Syllabus

1. Why do we even have to worry about cross-border/interjurisdictional practice?
   • The role of licensing boards in the US.
   • When and how foreign licensing board rules come into play.
   • Concrete risks in illegal cross-border/interjurisdictional practice.
2. Changes to interstate practice due to COVID-19
   • The cascade of executive orders.
   • Where emergency practice allowance stands now.
   • A survey of a few states’ executive orders which impact out-of-state practice.
3. Getting answers about practice in foreign jurisdictions
   • The info items a therapist needs to know about practice in a foreign jurisdiction to determine if it is legal to work from there or with clients there — even after COVID-19 ends.
   • A process for getting these answers from US states during and after COVID-19.
   • A process for getting these answers in nations outside the US.
   • PSYPACT and similar efforts to reduce jurisdictional barriers during and after COVID-19.
4. Legal-ethical issues arising when the COVID-19 emergency ends
   • Taking new clients in jurisdictions where your allowance to practice is only temporary.
   • Changes to the practice landscape after declarations of emergency lapse.
5. Working with clients in foreign nations
   • The difference between practice being permitted and practice not being forbidden.
   • Some risks and benefits of Roy’s telepractice in Japan.
   • A demonstration of finding potential information sources in nations where government websites are not written in English, or where information about practice licensure/registration is not findable.
6. Working with clients in US states where one is not licensed
   • Some specific state boards without any temporary practice allowance of any kind, and how we discovered that fact.
   • Some specific state boards with temporary practice allowance rules that goes back to pre-COVID times, and how we discovered that fact.
   • Some specific states with emergency temporary practice allowance as a response to COVID, and how we discovered that fact.
   • Some specific state boards that restrict the ability of therapists to work with clients while the therapist travels out of state.