N.J. Admin. Code § 13:34-31.4 - Dual relationships
(a) If a licensee
is, or has been, a treating therapist for any person who is part of the
custody/parenting time evaluation and/or termination of parental rights
evaluation, the treating therapist shall not assume either the role of an
evaluator in the custody/parenting time evaluation and/or termination of
parental rights evaluation, or the role of a parenting coordinator, and shall
advise any party or court of this prohibition.
(b) A licensee who is a treating therapist
may report on a client's mental health status and treatment issues but shall
not make any recommendations regarding custody or termination of parental
rights.
(c) After the evaluation
process is completed, a licensee, whose initial involvement with a case has
been as an evaluator, may agree to function subsequently as a treating
therapist or parent coordinator, but shall be precluded from functioning as an
evaluator in the case.
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