The Florida Clinician’s Survival Guide to Laws & Rules: Because "I Didn't Know" Isn't a Great Defense (8 Hour Laws and Rules)

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Description: Florida laws and Board rules change, technology evolves, and the situations clinicians encounter become increasingly complex. This interactive eight-hour workshop serves as your roadmap through Florida’s legal landscape, combining current statutes, administrative rules, recent legislative updates, Board interpretations, and practical clinical application. Using realistic case studies, audience participation, and discussions of actual disciplinary trends, participants will leave with greater confidence in making legally defensible clinical decisions while avoiding common—and sometimes surprisingly expensive—mistakes.

This event is sponsored by FMHCA, an NBCC-Approved Continuing Education Provider. FMHCA NBCC Provider# 2058. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified.  FMHCA is solely responsible for all aspects of the program. This course is approved by the Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling, LMHC, LMFT, LCSW – FMHCA CE Broker #: 50-748

Learning Objectives:

•  Apply Florida laws and rules to clinical case scenarios involving confidentiality, documentation, informed consent, supervision, telehealth, mandated reporting, licensure requirements, and professional boundaries.
• Analyze disciplinary cases and recent legislative and regulatory changes to identify legal and ethical risks and implement strategies that reduce the likelihood of Board complaints.
• Implement decision-making strategies designed to improve adherence to prevailing standards of practice.

About the Presenter: 

Dr. Aaron Norton is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor and Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with certifications in addictions, alcohol and drug counseling, rehabilitation counseling, clinical mental health counseling, trauma treatment, forensic mental health evaluation, forensic behavioral analysis, and forensic psychometry. He serves as assistant professor at the University of South Florida’s Counselor Education program, International Counseling Task Force co-chair for the American Mental Health Counselors Association, chair of the Government Relations Committee for the Florida Mental Health Counselors Association, and executive director of the National Board of Forensic Evaluators. His research interests include the intersection of counseling and technology and the role of bias in clinical practice. He co-authored the forensic evaluation section of the “AMHCA Standards for the Practice of Clinical Mental Health Counseling,” authored the proposal for AMHCA’s Clinical Mental Health Specialist in Forensic Evaluation (CMHS-FE) credential, served on the expert panel that created the standards and written exam for the Florida Certification Board’s Certified Telehealth Practitioner (CTP) credential, and has been published in several peer-reviewed journals and professional magazines. He has 25 years of experience as a psychotherapist and clinical supervisor.

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