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CE CREDITS: TEEN CONSENT AND CONFIDENTIALITY

Date: 05/31/18

The Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) and the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) have collaborated to provide a training for providers on Teen Consent and Confidentiality. The goal of this training is to equip Texas Health Steps providers, and other interested health-care professionals to apply legal requirements, best practices and ethical guidelines related to consent and confidentiality for adolescent patients.

This training is free to all Medicaid and CHIP providers. Once the training’s pre-test, lessons and a post-test are completed, the DSHS and Continuing Education Service will award:

  • 1.5 credits of education in medical ethics and/or professional responsibility.
  • 1.5 contact hours of Continuing Nursing Education.
  • 1.5 contact hours of education in professional ethics and social work values.
  • 1.5 hours for attendance.

After completing this training, providers will be able to:

  • Specify how and why to establish confidentiality and seek consent or assent when dealing with adolescent patients.
  • Determine who can give consent for health care for minors in various situations, including identifying when teens may consent to their own treatment.
  • Apply ethical principles and comply with Texas law when youths engage in risky behaviors, request services the provider disapproves of, or exhibit signs of abuse or neglect.
  • Integrate culturally effective techniques into clinical encounters with adolescent patients.

For more information, or to register, please visit HHSC’s website: Teen Consent and Confidentiality Training.