your next steps quickly and efficiently. Whether you want to practice counseling telehealth across state lines, social work counseling across state lines, psychology across state lines, or any form of telemedicine across state lines, this intensive, exciting Telehealth.org professional development activity will give you the most up-to-date, essential, actionable information. Join us – we guarantee that you'll be glad you did!
Learning Objectives
- Explain what’s happening with the US Public Health Emergency and how that can impact your ability to work over state lines.
- List at least one way your malpractice coverage can automatically be nullified, despite your carrier’s claims that you are “covered” for online practice.
- Outline the 2-step process for legally and ethically practicing over state lines and international borders.
When & How
| CME or CE: | Credit hours 1.5 |
| Duration: | Approximately 1.5 hours to complete. |
| Format: | Online Activity. Online readings, illustrative media, automatically graded post-test. All material for Telehealth.org training is provided at no extra cost, and is accessible through your computer or digital device. Available 24/7 as on-demand training (asynchronous). |
| When: | Available 24/7 to review anytime for 6 months from registration date. |
| Where: | 100% Online |
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Audience
This program is for beginning and intermediate-level “telepractitioners” and “telesupervisors” wishing to deliver telemental health services in these disciplines:
- Psychiatrists, Internists, Pediatricians, Gerontologists, Nurses, Physician Assistants, Nurse Practitioners
- Psychologists, Counselors, Social Workers, Therapists, Marriage & Family Therapists
- Speech Pathologists, Dietitians, Occupational Therapists, Behavioral Analysts, Substance Use Professionals
- CEOs, COOs, Administrators, Billing & Coding Staff
Faculty
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Dr. Marlene Maheu has been a pioneer in telemental health for almost three decades. With five textbooks, dozens of book chapters, and journal articles to her name and educated more than 66k clinicians from 109 countries, she is in a unique position to guide you or your organization in finding a maximally profitable niche in telehealth. She is the Founder and CEO of Telehealth.org. She is the CEO of the Coalition for Technology in Behavioral Science (CTiBS), and the Founder of the Journal for Technology in Behavioral Science.
She has assisted in writing standards and guidelines for national associations and was the Chair of the CTiBS Competency Committee that published the first telebehavioral health competency framework. She has been interviewed by dozens of leading newspapers and magazines, keynoted, and taught hundreds of telehealth-related workshops internationally. Dr. Maheu is a master at getting to the point and answering your questions with straightforward, actionable, evidence-based suggestions that quickly move you to your goal. She will delight you with her clinical acumen and make you smile at how simple many solutions can be when explained by a professional with decades of passionate telehealth training experience. Bring your notepad — you’ll leave with pages of practical to-do’s! |
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CME & CE Accreditations & Approvals
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Addiction
The Association For Addiction Professionals (NAADAC)
The Association For Addiction Professionals (NAADAC)Telehealth.org is officially on file with NAADAC, The Association For Addiction Professionals (NAADAC) as an approved education provider. Telehealth.org has been approved as a NAADAC approved education provider. NAADAC provider #159459, Telehealth.org is responsible for all aspects of their programming.
Counseling
National Board For Certified Counselors (NBCC)
National Board For Certified Counselors (NBCC)Telehealth.org has been approved by National Board For Certified Counselors (NBCC) as an approved Continuing Education Provider. ACEP No. 6708. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Telehealth.org is solely responsible for all aspects of the program.
New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Counseler (NY MHC)
New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Counseler (NY MHC)Telehealth.org is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors. #MHC-0237.
Medicine
Physicians, Nurses, Nurse Practitioners & Physician’s Assistants
Physicians, Nurses, Nurse Practitioners & Physician’s AssistantsPurpose: NJAOPS is dedicated to reminding and enhancing physicians’ knowledge to manage the changing needs of the healthcare system. These evidence-based educational lectures are structured to augment physician expertise with current guidelines, materials, and recommendations, as well as up-to-date advances in medical treatment on specific topics. Accreditation: New Jersey Association of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons is accredited by the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) to provide osteopathic continuing education for DO Physicians. NJAOPS designates these educational activities for category 1-A credits and will report CME and specialty credits commensurate with the extent of the physician’s participation in this activity.
Physician (AMA) accreditation statement: NJAOPS Is accredited by the Medical Society of New Jersey to provide Continuing Medical Education for physicians. NJAOPS designates live or online activity for AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Health Professionals: participants may claim hours to receive a Certificate of Participation for an activity designated for AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Method of Participation: for successful completion of activity and subsequent awarding of credits, individuals are required to participate in the entire activity and complete an attestation form, as well as an activity evaluation form. Send questions: contact@telehealth.org.
Marriage and Family Therapy
New York State Education Department’s State Board for Marriage & Family Therapist (NY MFT)
New York State Education Department’s State Board for Marriage & Family Therapist (NY MFT)Telehealth.org is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed marriage and family therapists #MFT-0104.
Other States. Many states do not require pre-approval of continuing education offerings for MFTs. Many states also accept courses that are offered by providers who have formally been approved by ACCME (physicians) APA (psychologists), ASWB (social workers) and NBCC (counselors), such as Telehealth.org. Please send the URL to this page to our licensing Board to ask if they will approve our course(s) to meet your requirements. Write to us if you need our help.
Psychology
American Psychological Association (APA)
American Psychological Association (APA)Telehealth.org is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor Continuing Education for psychologists. Telehealth.org maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
New York State Education Department’s State Board for Licensed Psychologists (NY PSY)
New York State Education Department’s State Board for Licensed Psychologists (NY PSY)Telehealth.org is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists #PSY-0193.
Social Work
Association Of Social Work Boards (ASWB)
Association Of Social Work Boards (ASWB)Telehealth.org, Provider #1328, is approved as a provider for social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) www.aswb.org, through the Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Telehealth.org maintains responsibility for the program. ASWB approval period: 11/18/2022 – 11/18/2025. Social workers should contact their regulatory board to determine course approval for continuing education credits. Please note that ASWB does not award CE hours for training related to marketing.
Canadian Social Workers
Canadian Social WorkersSocial workers registered in Canadian provinces may accept activities approved by ASWB for ongoing professional development. Please check with your college or Board and send them to this webpage along with the course description of the course(s) you are considering. Ask for a review to determine if our training is acceptable for your registration.
New York State Education Department’s State Board For Social Work (NY SWB)
New York State Education Department’s State Board For Social Work (NY SWB)Telehealth.org, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of Continuing Education for Licensed Social Workers #SW-0752.
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