Seminar Detail
Legal and Ethical Issues in Behavioral Health in Hawaii
- Where:
- HONOLULU, HI
- When:
- Thursday, May 24, 2012 at 8:00 AM - 3:45 PM
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KENNETH FUKUNAGA
Kenneth Fukunaga is a senior partner in Fukunaga Matayoshi Hershey and Ching and specializes in complex litigation, products liability and healthcare law and planning. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Hawaii (Experimental Psychology, 1976) and his J.D., cum laude, from the University of San Francisco, School of Law (1973). He is Past President of the Aloha Chapter of the Association for Information and Image Management, as well as past chairman and member of the following state commissions: State Advisory Commission on Drug Abuse and Controlled Substances and Hawaii Environmental Council. Both positions were appointed by the governor and confirmed by the state senate. In addition, he was chairman and member of the Governor's Commission on Mental Health and Criminal Justice, which was tasked with the job of changing the laws governing the insanity defense in Hawaii.
Over the past 28 years, Mr. Fukunaga has presented on a variety of topics including: health care compliance issues (EMTALA, Stark, etc.), legal ethics, health care privacy laws, including HIPAA, the application of Daubert and Kumho Tire to psychological and psychiatric testimony, internet ethics, civil commitment and insanity defense issues, mental health and the law, as well as numerous other topics.
Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Kenneth Fukunaga is a Senior Partner with Fukunaga, Matayoski, Hershey and Ching. He receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc.
Non-financial: Kenneth Fukunaga has no relevant non-financial relationship to disclose.
Over the past 28 years, Mr. Fukunaga has presented on a variety of topics including: health care compliance issues (EMTALA, Stark, etc.), legal ethics, health care privacy laws, including HIPAA, the application of Daubert and Kumho Tire to psychological and psychiatric testimony, internet ethics, civil commitment and insanity defense issues, mental health and the law, as well as numerous other topics.
Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Kenneth Fukunaga is a Senior Partner with Fukunaga, Matayoski, Hershey and Ching. He receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc.
Non-financial: Kenneth Fukunaga has no relevant non-financial relationship to disclose.
DENIS MEE-LEE, MD, MS, CPI
Denis Mee-Lee, M.D., M.S., attended medical school at the University of Queensland in Australia, completed internship and general medical practice there before entering a residency in psychiatry at Ohio State University and Harding Hospital. Following a fellowship in community psychiatry at Harvard, he founded and directed Departments of Psychiatry inpatient and outpatient programs at New England Memorial Hospital near Boston and Castle Medical Center in Kailua. He was Chief of the Hawaii State Mental Health Division for 10 years from 1977 and Director of Psychiatric Programs at Castle from 1987 to 1999. He is currently founder and President/Principal Investigator of the Hawaii Clinical Research Center, Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Hawaii, and Chair, Department of Psychiatry at Castle Medical Center. He sits on the Boards of Hawaii NAMI, USH, CASQIC AlohaCare, MEC of Castle, Governors, Honolulu County Medical Society, and HUSDA Church. He consults, lectures and is a grant reviewer for federal government and national entities and universities, and has been an expert witness for several significant cases. He continues a practice of inpatient and outpatient psychiatry.
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Materials that are included in this course may include interventions and modalities that are beyond the authorized practice of mental health professionals. As a licensed professional, you are responsible for reviewing the scope of practice, including activities that are defined in law as beyond the boundaries of practice in accordance with and in compliance with your professions standards.
The planning committee and staff who controlled the content of this activity have no relevant financial relationships to disclose. For speaker disclosures, please see speaker bios.
PESI, Inc. offers continuing education programs and products under the brand names PESI, PESI Healthcare, PESI Kids, PESI Rehab and Psychotherapy Networker.
If your profession is not listed, please contact your licensing board to determine your continuing education requirements and check for reciprocal approval. For other credit inquiries not specified below, or questions on home study credit availability, please contact cepesi@pesi.com or 800-844-8260 before the event.
Materials that are included in this course may include interventions and modalities that are beyond the authorized practice of mental health professionals. As a licensed professional, you are responsible for reviewing the scope of practice, including activities that are defined in law as beyond the boundaries of practice in accordance with and in compliance with your professions standards.
The planning committee and staff who controlled the content of this activity have no relevant financial relationships to disclose. For speaker disclosures, please see speaker bios.
PESI, Inc. offers continuing education programs and products under the brand names PESI, PESI Healthcare, PESI Kids, PESI Rehab and Psychotherapy Networker.
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