LAW & ETHICS MFT EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
VERIFIED ANSWERS
Standard of Care - Answers - - It is a LEGAL concept.
- The usual and customary professional standard for a reasonable and prudent
practitioner.
- It is not a standard of perfection, it is the minimum standard of care.
- Pick the answer that is more in the benefit of the client than making life easier for the
therapist.
Scope of Practice - Answers - - It is a LEGAL issue depending on the state's legal
standards (business and professional code.)
- The procedures, actions, and processes that are permitted for an individual licensed in
a given field.
Scope of Competence - Answers - - It is an ETHICAL issue.
- It is our skill set, our background, knowledge, to work in a particular field.
- You refer out for more specific services (eating disorders, self-cutting, domestic
violence, borderline personality disorder.)
Self-determination & Patient Autonomy - Answers - - It is an ETHICAL issue.
- We want to support our clients' agency in making decisions.
- Even in a DV situation, it is still about the client making their own decisions.
- Self-determination is also about termination.
- The thing that overrides self-determination is SAFETY (suicide.)
A client submits a written request to access their records. There is not a clinical reason
to withhold the record. What'e the timeline for the client to review their record? -
Answers - The client may inspect the record within 5 days, or receive a treatment
summary within 10 days, or receive a copy within 15 days.
A therapist attends a two-day workshop on treating sexual disorders. Besides this
workshop, the therapist has no other training or background in sexual disorders. After
attending the workshop, the therapist lists Treating Sexual Disorders as an expertise on
his website. This action is: - Answers - Illegal and Unethical.
After working with a client for six months, the client moves to Washington state. Both
the therapist and client agree that the client would benefit from continued therapy. The
client tries three different therapists in Washington but doesn't feel they are a good fit
and requests to continue therapy with the original therapist over the phone. The
therapist agrees and reviews the teletherapy consent for treatment. The therapist's
actions are: - Answers - Illegal and Unethical.
VERIFIED ANSWERS
Standard of Care - Answers - - It is a LEGAL concept.
- The usual and customary professional standard for a reasonable and prudent
practitioner.
- It is not a standard of perfection, it is the minimum standard of care.
- Pick the answer that is more in the benefit of the client than making life easier for the
therapist.
Scope of Practice - Answers - - It is a LEGAL issue depending on the state's legal
standards (business and professional code.)
- The procedures, actions, and processes that are permitted for an individual licensed in
a given field.
Scope of Competence - Answers - - It is an ETHICAL issue.
- It is our skill set, our background, knowledge, to work in a particular field.
- You refer out for more specific services (eating disorders, self-cutting, domestic
violence, borderline personality disorder.)
Self-determination & Patient Autonomy - Answers - - It is an ETHICAL issue.
- We want to support our clients' agency in making decisions.
- Even in a DV situation, it is still about the client making their own decisions.
- Self-determination is also about termination.
- The thing that overrides self-determination is SAFETY (suicide.)
A client submits a written request to access their records. There is not a clinical reason
to withhold the record. What'e the timeline for the client to review their record? -
Answers - The client may inspect the record within 5 days, or receive a treatment
summary within 10 days, or receive a copy within 15 days.
A therapist attends a two-day workshop on treating sexual disorders. Besides this
workshop, the therapist has no other training or background in sexual disorders. After
attending the workshop, the therapist lists Treating Sexual Disorders as an expertise on
his website. This action is: - Answers - Illegal and Unethical.
After working with a client for six months, the client moves to Washington state. Both
the therapist and client agree that the client would benefit from continued therapy. The
client tries three different therapists in Washington but doesn't feel they are a good fit
and requests to continue therapy with the original therapist over the phone. The
therapist agrees and reviews the teletherapy consent for treatment. The therapist's
actions are: - Answers - Illegal and Unethical.
