N.J. Admin. Code § 13:34-31.4

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 19, October 7, 2024

Section 13:34-31.4 - Dual relationships

(a) If a licensee is, or has been, a treating therapist for any person who is part of the custody/parenting time evaluation and/or termination of parental rights evaluation, the treating therapist shall not assume either the role of an evaluator in the custody/parenting time evaluation and/or termination of parental rights evaluation, or the role of a parenting coordinator, and shall advise any party or court of this prohibition.

(b) A licensee who is a treating therapist may report on a client's mental health status and treatment issues but shall not make any recommendations regarding custody or termination of parental rights.

(c) After the evaluation process is completed, a licensee, whose initial involvement with a case has been as an evaluator, may agree to function subsequently as a treating therapist or parent coordinator, but shall be precluded from functioning as an evaluator in the case.

N.J. Admin. Code § 13:34-31.4