Telepsychology: Legal, Ethical and Regulatory Consideration Inside and Outside of PSYPACT

Presented by: 

Janet Orwig, MBA, CAE, Executive Director of PSYPACT and Amy Lerman, Health Regulatory & Telehealth Attorney

This pre-recorded workshop was held on 5/2/25 as a live workshop and is being provided as a homestudy course:

3 CE Credits

The Alabama Psychological Association is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists.    The Alabama Psychological Association maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

 

Alabama Psychological Association has been  approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider,  ACEP No. 6914. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified.  Alabama Psychological Association is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.

Registration Fees:

aPA Members - $75.00

Non-Members - $105.00

aPA Student Member - free

Non-Member Student - $25.00 (or join for $10 and workshop if free)

Non-CE Earning Registration - Members - $15.00

Non-CE Earning Registration - Non-Members - $25.00

About the Workshop:

Course Description:

In an era of rapidly evolving technology, telepsychology has become an indispensable tool for expanding access to behavioral health services. However, this transformative modality brings with it a complex web of legal, ethical, and regulatory considerations that demand careful attention. This comprehensive 3-hour course is designed specifically for members of state psychological associations, offering critical insights into the evolving landscape of telepsychology practice. Participants will gain a deep understanding of the foundational principles, legal mandates, and practical applications that govern the delivery of telepsychology services. Key areas of focus will include federal and state regulatory compliance, ethical considerations, and risk management and enforcement. We will provide you with an in depth look at the Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact (PSYPACT), an interstate compact designed to facilitate the practice of telepsychology and the temporary in-person face-to-face practice of psychology across state boundaries. This course will equip you with the essential knowledge and tools to effectively regulate and support the responsible and ethical practice of telepsychology within the states where you practice.

Learning Objectives:
At the end of this presentation, participants will be able to:

1. List and understand foundational knowledge and ethical considerations, including how to define “telepsychology” and differentiate it from other, related terms; and identify and explain core ethical principles that apply to telepsychology services such as confidentiality and informed consent.

2. Describe the evolution of telepsychology and its growing importance in behavioral health care service delivery, including potential benefits and limitations of telepsychology for diverse patient populations.

3. Identify and summarize key federal and state laws that govern telepsychology practice, including state professional licensure requirements, scope of practice considerations, and patient data privacy and security considerations (e.g., HIPAA).

4. Discuss the implications of cross-jurisdictional practice, including what an interstate compact is (and one example of a compact); what specific objectives PSYPACT has achieved and two things PSYPACT allows psychologists to do to ethically and legally practice according to regulations; and what the governing documents for PSYPACT are and where to locate them. 

5. Explain the potential consequences of non-compliance with legal and ethical standards in telepsychology, including disciplinary actions, risk of enforcement, and other penalties (e.g., audits, investigations).

General Information:

Video link and hand out matierals will be provided upon completed registration.  You will receive a registration confirmation email with the following links:

Workshop Pre-Recorded Video Link

Handouts

Post Workshop Evaluation

Post Workshop Test

Refunds & Grievance Policy: Participants may direct questions or grievances to aPA at (334) 262-8245. An administrative fee of $25 will be charged for cancellation of registration. Please note, no refunds will be granted after May 14th, 2025..

Approval: Particants must view the pre-recorded workshop, complete the Post Workshop Evaluation Form and Score 80% or above on the Post Workshop Test. 

Once all requirements have been met, participants will receive a CE Certificate via email that meets the Alabama Board of Examiner's requirements for CE Credit.

Please allow 7-10 business days to receive CE Certificate

Audience:

This presentation is intended for psychologists, other licensed mental health providers and graduate students of psychology.  Level of learning is Intermediate.

About the Speakers:

Janet Orwig, MBA, CAE, Executive Director of PSYPACT

Janet Orwig, MBA, CAE in her position with the Association of State and Provincial Psychology Boards (ASPPB) serves as the Associate Executive Officer, Member Services and PSYPACT Executive Director. She is responsible for monitoring state regulatory and legislative actions and overseeing member services including the Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact (PSYPACT). Her 27-year career in association management includes experience in customer service, public relations, advocacy, strategic planning, leadership development, grant management and project and program management. Janet earned her Paralegal Certificate and bachelor’s in business administration from Huntingdon College and her MBA from the University of Phoenix. She is also a Certified Association Executive.

 Janet Orwig CV

Amy Lerman, Health Regulatory & Telehealth Attorney

Amy Lerman is a Health Regulatory and Telehealth Attorney with Epstein, Becker, and Green Law Firm.  Amy is the lead author of the firm’s Telemental Health Laws app, a comprehensive survey of state telehealth laws, regulations, and policies for mental and behavioral health practitioners and stakeholders across all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico.  Amy is also a co-author of a Bloomberg BNA portfolio publication titled Navigating the Telehealth Landscape: Legal and Regulatory Issues. Since 2018, Amy has guest lectured on digital health law at Cornell Tech.  Before she joined Epstein Becker Green, Amy worked in the health care practice of a large consulting firm. She also worked for a technology company providing customized health care provider profiling / search engines to employer clients.

Amy Lerman, Member of the Firm, Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
https://www.ebglaw.com/people/amy-lerman (includes references in Insights section)

References:

1. About PSYPACT. https://psypact.gov/page/About . Accessed 15 Jan 2025.
2. Buenger, Michael L. et. al. The Evolving Law and Use of Interstate Compacts. 2nd Edition, Kelly Book and ABA Publishing, 2017.
3 “Interstate Compacts by State – Ballotpedia.” Ballotpedia, https://ballotpedia.org/Interstate_compacts_by_state. Accessed 4 May 2023.
4. APA Guidelines for the Practice of Telepsychology . Accessed 15 Jan 2025 https://www.apa.org/practice/guidelines/telepsychology-revision.pdf
5. “What are Interstate Compacts? - National Center for Interstate Compacts|The Council of State Governments.” https://compacts.csg.org. Accessed 15 Jan 2025.

Program Content:
Standard D.1.2 

Program content focuses on ethical, legal, statutory or regulatory policies, guidelines, and standards that impact psychological practice, education, or research.

The Alabama Psychological Association in collaboration with
The District of Columbia Psychological Association and 11 other State Psychological Associations
presents

Antiracism in Action:
Clinical Skills for Ethical Mental Health Practice

Presented by Jessica Smedley, Ph.D.
Friday, March 6th, 2026 12:00pm - 3:15pm CST

3 CE Credits

This workshop will be presented as a live, virtual presentation via Zoom webinar.
Participants will be able to communicate with the presenter in real-time during the course of instruction. As participants can interact in real-time with the presenter, this webinar meets the requirements as a live or face-to-face CE training (not considered homestudy learning credits).

Registration Fees:

Flash Sale!!!
Register by 2/14/2026 and receive an additional $10 off Early Bird Discount!

aPA members: $60.00 (Early bird discount is $50.00 until 2/20/26)
Non-members: $90.00 (Early bird discount is $75.00 until 2/20/26)
Student members: free 
Student non-members: $30.00 (Join aPA for $10 and get free registration)

Registration Deadline is March 4th 2026

About the Workshop:

Antiracism is not an add-on to clinical care—it is a core ethical responsibility. This workshop invites mental health professionals to critically examine how racism and systemic inequities affect diagnosis, treatment access, and client outcomes. Using an antiracist and trauma-informed framework, participants will gain tools to reduce harm, strengthen the therapeutic alliance, and provide more equitable, culturally responsive mental health care. Further, clinicians will learn practical strategies to identify bias, address racial dynamics in the therapy room, and integrate antiracist principles across assessment, diagnosis, and intervention.

Learning Objectives:

At the end of this presentation, attendees will be able to:

• Identify ways racism operates as a chronic stressor and traumatic exposure affecting mental health outcomes across the lifespan. 
• Apply antiracist principles to clinical decision-making, including intake, diagnosis, goal-setting, and termination. 
• Identify signs of racialized stress responses that may be misdiagnosed as pathology.

Audience:

This presentation is intended for psychologists, other licensed mental health providers, and graduate students of psychology. Level of learning is Intermediate.

About the Speaker:

Jessica Smedley, Psy.D. is a native of the San Francisco Bay Area. She has a long history of providing direct care and psychological evaluations to adults, children and families across several geographic locations. Dr. Smedley completed her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from UC Riverside, and her Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology with Marriage and Family Therapy emphasis from University of San Francisco. Dr. Smedley completed her doctoral degree in Clinical Psychology at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, CA, where she also completed two additional Masters' Degrees in Christian Leadership and Clinical Psychology, respectively. Her dissertation work was focused in the areas of trauma and spirituality in urban communities.  Dr. Smedley continues to be present in academic settings and currently holds adjunct faculty appointments at The George Washington University and Howard University.   

Dr. Smedley completed a significant portion of her clinical training in community mental health settings (i.e., residential, outpatient, community-based) as well as private practice settings, providing direct care and completing psychological evaluations for adults and children who have experienced complex trauma, chronic and severe mental illness, co-morbid diagnoses, learning disabilities, and several family and environmental systemic issues and disparities.  Dr. Smedley has also facilitated several workshops and trainings for a number of agencies about mental health education and wellness, mental health stigma, racial trauma, and general self-care and wellness.  She has also provided expert insights for the media to include NBC4 Washington, BNC News, Essence Magazine, AARP Sisters Column, Associated Press, and various local radio stations.  

Dr. Smedley believes in giving back to the profession and generations to come by volunteering in several leadership roles in her career span thus far.  She served as the Ohio Psychological Association Diversity Committee Chair in 2017 and has since engaged in many leadership and advocacy training opportunities within the American Psychological Association (APA).  Dr. Smedley is a Past-Diversity Liaison/Diversity Subcommittee Chair for the 2020 APA Practice Leadership Conference.  She has served a three-year term on the  APA Membership Board and was recently appointed to the APA Advocacy Coordinating Committee (ACC); this committee has a unique role of recommending advocacy priorities to the association.  In January of 2023, APA President, Dr. Thema Bryant, appointed Dr. Smedley as the Chair-Elect of the APA ACC, and she will transition to the role of Chair in 2024.  She is also active with the DC Psychological Association (DCPA) and started and co-led the COVID-19 Task Force in 2020 to provide advocacy and services to members and the community during the initial stages of the COVID-19 Pandemic.  Further, Dr. Smedley was elected by DCPA to serve as the 2023 President-Elect and APA Council Representative (2021-23). She also helped to co-launch an initiative with fellow licensed healers of the Association of Black Psychologists (ABPsi) with the long-term goal of the association providing support to members of the community impacted by health disparities. 

As a clinician, Dr. Smedley highly values the importance of growth, cultural awareness, positive racial identity, and incorporating one's unique individual background into treatment. She has found that a strength-based approach has greater, long-term impact, encouraging individuals/families/professionals to hone their strengths and thrive based on a positive belief system. 

References:

DeAngelis, T., & Andoh, E. (2022, March 1). Confronting past wrongs and building an equitable future. Monitor on Psychology, 53(2). https://www.apa.org/monitor/2022/03/special-report-wrongs-future Bird, K. A., Jackson,

J. P., Jr., & Winston, A. S. (2024). Confronting scientific racism in psychology: Lessons from evolutionary biology and genetics. American Psychologist, 79(4), 497–508. Sue, D. W.,

Neville, H. A., & Smith, L. (2024). Racism in counseling and psychotherapy: Illuminate and disarm. American Psychologist, 79(4), 593–605. https://doi.org/10.1037/amp0001231

Mullan, J. (2023). Decolonizing therapy: oppression, historical trauma, and politicizing your practice. W. W. Norton. Bryant-Davis, T., & Arrington, E. (2022). The antiracism handbook: practical tools to shift your mindset and uproot racism in your life and community. New Harbinger Publications.

General Information:

Zoom Login Link and Handout Materials: Zoom webinar login link and Handout materials will be sent out electronically to all attendees no later than one week prior to workshop date. Printed handout materials are not available for purchase as this CE training is being offered remotely.

Workshop Location: Live, virtual webinar via Zoom.

Closed Captions: Live audio captions will be provided for this event. If you need additional disability-related accommodations, please contact us by email us at Info@alapsych.org.  Requests should be made at least two weeks in advance of workshop date.

Refunds & Grievance Policy: Participants may direct questions or grievances to aPA at info@alapsych.org. An administrative fee of $20 will be charged for cancellation of registration. Please note, no refunds will be granted less than 10 days prior to workshop date 02/20/2026.

There is no potential conflict of interest and/or commercial support for this program or its presenter.

The Alabama Psychological Association is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists.    The Alabama Psychological Association maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

 

Alabama Psychological Association has been  approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider,  ACEP No. 6914. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified.  Alabama Psychological Association is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.

The Alabama Psychological Association in collaboration with
The Utah Psychological Association and other State Psychological Associations
presents

 TEN YEARS AFTER:
PATHWAYS TO INTERJURISDICTIONAL PRACTICE

        Friday, March 13, 2026   LIVE ZOOM

         10AM – 1PM  

       3 CE HOURS

Presenter Bio:

Dr. Nan Klein has served as the Utah Psychological Association (UPA) Director of Professional Affairs (DPA) for over 29 years, stepping down from this role at the end of 2025. She currently serves as UPA’s Professional Affairs Consultant. As DPA, Dr. Klein managed the unanimous passage of the Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact (PSYPACT) in the 2017 Utah legislative session. With PSYPACT’s passage, Utah became the second state to join the national compact to regulate the practice of telepsychology and the time-limited practice of face-to-face psychology services across state lines. Dr. Klein is the recipient of multiple awards for her advocacy on behalf of Psychology. Most recently, in February, 2024, she was awarded the fourth ever Lifetime Advocacy Award from the American Psychological Association.

Program Description:

The Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact (PSYPACT) was legislated first in Arizona in 2015.Ten years later, PSYPACT has expanded to include 43 U.S. states and territories, allowing licensed psychologists to provide telepsychology and temporary in-person psychological services across borders. In 2025 four additional states (Hawaii, Iowa, Massachusetts, and New York) introduced PSYPACT legislation which has not yet been enacted; Alaska and New Mexico have pre-filed PSYPACT bills in 2026. This workshop will review historical drivers and legal foundations of PSYPACT, explain current PSYPACT requirements, privileges, and limitations, and discuss new pathways established by the PSYPACT Commission in 2025 to meet the  educational requirements for the E.Passport and Interjurisdictional Practice Certificate (IPC). In addition, legal, ethical, clinical practice considerations, and risk management issues will be identified and explicated.

Learning Objectives

Participants will be able to:

1. Describe the historical drivers and legal foundations of PSYPACT.

2. Explain current PSYPACT requirements, limitations, and new pathways to meet educational

requirements.

3. Understand legal, ethical, and risk management issues.

4. Evaluate whether PSYPACT aligns with their professional goals and practice model.

Registration Fees:

aPA members: $75.00 (Early bird discount is $60.00 until 3/1/26)
Non-members: $100.00 (Early bird discount is $85.00 until 3/1/2026)
Student members: free 
Student non-members: $30.00 (Join aPA for $10 and get free registration)

Registration Deadline is March 11th 2026

Audience:

This presentation is intended for psychologists, other licensed mental health providers, and graduate students of psychology. Level of learning is Intermediate.

General Information:

Zoom Login Link and Handout Materials: Zoom webinar login link and Handout materials will be sent out electronically to all attendees no later than one week prior to workshop date. Printed handout materials are not available for purchase as this CE training is being offered remotely.

Workshop Location: Live, virtual webinar via Zoom.

Closed Captions: Live audio captions will be provided for this event. If you need additional disability-related accommodations, please contact us by email us at info@alapsych.org. Requests should be made at least two weeks in advance of workshop date.

Refunds & Grievance Policy: Participants may direct questions or grievances to aPA at info@alapsych.org. An administrative fee of $20 will be charged for cancellation of registration. Please note, no refunds will be granted less than 10 days prior to workshop date 3/3/26.

There is no potential conflict of interest and/or commercial support for this program or its presenter.

The Alabama Psychological Association is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists.    The Alabama Psychological Association maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

 

Alabama Psychological Association has been  approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider,  ACEP No. 6914. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified.  Alabama Psychological Association is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.

Navigating New Depths:
Elevating Psychology for Professionals and Patients

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2026 Registration Rates:

aPA Member:

• • Early Bird (6/1–7/15): $400
  • Advanced (7/15–8/15): $450
  • Regular (After 8/15): $500

Non-Member:

• • Early Bird: $500
  • Advanced: $550
  • Regular: $600

aPA Student Member:

• • All rates: $50

Student Non-Member:

• • All rates: $125

Sister State Member:

• • Early Bird: $400
  • Advanced: $450
  • Regular: $500

The Alabama Psychological Association is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists.    The Alabama Psychological Association maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

 

Alabama Psychological Association has been  approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider,  ACEP No. 6914. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified.  Alabama Psychological Association is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.

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