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Top 10 Misunderstandings Related to Mental Health Care Procedures in Florida

Education for Legal Professionals: Week 3 If a person voluntarily checks themself into a mental health facility, they are not able to leave the facility unless the attending provider consents. The patient can fill out a form to formally apply to be discharged and the provider has up to 24 hours to agree or decline. …

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Understanding Psychiatric-Mental Health Patient Records in Florida: A Discussion of Week 1 Questions and Answers

This is week 2 of an educational series, created to help attorneys, paralegals, and legal nurse consultants review psychiatric-mental health patient records efficiently and thoroughly. Last week, I posted a few questions about psychiatric-mental health records. This week, we are going to review them and discuss some of the many possible answers. Have ALL records …

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Educational Series for Legal Professionals: Understanding Psychiatric-Mental Health Patient Records in Florida

Greetings, readers, and welcome back! This is week 1 of an educational series, created to help attorneys, paralegals, and legal nurse consultants review psychiatric-mental health patient records efficiently and thoroughly. Psychiatric-mental health patient records are complex and contain legal documents which are not part of non-psychiatric medical records. If given these records to review, would …

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