Law and Mental Health Professionals: Kansas

This publication is intended as a resource for mental health professionals and attorneys dealing in mental health law in the state of Kansas and is part of a series with a volume devoted to each state. Legal topics pertinent to the profession are addressed in individual chapters, each describing the legal standards and processes within which a mental health professional would be operating. Arrangement is in eight sections on legal credentialing, business matters, limitations on and liability for practice, families and juveniles, other civil matters, civil and criminal trial matters, criminal matters, and voluntary or involuntary receipt of state services. Five appendices publish tables of cases, statues, rules of court, administrative rules and regulations, and references to Constitution. Annotation c2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)