Licensees comply with all applicable state and federal laws affecting the practice of marriage and family therapy, professional counseling, psychology, or social work including, but not limited to:
(1) Health and Safety Code, Chapter 611, Mental Health Records;(2) Family Code: (A) Chapter 32, Consent to Medical, Dental, Psychological and Surgical Treatment,(B) Chapter 153, Rights to Parents and Other Conservators to Consent to Treatment and Access to Child's Records; and(C) Chapter 261, Duty to Report Child Abuse and Neglect;(3) Human Resource Code, Chapter 48, Duty to Report Elder Abuse and Neglect;(4) Civil Practice and Remedy Code, Chapter 81, Duty to Report Sexual Exploitation of a Patient by a Mental Health Services Provider;(5) Insurance Code as it relates to submission of billing and third-party payments for mental health services provided by a licensee;(6) Code of Criminal Procedure, Chapter 46B, Incompetency to Stand Trial, and Chapter 46C, Insanity Defense;(7) Occupations Code, Chapter 102, Solicitation of Patients; Chapter 104, Healing Art Practitioners; Chapter 105, Unprofessional Conduct; and Chapter 113, Mental Health Telemedicine and Telehealth Services;(8) Education Code, Chapter 51, Duty to Report Sexual Harassment and Assault, Dating Violence, and Stalking; and(9)18 United States Code § 1347 Health Care Fraud.22 Tex. Admin. Code § 882.36
Adopted by Texas Register, Volume 45, Number 28, July 10, 2020, TexReg 4758, eff. 9/1/2020