Colorado Mental Health Jurisprudence
Exam with Correct Answers
Disclosure of Confidential Information - Answer-A licensee, registrant, or certificate
holder shall not disclose, without the consent of the client, any
confidential communications made by the client, or advice given to the client, in the
course of professional employment. A licensee's, registrant's, or certificate holder's
employee or associate, whether clerical or professional, shall not disclose any
knowledge of the communications acquired in that capacity. Any person who has
participated in any therapy conducted under the supervision of a licensee, registrant, or
certificate holder, including group therapy sessions, shall not disclose any knowledge
gained during the course of the therapy without the consent of the person to whom the
knowledge relates.
A person may disclose confidential information when a client or the heirs, executors, or
administrators of a client... - Answer-...file suit or a complaint against a licensee,
registrant, or certificate holder on any cause of action arising out of or connected with
the care or treatment of the client by the licensee, registrant, or certificate holder
A person may disclose confidential information when a licensee, registrant, or certificate
holder... - Answer-...was in consultation with a physician, registered professional nurse,
licensee, registrant, or certificate holder against whom a suit or complaint was filed
based on the case out of which the suit or complaint arises
A person may disclose confidential information when... - Answer-...a review of services
of a licensee, registrant, or certificate holder
A review of services can be determined by a board or a person or group... -
Answer-...authorized by the board to make an investigation on its behalf
A review of services can be determined by ________________(1) where the licensee,
registrant, or certificate holder practices or the medical staff ____________________(2)
- Answer-(1) The governing board of a hospital licensed pursuant to part 1 of article 3 of
title 25; (2) of the hospital if the medical staff operates pursuant to written bylaws
approved by the governing board of the hospital
A review of services can be determined by __________________ if the person has
signed a release authorizing the review - Answer-A professional review committee
established pursuant to section 12-245-212 (1)
A person may disclose confidential information when _________________ a school or
the occupants of a school. - Answer-A client, regardless of age, makes an articulable
and significant threat against
, A person may disclose confidential information when a client, regardless of age, exhibits
behaviors that, in the reasonable judgment of the licensee, registrant, or certificate
holder... - Answer-....create an articulable and significant threat to the health or safety of
students, teachers, administrators, or other school personnel.
A licensee, registrant, or certificate holder who discloses information under this
subsection (2)(d)...
hint: (2)(d) = disclosing information from a client, regardless of age. - Answer-...shall
limit the disclosure to appropriate school or school district personnel and law
enforcement agencies. School or school district personnel to whom the information is
disclosed shall maintain confidentiality of the disclosed information, regardless of
whether the information constitutes an education record subject to FERPA, consistent
with the requirements of FERPA and regulations and applicable guidelines adopted
under FERPA, but may disclose
information in accordance with section 1232g (b)(1) of FERPA and 34 CFR 99.36 if
necessary to protect the health or safety of students or other persons.
A licensee, registrant, or certificate holder who discloses or fails to disclose a
confidential communication... - Answer-...with a client in accordance with this subsection
(2)(d) (A client regardless of age) is not liable for damages in any civil action for
disclosing or not disclosing the communication. This subsection (2)(d)(III) does not
rescind any statutory duty to warn and protect specified in, and does not eliminate any
potential civil liability for failure to comply with, section 13-21-117.
Subsection (2)(d) does not apply to...
hint: (2)(d) = disclosing information from a client, regardless of age. - Answer-...an
education record that, under FERPA, is exempt from the HIPAA privacy rule.
Subsection (2)(d) applies to covered entities, as defined in HIPAA as...
hint: (2)(d) = disclosing information from a client, regardless of age. -
Answer-"Articulable and significant threat" means a threat to the health or safety of a
person that, based on the totality of the circumstances, can be explained or articulated
and that constitutes a threat of substantial bodily harm to a person.
FERPA means... - Answer-the federal "Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of
1974"
HIPPA means... - Answer-the federal "Health Insurance Portability and Accountability
Act of 1996"
"School" means... - Answer-a public or private preschool; elementary, middle, junior
high, or high school; or institution of postsecondary education described in title 23,
including the Auraria higher education center created in article 70 of title 23.
