Legal and regulatory compliance

Psychologists are required to comply with numerous laws and regulations related to various aspects of their practice. Further, there are legal issues not directly related to health care services delivery that also affect practitioners. This section addresses many such legal matters.

• Key areas of mandatory reporting relevant to psychologists

• Transition to ICD-10-CM: What does it mean for psychologists?
• A matter of law: Prompt pay laws
• A matter of law: Managed care record audits

• Understanding licensing board disciplinary procedures (CAPP/BPA 2003)

• Detailed or lean therapy records?
• APA record keeping guidelines
• HIPAA special issue—Good Practice Winter 07 “Practitioners: Take note” (PDF, 203KB)opens in new window
• A matter of law: Patient record keeping, part 1
• A matter of law: Patient record keeping, part 2

• Iowa Supreme Court creates precedent on access to children’s records
• A matter of law: Privacy rights of minor patients

• Providing information in a patient’s lawsuit: FAQs on subpoenas and depositions
• How to deal with a subpoena: Pointers for psychologists (PDF, 572KB)opens in new window
  Good Practice, Fall 2008 issue