Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA)
Submitted by rebekah.enzler on Wed, 08/13/2008 - 10:54am.
Ø HIPAA Resources
Duty to Protect
Ø Tarasoff
In Tarasoff v. Regents of the University of California, 17 Cal. 3d 425, 551 P.2d 334, 131 Cal. Rptr. 14 (Cal. 1976), the California Supreme Court held that mental health professionals have a duty to protect individuals who are being threatened with bodily harm by their patient. The court held that the mental health professional may discharge the duty to protect in several ways, including notifying police, warning the intended victim, or taking other “reasonable steps” to protect the threatened individual.
