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LCSW Law and Ethics · 12 hours

California LCSW Law and Ethics Exam Prep — California Exam Prep, 12 hours

California LCSW Law and Ethics Exam Prep covers the LCSW-specific BBS examination scope, professional conduct, consent, confidentiality, supervision, records, reporting, telehealth, advertising, and discipline. Delivery, credential, and regulatory-credit eligibility are stated on the course page.

Professional training or exam-preparation material. No CE/MCLE/CPE credit hours are issued.

Course at a glance

Level
Beginner
Estimated time
12 hours
Prerequisite
No prior 101PD course is required. Check any separate exam, employer, or role eligibility before relying on this training.

Skills you will practice

  • Explain and apply §1.0 The exam frame.
  • Explain and apply §1.1 Pre-service disclosures.
  • Explain and apply §1.2 Informed consent.
  • Explain and apply §1.3 Minors.
  • Explain and apply §1.4 Confidentiality (CMIA).

Learning objectives

  • Explain and apply §1.0 The exam frame.
  • Explain and apply §1.1 Pre-service disclosures.
  • Explain and apply §1.2 Informed consent.
  • Explain and apply §1.3 Minors.
  • Explain and apply §1.4 Confidentiality (CMIA).

Assessment and timing

Knowledge check plus 2 final exam versions.

Passing score: 70%.

Final timing: 1 minute per question.

Hands-on practice

Applied course exercises

Use the course rules in practical scenarios and exercises drawn from the published syllabus.

  • Answer-elimination workshop
  • §1.14 Records-request workbook — ten walked calls
  • §1.22 Setting-by-setting case file — the Reyes family across four systems
  • §1.24 Telehealth setup lab — building the compliant remote practice
  • §1.25 Answer-elimination workshop — 1A's format
  • Answer-elimination workshop

Full syllabus

Chapter 1 — Consent, Confidentiality, and Privilege (12 of 75 Q)

  • §1.0 The exam frame
  • §1.1 Pre-service disclosures
  • §1.2 Informed consent
  • §1.3 Minors
  • §1.4 Confidentiality (CMIA)
  • §1.5 Privilege (Evid C §§1010–1015)
  • §1.6 Records
  • §1.7 Subpoena vs order
  • §1.8 Telehealth
  • §1.9 HIPAA + CMIA
  • Exam triggers
  • Trap pairs
  • Worked mini-drill
  • Five-question self-test (answers below)
  • Master clocks table
  • Answer-elimination workshop
  • Ten-second flash cards
  • Sequencing gym — 1A's order questions

Chapter 1 — Consent, Confidentiality, and Privilege (Exam Plan 1A)

  • §1.0 The exam itself — mechanics, plan, and preparation strategy
  • §1.1 Required disclosures before services begin
  • §1.2 Informed consent — a process built on comprehension
  • §1.3 Minors — consent routes and their records consequences
  • §1.4 Confidentiality — CMIA, the fact of treatment, and the multi-party problem
  • §1.5 Privilege — the courtroom shield
  • §1.6 Client records — the statutory clocks
  • §1.7 Subpoenas versus court orders
  • §1.8 Telehealth — the modality rules
  • §1.9 HIPAA and CMIA together
  • §1.10 Exam lens — chapter 1 trap pairs
  • §1.11 Applied drills (worked)
  • §1.12 Vocabulary bank
  • §1.13 Guided reading — privilege's five moving parts (Evidence Code §§1010–1015)
  • §1.14 Records-request workbook — ten walked calls
  • §1.15 Minor-consent decision tree — five gates
  • §1.16 The agency-consent addendum — what institutional intake must add
  • §1.17 Myths ledger — twelve corrected
  • §1.18 Guided reading — CMIA's working provisions
  • §1.19 The disclosure log — proving lawfulness later
  • §1.20 Consent-content checklist — the intake packet, audited
  • §1.21 Self-test (answers below)
  • §1.22 Setting-by-setting case file — the Reyes family across four systems
  • §1.23 Rapid review — thirty 1A anchors
  • §1.24 Telehealth setup lab — building the compliant remote practice
  • §1.25 Answer-elimination workshop — 1A's format
  • §1.26 Two-minute chapter recap

Chapter 2 — Limits to Confidentiality and Mandated Reporting (12 of 75 Q)

  • §2.1 Method
  • §2.2 CANRA
  • §2.3 Elder / dependent adult (W&I §15630)
  • §2.4 Danger to others (§43.92)
  • §2.5 Danger to self
  • §2.6 LPS ladder
  • §2.7 Privilege exceptions
  • §2.8 Evaluator roles
  • Exam triggers
  • Trap pairs
  • Worked mini-drill
  • Five-question self-test (answers below)
  • Reporting one-liners
  • Answer-elimination workshop
  • Ten-second flash cards
  • Sequencing gym — 1B's order questions

Chapter 2 — Limits to Confidentiality and Mandated Reporting (Exam Plan 1B)

  • §2.1 The discipline of exceptions
  • §2.2 Child abuse and neglect — CANRA in social work practice
  • §2.3 Elder and dependent adult abuse — W&I Code §15630
  • §2.4 Danger to others — Civil Code §43.92
  • §2.5 Danger to self — permissive, proportionate
  • §2.6 Grave disability and the LPS ladder
  • §2.7 Privilege exceptions — the litigation set
  • §2.8 Evaluator and court-involved roles
  • §2.9 Exam lens — chapter 2 trap pairs
  • §2.10 Applied drills (worked)
  • §2.11 The 1B one-page flowchart
  • §2.12 Vocabulary bank
  • §2.13 The reporting-clock master table
  • §2.14 CANRA decision workbook — ten walked calls
  • §2.15 Threat lab — §43.92 in five variants
  • §2.16 Privilege-exception decision tree
  • §2.17 Integration cases
  • §2.18 Rapid review — twenty-five 1B anchors
  • §2.19 The reporter's script library
  • §2.20 Self-test (answers below)
  • §2.21 Danger-to-self workbook — six graded responses
  • §2.22 Rapid review supplement — the evaluator's five sentences
  • §2.23 Institutional-reporting friction lab — four walked standoffs
  • §2.24 Hold-pathway walkthrough — from office to 5150, documented
  • §2.25 Two-minute chapter recap

Chapter 3 — Legal Standards for Clinical Social Work Practice (9 of 75 Q)

  • §3.1 Scope (B&P §4996.9) and the ASW frame
  • §3.2 Discipline (§4992.3)
  • §3.3 Sexual misconduct
  • §3.4 Records law
  • §3.5 Advertising (§651 + Board rules)
  • §3.6 Money
  • §3.7 Referral consideration (§650)
  • Exam triggers
  • Trap pairs
  • Worked mini-drill
  • Five-question self-test (answers below)
  • The money-and-conduct grid
  • Answer-elimination workshop
  • Ten-second flash cards
  • Sequencing gym — 1C's order questions

Chapter 3 — Legal Standards for Clinical Social Work Practice (Exam Plan 1C)

  • §3.1 The LCSW scope — and its working edges
  • §3.2 Unprofessional conduct and the Board's machine
  • §3.3 Sexual misconduct — the three statutes
  • §3.4 Records and documentation
  • §3.5 Advertising
  • §3.6 Fees, billing, collections, and payors
  • §3.7 Referral consideration — B&P §650
  • §3.8 Exam lens — chapter 3 trap pairs
  • §3.9 Applied drills (worked)
  • §3.10 The 1C statute map
  • §3.11 Vocabulary bank
  • §3.12 Discipline case gallery — six patterns
  • §3.13 Documentation clinic — the defensible note
  • §3.14 Advertising makeover lab
  • §3.15 The money-and-conduct grid
  • §3.16 Scope-boundary drills — ten rapid calls
  • §3.17 Rapid review — twenty 1C anchors
  • §3.18 The associate's year-one compliance calendar
  • §3.19 Self-test (answers below)
  • §3.20 Statute reading room — §4992.3 walked by scenario
  • §3.21 The public-program integrity file
  • §3.22 If the Board calls — the respondent's compliant playbook
  • §3.23 Two-minute chapter recap

Chapter 4 — Professional Competence and Integrity (12 of 75 Q)

  • §4.1 Competence
  • §4.2 Cultural competence (2A pillar since 2024)
  • §4.3 Conflicts of interest
  • §4.4 Boundaries and dual relationships
  • §4.5 Sexual ethics beyond statute
  • §4.6 Values
  • §4.7 Impairment and self-care
  • §4.8 Consultation
  • Exam triggers
  • Trap pairs
  • Worked mini-drill
  • Five-question self-test (answers below)
  • The dual-relationship verdict table
  • Answer-elimination workshop
  • Ten-second flash cards

Chapter 4 — Professional Competence and Integrity (Exam Plan 2A)

  • §4.1 Competence — social work's version
  • §4.2 Cultural competence and anti-discrimination — now a 2A pillar
  • §4.3 Conflicts of interest
  • §4.4 Boundaries and dual relationships
  • §4.5 Sexual ethics beyond the statutes
  • §4.6 Personal values and the service obligation
  • §4.7 Impairment and self-care — both directions
  • §4.8 Consultation
  • §4.9 Exam lens — chapter 4 trap pairs
  • §4.10 Applied drills (worked)
  • §4.11 Vocabulary bank
  • §4.12 Dual-relationship decision workbook — ten walked calls
  • §4.13 Cultural-formulation lab — four assessments, reframed
  • §4.14 Impairment self-audit — the honest twenty
  • §4.15 Rapid review — twenty 2A anchors
  • §4.16 Self-test (answers below)
  • §4.17 Values workshop — mapping your pressure points
  • §4.18 Consultation-documentation lab
  • §4.19 Integration cases — 2A meeting the exam
  • §4.20 The competence-growth file
  • §4.21 Touch, language, and the body — the practice edge
  • §4.22 The settings tour — competence and integrity by workplace
  • §4.23 Two-minute chapter recap

Chapter 5 — Responsibility to Clients and the Clinical Relationship (18 of 75 Q)

  • §5.1 Consent as practice
  • §5.2 Other providers
  • §5.3 Benefit
  • §5.4 Self-determination
  • §5.5 Confidentiality in systems
  • §5.6 Safety management
  • §5.7 Collisions
  • §5.8 Advocacy and collaboration
  • §5.9 Referral
  • §5.10 Endings
  • Exam triggers
  • Trap pairs
  • Worked mini-drill
  • Five-question self-test (answers below)
  • The termination verdict table
  • Answer-elimination workshop
  • Ten-second flash cards
  • Sixty-second sequencing gym

Chapter 5 — Responsibility to Clients and the Clinical Relationship (Exam Plan 2B)

  • §5.1 Consent as relationship practice
  • §5.2 Other providers and split treatment
  • §5.3 Benefit, necessity, and honest planning
  • §5.4 Self-determination — the signature principle and its limits
  • §5.5 Confidentiality ethics in living systems
  • §5.6 Safety and crisis management
  • §5.7 When law, agency, and ethics collide
  • §5.8 Advocacy, access, and collaboration — social work's affirmative duties
  • §5.9 Referral and transfer
  • §5.10 Interruption, closure, and termination — the abandonment cluster
  • §5.11 Exam lens — chapter 5 trap pairs
  • §5.12 Applied drills (worked)
  • §5.13 Vocabulary bank
  • §5.14 Termination-letter anatomy
  • §5.15 Abandonment case files — five, judged
  • §5.16 Managed-care and program-denial script lab
  • §5.17 Crisis-session walkthrough — sixty minutes, documented
  • §5.18 Rapid review — twenty-five 2B anchors
  • §5.19 Self-test (answers below)
  • §5.20 The client-rights charter
  • §5.21 Termination-grounds sorter
  • §5.22 Crisis-resource map
  • §5.23 Integration cases — 2B meeting everything
  • §5.24 Termination case file — the chart that closes clean
  • §5.25 The mandated-client engagement lab
  • §5.26 Rapid-fire "best FIRST response" gym — ten reps
  • §5.27 Sixty-second answer frames — 2B's ten recurring calls
  • §5.28 The 2B error autopsy — why strong candidates miss these
  • §5.29 Two-minute chapter recap
  • §5.30 Closing drill — write the missing sentence

Chapter 6 — Practice Policies and Professional Responsibilities (12 of 75 Q)

  • §6.1 Technology, telehealth ethics, AI
  • §6.2 Financial ethics
  • §6.3 Gifts
  • §6.4 Advertising and testimonials
  • §6.5 Roles and forensic work
  • §6.6 Research and case material
  • §6.7 Colleague conduct
  • §6.8 Supervision
  • Exam triggers
  • Trap pairs
  • Worked mini-drill
  • Five-question self-test (answers below)
  • The technology verdict table
  • Answer-elimination workshop
  • Ten-second flash cards
  • The final crosswalk — every 2C task to its owner

Chapter 6 — Practice Policies and Professional Responsibilities (Exam Plan 2C)

  • §6.1 Technology, telehealth ethics, and AI
  • §6.2 Financial ethics above the floor
  • §6.3 Gifts — the five-factor analysis
  • §6.4 Advertising and testimonials
  • §6.5 Multiple roles, forensic work, and evaluations
  • §6.6 Research, evaluation, and teaching
  • §6.7 Colleague misconduct — the consult-first ladder
  • §6.8 Supervision — both chairs
  • §6.9 Exam lens — chapter 6 trap pairs
  • §6.10 Applied drills (worked)
  • §6.11 Vocabulary bank
  • §6.12 Learner FAQ — the course and the real exam
  • §6.13 Final-week calendar
  • §6.14 Technology-policy walkthrough — clause by clause
  • §6.15 AI vetting checklist
  • §6.16 Supervision-contract anatomy
  • §6.17 Forensic-request decision tree
  • §6.18 Rapid review — twenty 2C anchors
  • §6.19 Self-test (answers below)
  • §6.20 Records-lifecycle workshop — birth to shredder
  • §6.21 The 2C plan crosswalk
  • §6.22 Capstone — one vignette, six chapters
  • §6.23 The 40-item final sweep
  • §6.24 Extended glossary — the 2C working vocabulary
  • §6.25 Worked policy drills
  • §6.26 Learner FAQ — supplement
  • §6.27 Answer-elimination workshop — 2C's format
  • §6.28 Final integration sweep — cross-chapter pairings the exam loves
  • §6.29 Two-minute chapter recap
  • §6.30 The night-before card

Sample from Part I

Chapter 1 — Consent, Confidentiality, and Privilege (12 of 75 Q) High-yield review. Full doctrine: Treatise Ch. 1. Practice material — not affiliated with the BBS, Pearson VUE, or NASW. §1.0 The exam frame - 75 Q / 90 min; 50 scored + 25 pretest; pass/fail; fail → numeric score + 90-day wait; $150/attempt; Pearson VUE. ASWs take each renewal year until passed. - 2024 plan (all three professions): 1A 16 · 1B 16 · 1C 12 · 2A 16 · 2B 24 · 2C 16. Cultural competence lives in 2A. Official sources: BBS statutes/regs + NASW Code. - Read the call: required (statute) ≠ ethical (standard) ≠ first (assess) ≠ best (least-breach client welfare). §1.1 Pre-service disclosures - Fees + basis before services (§4992.3 ground). Changes re-agreed. - ASW disclosure before any services: unlicensed + under supervision (§4996.18) — supervisor named; ads carry full title + number + supervised status + supervisor. - Board consumer notice; ownership disclosure for practice names; all-party recording consent (Pen C §632); agency information flows disclosed (teams, courts, funders, POs). §1.2 Informed consent - Capacity + knowledge + voluntariness + verified comprehension (teach-back, interpreters); documented; revisited at material changes. - Mandated contexts: compelled vs chosen vs reported — told honestly. Capacity flux: maximize participation, lawful surrogates, re-engage. Minors assent. - Consent never authorizes unlawful acts or waives reporting. §1.3 Minors - Default: custodial parent/guardian; joint legal custody → either unless the order says both; caregiver affidavit (Fam C §6550); emancipated = adult (§7002); foster youth → dependency orders. - H&S §124260: 12+, documented maturity — no danger element; LCSW/ASW covered. - Fam C §6924: 12+, maturity plus danger or abuse/incest victim. - Both: involve parents unless documented inappropriate after consulting the minor; parents not liable unless participating. - Self-consented care → the minor holds records/authorization rights; parent-consented → parent access subject to detriment denial (§123115(a)(2)). §1.4 Confidentiality (CMIA) - Civ C §56 et seq.; the fact of treatment is confidential; breach = discipline + liability. - §56.11 authorization: 14-point or handwritten, separate, uses/recipients, expiration, revocable. - Conjoint record: every adult signs. Secrets policy set at intake governs individual disclosures. Groups: member agreements, limits disclosed. Collaterals aren't clients. - Teams: need-to-know inside the entity; authorization to cross agency lines. Death → personal representative. §1.5 Privilege (Evid C §§1010–1015) - §1010 includes ASWs/trainees · §1011 patient = anyone consulting (intake calls count) · §1012 interest-furthering third parties safe (conjoint members, interpreters). - Patient holds (§1013); clinician must claim (§1015); waiver = holder's voluntary act (§912); one holder's waiver ≠ another's; personal representative after death. §1.6 Records - Inspect 5 working days · copies 15 days · ≤$0.25/page · summary 10 working days (→30) · addendum 250 words · never hostage to bills. - Mental-health refusal: documented substantial risk + designated-professional inspection alternative (§123115(b)). - Retention: 7 years from termination; minors 7 years past 18 (B&P §4993). §1.7 Subpoena vs order - Subpoena = demand → notify holder, assert privilege; comply on waiver/authorization or court order; order

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