Colorado Mental Health Jurisprudence Exam Questions and Answers (Graded A)
Question : A licensee, registrant, or certificate holder shall not
disclose, without the consent of the client, what information?
Correct answer: any confidential communications made by
the client, or advice given to the client, in the course of professional employment.
Question : Under what general condition is a licensee,
registrant, or certificate holder prohibited from disclosing confidential information?
Correct answer: without the consent of the client
Question : What kind of information shall a licensee's,
registrant's, or certificate holder's employee or associate, whether clerical or professional, not disclose acquired in that capacity?
Correct answer: any knowledge of the communications
acquired in that capacity
Question : What limitation is placed on any person who has
participated in any therapy conducted under the supervision of a licensee, registrant, or certificate holder, including group therapy sessions, regarding knowledge gained?
Correct answer: shall not disclose any knowledge gained
during the course of the therapy without the consent of the person to whom the knowledge relates.
Question : When may a person disclose confidential
information if a client or their heirs, executors, or administrators file suit or a complaint against a licensee, registrant, or certificate holder?
Correct answer: when a client or the heirs, executors, or
administrators of a client...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
Question : Under what condition may a person disclose
confidential information if a licensee, registrant, or certificate holder was in consultation with a physician, registered
professional nurse, licensee, registrant, or certificate holder against whom a suit or complaint was filed?
Correct answer: when a licensee, registrant, or certificate
holder...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
Question : Under what circumstances may a person disclose
confidential information related to a review of services of a licensee, registrant, or certificate holder?
Correct answer: when...a review of services of a licensee,
registrant, or certificate holder
Question : How can a review of services be determined by a
board or a person or group?
Correct answer: authorized by the board to make an
investigation on its behalf
Question : How can a review of services be determined by the
governing board or medical staff of a hospital licensed pursuant to part 1 of article 3 of title 25?
Correct answer: where the licensee, registrant, or certificate
holder practices or the medical staff...of the hospital if the medical staff operates pursuant to written bylaws approved by the governing board of the hospital
Question : When can a review of services be determined by a
professional review committee established pursuant to section
12-245-212 (1)?
Correct answer: if the person has signed a release authorizing
the review
Question : Under what condition may a person disclose
confidential information related to a client making an articulable and significant threat against a school or its occupants?
Correct answer: when a client, regardless of age, makes an
articulable and significant threat against a school or the occupants of a school.