WA State Law and Psychology Practices: Regulations, Qualifications, and Ethical Guidelines, Exams of Law

Download WA State Law and Psychology Practices: Regulations, Qualifications, and Ethical Guidelines and more Exams Law in PDF only on Docsity! Page 1 WA State Law Questions with Answers 2023- 2024 Update Functions of the Licensing Board - ✓✓✓1 Adopt the rules that the legislature passes and apply them 2. Require that you can't practice without malpractice insurance 3. Mandate: to protect the public 4. Review credentials: course work, hours 5. Administer jurisdiction exam 6. Organize and oversee complains, determine to charge, punish or dismiss Define RCW's - ✓✓✓shorthand for a general law (statute) passed by the legislature or by an initiative Define WAC's - ✓✓✓shorthand for an administrative regulation (rule) adopted by a state agency or board with rule-making authority Responsibility of the Examining Board of Psychology - ✓✓✓1. Adopt rules 2. Examine qualifications 3. Administer examinations 4. Adopt a code of ethics 5. Require psychologists to maintain professional liability insurance 6. Investigate complaints Qualifications for a License - ✓✓✓1. Good moral character 2. Doctoral degree from regionally accredited institution 3. 2 years of supervised experience 4. Pass exams Unprofessional Conduct - ✓✓✓1. Failure to maintain confidentiality P a g e 1 | 5 Page 2 2. Violating the ethical code 3. Failure to inform research subjects 4. Practice in an area not trained/incompetent 5. Failure to exercise appropriate supervision 6. Use fraud of deceit in securing a license 7. Failure to maintain liability insurance 8. Violate any state statute governing psychology 9. Gross overcharging for services Uniform Disciplinary Act - ✓✓✓1. Consists of 2 panels of psychologists that Investigate all complaints 2. Take emergency action: order license suspension 3. Review all complaints and decide on investigation or not 4. If found in violation: charging, adjudication Rules Requiring Reports - ✓✓✓1. Ever license holder is to report to the appropriate disciplinary authority for any conviction, determination or finding that another license holder has committed and act of unprofessional conduct 2. May not practice their profession with reasonable skill and safety as a result of a mental or physical condition Denial of Patient's Request for Records - ✓✓✓1. Knowledge of the healthcare info would be injurious to the health of the patient 2. Could be reasonably expected to cause danger to the life or safety of the individual Abuse of Children - ✓✓✓1. Sexual abuse or exploitation, injury that causes harm to the child's health, welfare or safety 2. Child means under the age of 18 3. Reporting doesn't apply if abuse or neglect occurred during childhood and the person has become an adult, and the perpetrator no longer has access to children 4. Report must be made at first opportunity, but no longer than 48 hours P a g e 2 | 5