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When Therapists Also Need Help

By Neil Shous, Esq.

Professionals beware?if you suffer a criminal conviction (or perhaps even simply suffer an arrest)?your professional license, livelihood, and reputation are on the line. This is because most California professional organizations discipline their members for criminal conduct. And while that sounds somewhat obvious at first blush, thinking about it further raises some controversial issues. For starters, what kind of criminal conduct? Any criminal conduct? The legal answer is no, not any criminal conduct. Only conduct that is substantially related to the qualifications and functions of your profession are supposed to result in discipline. The real-life answer, however, is yes?pretty much any criminal conduct. Let?s say that you?re a social worker or marriage therapist accused of a California crime...continue to full post

Full post as published by California Criminal Defense Blog on July 22, 2010 (boomark / email).