Question

The terms avoidance and knowingly exclude as violations statements that psychologists would reasonably be expected to believe are true but that they may later learn are false.  Is this statement true or false?

Psychologists retain professional responsibility for false, deceptive, or fraudulent public statements by others whom they have engaged to promote their work or products. Failure to prevent or correct such misstatements is a violation of Standard 5.02. Is this statement True or False?

Under the HIPAA Omnibus Rule (2013), clients/patients must sign an authorization to permit their protected health information to be used for marketing purposes or sold to third parties. This means that psychologist or members of their treatment team cannot send communications to a list of clients/patients about new services that they or their organization may be offering unless the client/patient has signed a prior agreement form to receive marketing materials.  Is this statement True or False?

Standard 5.06 In-Person Solicitation precludes a psychologist from approaching a family member or significant other to invite them to participate in collateral treatment to benefit a client/patient with whom a psychologist has a professional relationship. Is this statement true or false?

Standard 5.01, Avoidance of False or Deceptive Statement is closely aligned with which principle?

Answer 1

1. This statement is true

The standard on advertising and public statements prohibits psychologists from using any deceptive, inaccurate or fraudulent stamens in public to promote their services, knowingly or unknowingly.

2. This statement I said true

The Fifth standard outlines the issues related to advertising and other public statements such as solicitations made by third parties

3, this statement is true

The HIPPA omnibus rule specifies the general rule about disclosing the confidential information about the clients to third parties for marketing- describing a health-related product or service that is provided by the Covered Entity, case management and coordination, contacting persons about alternatives; communications regarding refill reminders.

4. This statement Is false

Psychologists do not engage in uninvited in-person solicitation. However, this prohibition does not preclude the psychologist’s attempt to build appropriate collateral contacts for the purpose of benefiting an existing client/patient.