CPI Ethical & Legal Compliance 4

Question 1

Which of the following post-incident actions is both an ethical and legal best practice following a physical restraint?

Accepted Answer

Completing a thorough incident report and conducting a client debrief

Answer

Completing an incident report and debriefing the client fulfills both documentation requirements and ethical obligations to transparency and care.

Question 2

Under the ADA, what obligation does a facility have when a person with a disability is involved in a crisis situation?

Accepted Answer

Reasonable accommodations must be considered in crisis response and intervention planning

Answer

The ADA requires covered entities to provide reasonable accommodations, which includes adapting crisis response to the needs of individuals with disabilities.

Question 3

What is 'duty to warn' and when is it typically triggered in a crisis intervention context?

Accepted Answer

A clinician's obligation to notify an identifiable third party of a client's credible threat to harm them

Answer

Duty to warn (from Tarasoff) obligates mental health professionals to warn identifiable potential victims of credible threats made by a client.

Question 4

A supervisor instructs staff to skip required restraint training to meet a staffing deadline. This instruction is best characterized as:

Accepted Answer

An ethical and legal violation that staff should refuse and document

Answer

Required training cannot be waived; bypassing it exposes both staff and the organization to ethical violations and legal liability.

Question 5

Which standard governs how long physical restraint may be maintained once a crisis begins to de-escalate?

Accepted Answer

Restraint must be discontinued at the earliest point when safety can be maintained without it

Answer

CPI and most regulatory standards require that restraint be discontinued as soon as safety can be reasonably maintained without it.

(CPI) Crisis Prevention Intervention Certification Practice Test

(CPI) Crisis Prevention Intervention Certification Practice Test

CPI Ethical & Legal Compliance 4