Telehealth for Florida Mental Health Professionals
Florida's telehealth regulatory framework creates specific obligations for mental health professionals providing services via technology — and those obligations continue to evolve as the regulatory landscape responds to telehealth's rapid expansion. This 3-hour continuing education course provides a comprehensive examination of Florida telehealth law and professional standards as applied to mental health practice: the requirements of Florida Statute §456.47 and Rule 64B4, informed consent and disclosure obligations, documentation standards, the interstate compact and cross-state practice considerations, platform selection and data security requirements, emergency management protocols, and the specific licensure requirements affecting telehealth practice for licensed counselors, social workers, and marriage and family therapists practicing in or into Florida.
3
CE Hours
5
Modules
16
Quiz Questions
1
Est. Minutes
What you'll learn
- Define telehealth under Florida Statute §456.47, including its explicit exclusion of audio-only telephone calls, email, and facsimile transmissions.
- Evaluate telehealth platforms against HIPAA compliance requirements, including encryption standards, Business Associate Agreement provisions, and the public-facing/non-public-facing distinction.
- Develop a telehealth informed consent document that satisfies Florida Statute §456.47's standard-of-care and out-of-state-registration disclosures alongside ACA ethical requirements.
- Apply the three-domain suitability framework (clinical, technological, environmental) to determine telehealth appropriateness for a given client, consistent with Florida's standard-of-care obligation.
- Apply the client-location rule and Florida's distinctive out-of-state provider registration pathway to determine authorization for Florida-located and out-of-state clients.
- Identify Florida's alternating continuing-education structure under F.A.C. 64B4-6.001(2)(b) and the registered-intern telehealth protocol requirements under F.A.C. 64B4-2.002.
Who it's for
Licensed Clinical Social Workers (LCSW), Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists (LMFT), Licensed Mental Health Counselors (LMHC), Registered Interns (LCSW/LMFT/LMHC track), National Certified Counselors (NCC)
Approval & credit
CounselorReady is an NBCC-Approved Continuing Education Provider (ACEP #7760). This course awards 3 NBCC-approved CE hours; a certificate is issued on completion. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. CounselorReady is solely responsible for all aspects of the program.