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October 17, 2025 | 12:00 – 1:00 PM Consent and Confidentiality Issues for Adolescents
Description:
Learning Objectives:
By the end of this session, participants will be able to:
- Describe the legal framework for adolescent consent to medical care, including mental health and substance use treatment
- Identify key provisions and exceptions to parental consent requirements, including the mature minor rule, emancipated minor criteria, and emergency care exceptions
- Interpret confidentiality laws and limitations relevant to adolescent patients receiving behavioral health services, particularly in cases involving risk of harm or sexual activity
- Apply legal and ethical principles to case-based scenarios, demonstrating best practices for navigating confidentiality, documentation, and communication with families
- Utilize state and national resources for consent and confidentiality
Presenter: Laura Grubb, MD, MPH
Dr. Laura Grubb is a board-certified pediatrician and adolescent medicine specialist with over two decades of experience advancing adolescent behavioral health through clinical care, public health leadership, and national advocacy. Her expertise centers on youth substance use prevention, treatment, and recovery, with a strong focus on implementing trauma-informed, evidence-based practices across clinical and community settings. As a Subject Matter Expert for the New England ATTC and consultant to the Opioid Response Network, she provides targeted technical assistance (TTA), training, and policy-informed consultation to behavioral health providers and systems.
Continuing Medical Education:
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of the Hanley Center for Health Leadership and Education and CCSME. The Hanley Center for Health Leadership and Education is accredited by the Maine Medical Association Committee on Continuing Medical Education and Accreditation to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The Hanley Center for Health Leadership and Education designates this regularly scheduled series for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit ™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
*Nurses and Nurse Practitioners will be awarded a certificate of participation with a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit ™.
This course has been approved by Co-Occurring Collaborative Serving Maine (CCSME), as a NAADAC Approved Education Provider, for 1 educational credits. NAADAC Provider #324712, CCSME is responsible for all aspects of the programming.
Contact Hours 1 contact hours for social workers, licensed clinical professional counselors, and behavioral health professionals.
1 Category 1 Contact hours for psychologists. CCSME is a pre-approved sponsor and provider of Professional Education Activities for Psychologists.
1 contract hours CHES. CCSME is a designated provider of continuing education contact hours (CECH) in health education by the National Commission of Health Education Credentialing, Inc.
