Legal Services for Behavioral 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 behavioral 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 behavioral 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

In this introductory segment from NASW New York's Private Practice Spotlight series, attorney Dan Pepitone introduces his background, legal experience, and work supporting mental health professionals in private practice.

Dan shares how his career in nonprofit legal services, LGBTQ+ advocacy, and medical-legal partnership work led him to focus on helping therapists, social workers, counselors, and other licensed professionals navigate the legal and business side of private practice.

This short clip provides context for the full webinar, including Dan's approach to legal education, the types of private practice issues he commonly supports, and an important reminder that the information shared is educational and not a substitute for individualized legal advice.

Jump to the Topics You Need

Below are key timestamps from this video with Dan Pepitone, business attorney.

0:00 Welcome & Introduction
0:07 Meet Dan Pepitone
0:51 Legal Support for Therapists & Private Practice Owners
2:36 Why Dan Created Resources for Mental Health Professionals
3:24 Important Disclaimer About Legal Information

 
 

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