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• It’s Just a Piece of Paper: Law & Ethics (Part 1)

  • When
    Friday, May 23, 2025
  •  
    9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
  • Location
    Online
  • Spaces left
    79

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  PRESENTER: David Jensen, JD

  Course meets the qualifications for 3 hours of continuing education credit for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs and/or LEPs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences.  Registrants must attend the full 3 hours to receive CEs..

  It’s Just a Piece of Paper: Law & Ethics Part 1

  This course is designed to help therapists understand some important legal principles pertaining to their profession and to apply them in their practices.

  Although the paper a subpoena is printed on is light, a subpoena is a “heavy” document because of the legal responsibilities embedded within it. These responsibilities affect the lawyers who issue them, the courts that enforce them and the therapists subject to them. In this three hour law and ethics presentation, attorney Dave Jensen, a long time friend of the Inland Empire Chapter of CAMFT, will review California’s laws regarding the issuing and serving of subpoenas; the creation and destruction of the psychotherapist-patient privilege; and, what to do in a response to a subpoena, especially one for deposition testimony. Attorney Jensen is optimistic that after taking this class, you will actually look forward to being served a subpoena, but maybe not. At least you will know who to call to discuss it.

  
  

  Topics to be included:

  9:00 – 9:15                       Introduction

  9:15 – 9:45                       The Vilches Case and Withholding Information from Parents

  9:45 – 10:30                    Types of Subpoenas & Laws Regarding Subpoenas

  10:30 – 11:00                  Personal Service of Subpoenas

  11:00 – 12:00                  Protective Orders and Motions to Compel

   

  OBJECTIVES:

  After the presentation the audience will be able to:

  1) Identify how the psychotherapist-patient privilege is different from the physician-patient privilege.
  2) Will be able assert the psychotherapist-patient privilege and understand the ramifications thereof.
  3)Will be able to describe the parameters of the patient-litigant exception to the psychotherapist-patient privilege.

  Citations:

  California Evidence Code §§ 910, 911, 912, 914, 915, 917, 1010, 1014, 1015, and 1016; California Health & Safety Code § 123115; California Code of Civil Procedure §§ 2020, 2023, and 2025.310; Vilches v. Leao (2024) 93 Cal.App.5^th 1335; La Bella v. Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc. (1977) 72 Cal.App. 3d 499; Manela v. Sup. Ct. (2009) 177 Cal.App.4^th 1139; Farrell v Sup Ct. (1988) 203 Cal.App.3d 521; Grosslight v. Sup Ct. (1977) 72 Cal.App.3d 502; In re Mark (2001) 94 Cal.App.4^th 573; Feldman v. Allstate Insurance Co. (2003) 322 F3d 660; Calvert v. State Bar (1991) 4 Cal.3d 765; Roberts v. Sup. Ct (1973) 9. Cal.3d 330; In re Fred (1979) 80 Cal.App3d 168; Holmes v Petrovitch (2011) 191 Cal.App.3d 1047; Broderick (1991) 231 Cal.App.3d 84; Julrik Productions, Inc. v. Chester (1974) 38 Cal.App.3d 807; Littlefield Mitchell v. Sup. Ct. (1982) 136 Cal.App.3d 477; San Diego Trolley, Inc. v. Sup. Ct. (2001) 87 Cal.App.4^th 1083; In re Joseph Lifschutz (1970) 2 Cal.3d 415
  

  ABOUT THE PRESENTER:

  David G. Jensen is an associate in the litigation and psychology practice sections and he is based in the San Diego Callahan, Thompson, Sherman, & Caudill office.

  He was born in Flint, Michigan and remains an ardent Detroit Tigers fan. He earned his Bachelor of Arts in History from Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, and his Juris Doctor degree from Thomas Jefferson School of Law in San Diego, California. He also holds a Master’s of Liberal Studies degree from Fort Hays State University in Hays, Kansas.

  He has 20 years of experience in the area of mental health law and worked for CAMFT for 16 years. He admires psychotherapists and the work they do, and feels that it's a privilege to get to support them in their endeavors.  
  

  
  

  
  

  Inland Empire Chapter of CAMFT is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists to sponsor continuing education for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCS, AND/or LEPs. IE-CAMFT maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content. CE Provider # 62278

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• It's Just a Piece of Paper: Law & Ethics (Part 2)

  • When
    Friday, June 27, 2025
  •  
    9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
  • Location
    Online
  • Spaces left
    97

  Register

  PRESENTER: David Jensen, JD

  Course meets the qualifications for 3 hours of continuing education credit for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs and/or LEPs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences.  Registrants must attend the full 3 hours to receive CEs..

  It’s Just a Piece of Paper: Law & Ethics Part 2

  This course is designed to help therapists understand some important legal principles pertaining to their profession and to apply them in their practices.

  Although the paper a subpoena is printed on is light, a subpoena is a “heavy” document because of the legal responsibilities embedded within it. These responsibilities affect the lawyers who issue them, the courts that enforce them and the therapists subject to them. In this three hour law and ethics presentation, attorney Dave Jnsen, a long time friend of the Inland Empire Chapter of CAMFT, will review California’s laws regarding the issusing and serving of subpoenas; the creation and destruction of the psychotherapist-patient priviledge; and, what to do in a response to a subpoena, especially one for deposition testimony. Attorney Jensen is optimistic that after taking this class, you will actually look forward to being served a subpoena, but maybe not. At least you will know who to call to discuss it.

  
  

  Topics to be included:

  9:00 – 10:00                      The Deposition Process

  10:00 - 11:00                     Responding to a Subpoena

  11:00 - 12:00                     The Parameters of Privileged Communications

   

  OBJECTIVES:

  After the presentation the audience will be able to:

  1) Identify how the psychotherapist-patient privilege is different from the physician-patient privilege.
  2) Will be able assert the psychotherapist-patient privilege and understand the ramifications thereof.
  3) Will learn the distinctions between percipient, expert, and treating witnesses.

  Citations:

  California Evidence Code §§ 910, 911, 912, 914, 915, 917, 1010, 1014, 1015, and 1016; California Health & Safety Code § 123115; California Code of Civil Procedure §§ 2020, 2023, and 2025.310; Vilches v. Leao (2024) 93 Cal.App.5^th 1335; La Bella v. Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc. (1977) 72 Cal.App. 3d 499; Manela v. Sup. Ct. (2009) 177 Cal.App.4^th 1139; Farrell v Sup Ct. (1988) 203 Cal.App.3d 521; Grosslight v. Sup Ct. (1977) 72 Cal.App.3d 502; In re Mark (2001) 94 Cal.App.4^th 573; Feldman v. Allstate Insurance Co. (2003) 322 F3d 660; Calvert v. State Bar (1991) 4 Cal.3d 765; Roberts v. Sup. Ct (1973) 9. Cal.3d 330; In re Fred (1979) 80 Cal.App3d 168; Holmes v Petrovitch (2011) 191 Cal.App.3d 1047; Broderick (1991) 231 Cal.App.3d 84; Julrik Productions, Inc. v. Chester (1974) 38 Cal.App.3d 807; Littlefield Mitchell v. Sup. Ct. (1982) 136 Cal.App.3d 477; San Diego Trolley, Inc. v. Sup. Ct. (2001) 87 Cal.App.4^th 1083; In re Joseph Lifschutz (1970) 2 Cal.3d 415
  

  ABOUT THE PRESENTER:

  David G. Jensen is an associate in the litigation and psychology practice sections and he is based in the San Diego Callahan, Thompson, Sherman, & Caudill office.

  He was born in Flint, Michigan and remains an ardent Detroit Tigers fan. He earned his Bachelor of Arts in History from Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, and his Juris Doctor degree from Thomas Jefferson School of Law in San Diego, California. He also holds a Master’s of Liberal Studies degree from Fort Hays State University in Hays, Kansas.

  He has 20 years of experience in the area of mental health law and worked for CAMFT for 16 years. He admires psychotherapists and the work they do, and feels that it's a privilege to get to support them in their endeavors.  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  Inland Empire Chapter of CAMFT is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists to sponsor continuing education for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCS, AND/or LEPs. IE-CAMFT maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content. CE Provider # 62278

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