Colorado Mental Health Jurisprudence Exam Study online at https://quizlet.com/_9byiyx 1. Disclosure of Confidential Information A licensee, registrant, or certificate holder shall not disclose, without the consent of the client, any confidential communications made by the client, or advice given to the client, in the course of professional employment. A licensee's, registrant's, or certificate holder's employee or associate, whether clerical or professional, shall not disclose any knowledge of the communications acquired in that capacity. Any person who has participated in any therapy conducted under the supervision of a licensee, registrant, or certificate holder, including group therapy sessions, shall not disclose any knowledge gained during the course of the therapy without the consent of the person to whom the knowledge relates. 2. A person may disclose confidential information when a client or the heirs, executors, or administrators of a client... ...file suit or a complaint against a licensee, registrant, or certificate holder on any cause of action arising out of or connected with the care or treatment of the client by the licensee, registrant, or certificate holder 3. A person may disclose confidential information when a licensee, registrant, or certificate holder... ...was in consultation with a physician, registered professional nurse, licensee, registrant, or certificate holder against whom a suit or complaint was filed based on the case out of which the suit or complaint arises 4. A person may disclose confidential information when... ...a review of services of a licensee, registrant, or certificate holder 5. A review of services can be determined by a board or a person or group... ...authorized by the board to make an investigation on its behalf 6. A review of services can be determined by ________________(1) (1) The governing board of a hospital licensed pursuant to part 1 of article 3 of title 25; (2) of the hospital if the medical staff operates pursuant to 1 / 8 Colorado Mental Health Jurisprudence Exam Study online at https://quizlet.com/_9byiyx where the licensee, registrant, or certificate holder practices or the medical staff ____________________(2) written bylaws approved by the governing board of the hospital 7. A review of services can be determined by __________________ if the person has signed a release authorizing the review A professional review committee established pursuant to section 12-245-212 (1) 8. A person may disclose confidential information when _________________ a school or the occupants of a school. A client, regardless of age, makes an articulable and significant threat against 9. A person may disclose confidential information when a client, regardless of age, exhibits behaviors that, in the reasonable judgment of the licensee, registrant, or certificate holder... ....create an articulable and significant threat to the health or safety of students, teachers, administrators, or other school personnel. 10. A licensee, registrant, or certificate holder who discloses information under this subsection (2)(d)... hint: (2)(d) = disclosing information from a client, regardless of age. ...shall limit the disclosure to appropriate school or school district personnel and law enforcement agencies. School or school district personnel to whom the information is disclosed shall maintain confidentiality of the disclosed information, regardless of whether the information constitutes an education record subject to FERPA, consistent with the requirements of FERPA and regulations and applicable guidelines adopted under FERPA, but may disclose information in accordance with section 1232g 2 / 8 Colorado Mental Health Jurisprudence Exam Study online at https://quizlet.com/_9byiyx (b)(1) of FERPA and 34 CFR 99.36 if necessary to protect the health or safety of students or other persons. 11. A licensee, registrant, or certificate holder who discloses or fails to disclose a confidential communication... ...with a client in accordance with this subsection (2)(d) (A client regardless of age) is not liable for damages in any civil action for disclosing or not disclosing the communication. This subsection (2)(d)(III) does not rescind any statutory duty to warn and protect specified in, and does not eliminate any potential civil liability for failure to comply with, section 13-21-117. 12. Subsection (2)(d) does not apply to... hint: (2)(d) = disclosing information from a client, regardless of age. ...an education record that, under FERPA, is exempt from the HIPAA privacy rule. 13. Subsection (2)(d) applies to covered entities, as defined in HIPAA as... hint: (2)(d) = disclosing information from a client, regardless of age. "Articulable and significant threat" means a threat to the health or safety of a person that, based on the totality of the circumstances, can be explained or articulated and that constitutes a threat of substantial bodily harm to a person. 14. FERPA means... the federal "Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974" 15. HIPPA means... the federal "Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996" 16. "School" means... a public or private preschool; elementary, middle, junior high, or high school; or institution of postsecondary education described in title 23, including the Auraria higher education center created in article 70 of title 23.