Legal Services for Mental Health Professionals in New York

When you engage Pepitone Law, we will explore your practice and goals, and work with you to develop plans that align with your values. Our work is centered on helping you feel secure - by building a practice that’s legally sound, limiting your exposure to legal risk, and approaching conflicts and other challenges with empathy and integrity.

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COMMON PROJECTS FOR NEW PRACTICES

We help our clients launch private practices by providing different combinations of the following services:

  • Managing business entity formation

  • Advising on regulations, acute client issues, and the other issues listed below

  • Conducting legal risk assessments on business activities and future plans

  • Drafting the practice documents listed below

  • Editing website content for clarity and legal compliance

ADVICE AND COUNSEL

We regularly provide advice and counsel on a range of issues impacting mental health professionals, including:

  • Scope of practice

  • Informed consent

  • Working with minors

  • Telehealth

  • Interstate practice

  • HIPAA, confidentiality and disclosure of client information

  • Subpoenas

  • Complex client issues

  • Terminating treatment

  • Corporate practice of medicine and fee splitting

  • Website content, social media, and advertising

PRACTICE DOCUMENTS

Some of the documents we draft, review, and negotiate for mental health professionals include:

  • Individual, couples, and multi-partner agreements

  • Group therapy and skills group agreements

  • Consultation agreements

  • Consulting services and workshop agreements

  • Coaching agreements

  • Employment and independent contractor agreements

  • Website Notices

  • Office leases

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Watch this video from Dan Pepitone, business attorney

Dan Pepitone, an attorney licensed in New York, discusses common legal issues for mental health professionals in private practice in this video. He emphasizes the importance of forming the correct business entity, such as a PLLC or PC, to protect personal assets and comply with state regulations. Pepitone highlights the complexities of practicing across state lines, the need for proper client documents, and the risks of offering coaching or selling products without proper licensing. He also addresses the challenges of hiring non-licensed professionals and the importance of having malpractice and general liability insurance.

Jump to the Topics You Need

Below are key timestamps from this video with Dan Pepitone, business attorney.
0:00:00 – Introduction & Welcome
0:01:22 – Dan Pepitone’s Background and Legal Experience
0:04:49 – Choosing a Business Entity: PLLC, PC, LLC, and State Differences
0:08:07 – Timelines and Procedures for Forming a Business Entity
0:11:24 – Practicing Across State Lines & Foreign Entity Registration
0:15:49 – Telehealth, Licensing, and Serving Clients in Multiple States
0:17:27 – Adding Coaching, Online Courses, and Non-Therapy Services
0:22:08 – Essential Client Documentation & Good Faith Estimates
0:27:55 – What is an MSO? (Management Service Organization)
0:29:20 – Hiring Psychiatric Nurse Practitioners & Scope of Practice
0:35:00 – Where to Find Dan Pepitone & Closing Remarks

In this comprehensive Q&A, attorney Dan Pepitone shares essential legal advice and business strategies for mental health professionals in private practice.

 
 

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