Is there a way to add the clinician signature to consent forms that are also signed by patient
In order for our informed consents to be legal documents, I thought they needed signatures from patient as well as clinicians? Is there a way to add clinician signature to the esigned consent forms in Simple Practice?
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Heather@embracingchangecounseling.net You can email me and I can help
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Actually the way I made it allows clinician to sign. Feel free to email me Heather@embracingchangecounseling.net
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ARTICLE 11. STANDARDS OF PRACTICE
R4-6-1101. Consent for Treatment
A licensee shall:
- Provide treatment to a client only in the context of a professional relationship based on informed consent for treatment;
- Document in writing for each client the following elements of informed consent for treatment:
- Purpose of treatment;
- General procedures to be used in treatment, including benefits, limitations, and potential risks;
- The client’s right to have the client’s records and all information regarding the client kept confidential and an explanation of the limitations on confidentiality;
- Notification of the licensee’s supervision or involvement with a treatment team of professionals;
- Methods for the client to obtain information about the client’s records;
- The client’s right to participate in treatment decisions and in the development and periodic review and revision of the client’s treatment plan;
- The client’s right to refuse any recommended treatment or to withdraw consent to treatment and to be advised of the consequences of refusal or withdrawal; and
- The client’s right to be informed of all fees that the client is required to pay and the licensee’s refund and collection policies and procedures; and
- Obtain a dated and signed informed consent for treatment from a client or the client’s legal representative before providing treatment to the client and when a change occurs in an element listed in subsection (2) that might affect the client’s consent for treatment;
- Obtain a dated and signed informed consent for treatment from a client or the client’s legal representative before audio or video taping the client or permitting a third party to observe treatment provided to the client; and
- Include a dated signature from an authorized representative of the behavioral health entity.
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Hi- can someone at Simple Practice respond to this request? This is an ethical issue to not have the opportunity for clinicians and clients sign intake consent forms. If I create the consent form as an "assessment" or "other document" instead, it removes the block for client signatures. It's critical that clinicians can sign the same consent form the client has signed for both clinician and client records.
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Simple Practice has now added a countersigning option. I think they updated this a couple of months ago, and it is hard to find. You'll find under "status and reminders" > "countersigning completed forms" https://support.simplepractice.com/hc/en-us/articles/207925943-Sending-intake-forms-and-documents-to-clients#countersig
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Hi Lindsey,
Thank you for sending this-- the issue I'm having is that when I click on the file that I want to countersign, it just pulls up a PDF with no option to sign the document. I see on the support page that you linked that one should be able to click on the completed file, scroll to the bottom, and click "sign," but mine don't seem to appear in that format. Any chance you know what I need to do differently to get it to show up the way that it shows on that page? Thanks again!
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Hi Naomi,
I'm not sure if this fully answers your question. If not, you might consider opening a Helpdesk ticket with Simple Practice. I believe you would need to create the consent form within the template library. When building a new template, select "intake document." Then, once you share the document and it is signed, you should be able to follow the steps to countersign. I am guessing that creating an assessment or other document doesn't allow this same countersigning option. Hope that helps!
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