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Every year disciplinary actions are levied by professional boards against licensed behavioral health providers due to actions by practitioners that could have easily been avoided.  These administrative complaints were preventable through the simple adherence to the laws and rules of the respective licensing state. This advanced level course reviews the Florida Statutes and Administrative Codes as they relate to the Practice of Mental Health and Psychotherapy in the State of Florida.  This three-hour course is designed to satisfy the requirements for Florida Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapist, and Mental Health Counselors.

Please review the course materials prior to purchasing the course. Often, individuals will print a copy of the course worksheet to complete while they read the course text. Once you are ready to complete the course, please enroll in the course and complete the course requirements, including the course post-test and course survey. You will receive your certificate automatically for printing or downloading after achieving an 80% or higher on the post-test and completing the course survey. 

Florida Laws and Rules Course 2022 Text.pdf

FL Laws and Rules Refresher Course 2022 Worksheet.pdf

Course Author:  Bryan Glazier, PhD, LMFT, LMHC 

Course Time/Location:  Course Hours, (Anytime: web-based home study)

Course Text: Florida Laws and Rules Refresher 2022

Learning Objectives:

Through the completion of this course, learners will gain awareness and understanding of Florida Laws and Rules and how they apply to Professional Psychotherapy in the State of Florida:

At the completion of this course, participants should achieve the ability to:

1. Review Florida Standards of Practice for licensed providers.
2. Examine regulations related to marketing and advertising. 
3. Outline the concept of Confidentiality and its limits.
4. Survey the role, responsibility, and ownership of Client Records.
5. Explore the regulations for Supervision and qualifications of a qualified supervisor.
6. Assess the dynamics of Professional Relationships.
7. Define what constitutes Sexual Misconduct.
8. Review Teletherapy and Applicable Laws and Rules
9. Develop an awareness of potential disciplinary actions by the Florida Board.

Course Syllabus:

1. Standards of Practice
   1. Qualification for Practicing Hypnosis
   2. Qualification for Practicing Sex Therapy
   3. Requirements for Evaluations of Minors related to Custody/Visitation
   4. Requirements to Practice Juvenile Sex Offender Therapy
   5. Requirements to Complete Risk Assessments and Treatment of Sexual Offenders
   6.  
2. Marketing and Advertising
   1. Display of Professional License
   2. Use of Professional Title on Promotion Material
3. Confidentiality
   1. Confidentiality
   2. Limits of Confidentiality
4. Client Records
   1. Requirements for Client Records
   2. Definition of what a client record is
5. Supervision
   1. Intern Registration Requirements
   2. Definition of Supervision
   3. Length of Supervision
   4. Conflict of Interest in Supervision
6. Professional Relationships
   1. Dual relationships
   2. Establishment of psychotherapist-client relationship
7. Sexual Misconduct
   1. Definition of Sexual Misconduct
8. Teletherapy
   1. Defining Telehealth
   2. Defining Teletherapy
   3. Risks of Teletherapy
   4. Ethics of Teletherapy
   5. Teletherapy and Florida Laws
9. Discipline
   1. Review of minimum and maximum disciplinary actions that could be administered.