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Respond to the blog post of three colleagues in one or more of the following ways:

Share an insight from having read your colleague’s posting.
Validate an idea in your colleague’s post with your own experience.

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Any legal considerations during your field education experience that you may have had to address or that you might address

ASCI is governed by the following laws and regulations: Health Information Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA); Child Protective Services Law (CPSL); Adoption Safe Families Act(ASFA) Act 160; Title 8 Offenses; and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Codes 3680 and 3700 (A Second Chance, Inc., 2021). Many federal statutes enacted by Congress and state statutes enacted by legislatures affect social workers. Examples include statutes governing social workers’ obligation to report suspected abuse and neglect of children, elders, and other vulnerable people; minors’ right to consent to mental health counseling and to drug and alcohol abuse treatment; protection of school social workers’ confidential records; and federal HIPAA laws.
The social worker must decide whether to respect her client’s wishes or disclose this confidential information to his parents without his consent because of health and safety issues. In addition to dealing with the daunting clinical issues, the social worker must be familiar with state law concerning minors’ right to consent to treatment for chemical dependency without parental notification or consent. In fact, state laws on this issue vary considerably concerning minors’ and parents’ rights, practitioners’ legal duties, and age and conditions of consent. Social workers who make ethical decisions in such situations without knowledge or consultation of relevant law do so at their own peril.

An explanation of potential challenges in adhering to legal considerations during your field education experience

A social worker’s commitment is first and foremost to her clients. Despite her best intentions, a social worker may come up against certain legal and ethical challenges during her work with clients. Some of the common issues that may arise include confidentiality, professional boundaries, respecting the client’s right to self-determination, and being aware of conflicts of interest (Birkenmaier & Berg-Weger, 2018). Social workers may not disclose information about a client to anyone else without her written consent unless she is a danger to herself or others. In most states, social workers are obligated to inform law enforcement officials in such cases. This is known as the duty to warn, which presents a difficult situation for even the most experienced social workers.
Clients or students need to be made aware of the limits of their right to confidentiality and this relates to their ability to also maintain confidentiality as the site supervisor (Birkenmaier & Berg-Weger,2018). The professional responsibility of an MSW intern is to fully respect the right to privacy. MSW interns or students must keep abreast of and adhere to all laws, policies, and ethical standards about confidentiality. This confidentiality must not be abridged by the social worker interns or social workers except when there is a clear and present danger to the client and/or other persons.
A Second Chance, Inc. (2021, June 23). https://www.asecondchance-kinship.com/. 
Birkenmaier, J., & Berg-Weger, M. (2018). The practicum companion for social work: Integrating class and fieldwork (4th ed.). New York, NY: Pearson.
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Legal Considerations 
Malpractice is not a legal issue that I have personally encountered. However, I am aware that as social work interns, we are professionally liable for our client’s well-being. Birkenmaier and Berg-Wege (2018) define malpractice as “any act of professional misconduct or unreasonable lack of skill resulting in harm to a client” (p.210). Social work interns must enhance their knowledge and skillsets to decrease the likelihood of harm. Examples of malpractice include inappropriate professional conduct, misdiagnosis, neglecting to have a client sign an informed consent form, or breach of confidentiality. Before we started our practicum, Walden required all social work interns to purchase malpractice coverage. Potential liability exists in any student–client relationship, and interns are well-advised to follow the same guidelines as nonstudent social workers to minimize their liability (Birkenmaier & Berg-Wege, 2018). As we embark on our academic journey, mistakes are bound to happen as part of the learning process. However, making unethical mistakes will necessitate legal repercussions. 
Potential Challenges in Adhering to Ethical Practice 
Ethical practice is exercised when social work students are well-informed. A lack of knowledge can result in unintentional malpractice yet bear the same consequences. Birkenmaier and Berg-Wege (2018) assert that practitioner impairment, misconduct, and incompetence place social workers and agencies at the greatest risk for legal liability (p. 218). Social work interns should always seek their field supervisor’s professional opinion on addressing an issue in the field. To avoid accusations of malpractice, both student and nonstudent social workers must prioritize documentation and complete documentation in a timely manner to prevent a lapse in memory and maintain a log of any outgoing and incoming telephone calls (Birkenmaier & Berg-Wege, 2018). 
Birkenmaier, J., & Berg-Weger, M. (2018). Social work practice and the legal system. In The practicum companion for social work: Integrating class and fieldwork (4th ed.). New York, NY: Pearson.  (pp. 207-224)
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Any legal considerations during your field education experience that you may have had to address or that you might address
The legal considerations which I have addressed and would like to advocate for would be the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (CARA)  to respond to the epidemic of opioid abuse and are intended to greatly increase both prevention programs and the availability of treatment programs. I have written about this matter in my prior blog about how treatment here in Michigan has been changed to 29 days, and for women with children’s treatment time is up to 45 days.   The problem with this is that (CARA) is making sure that all controlled substances are under CARA, which launched an evidence-based opioid and heroin treatment and interventions program; strengthened prescription drug monitoring programs to help states monitor and track prescription drug diversion, and help at-risk individuals access services (SAMHSA).
An explanation of potential challenges in adhering to legal considerations during your field education experience
The challenges are when a client comes into the facility and our agency adheres to the MAT, and when they hear that some client is on MAT they want to get on the program as well.   The problem is that clients have been incarcerated for over a month then they come to us and EBP shows that these drugs are out of your system in 3 to 7 days.   This is sending off red flags for clients who are in pre-contemplation and that they are in a state of ambivalence.  Now what happens is that I give the client a solution educate them on Vivitrol and counseling along with CBT and show them the evidence that this process does work.

Reference
Laws and Regulations | SAMHSA
Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (CARA) https://www.samhsa.gov/about-us/who-we-are/laws-re…