Ethical Issues in Closing a Practice
November 10, 2023 @ 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Ethical Issues in Closing a Practice
Friday, November 10, 2023
Registration 8:30am Program 9am to 12pm
Presented By: Linda K. Knauss, Ph.D., ABPP
Location: Online Workshop
3 CE Credits
This is an important topic that is seldom addressed. Closing a practice can either be temporary such as for illness or family reasons or can be permanent due to retirement. The process of preparing to close a professional practice is governed by ethical, regulatory, and risk-management considerations. In preparing for professional retirement or cessation of practice there are many issues to consider. This workshop will discuss licensure, malpractice insurance, record keeping including financial records, notification of clients, and preparing a professional will.
Objectives:
- Identify the relevant ethical issues related to retirement.
- Discuss how to maintain records in keeping with state laws, HIPAA, and APA Record Keeping Guidelines.
- Describe the contents of a professional will.
- Demonstrate improvement in the ability to analyze ethical questions in clinical practice as a result of this workshop.
Linda K. Knauss, Ph.D., ABPP, is a professor at Widener University’s Institute for Graduate Clinical Psychology. She has served as the Chair of the Ethics Committees of the American Board of Professional of Professional Psychology, the American Psychological Association, the Pennsylvania Psychological Association and as Co-chair of the Philadelphia Society of Clinical Psychologists’ Ethics Committee. Dr. Knauss has authored several book chapters and journal articles on ethics and has taught ethics at many local universities as well as continuing education workshops on a variety of topics in ethics.
Dr. Knauss is the past-president of the Pennsylvania Psychological Association, the Pennsylvania Psychological Foundation, and the Philadelphia Society of Clinical Psychologists. She was also a member of the American Psychological Association’s Council of Representatives (2000-2006; 2013-2018 representing Pennsylvania). Dr. Knauss is the recipient of a 2015 APA Presidential Citation for her work in APA as well as the recipient of the 2002 Ethics Educators Award presented by the Pennsylvania Psychological Association’s Ethics Committee, and the recipient of the 2004 Pennsylvania Psychological Association Distinguished Service Award.
Dr. Knauss maintains a private practice where she sees children, adolescents, adults and families.
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