Substance Use & the Law: A Practitioner’s Guide to Diversion, Court Systems, and Advocacy
A 3.0-hour professional course on substance use, diversion, recovery courts, mandated treatment, confidentiality, legal-system collaboration, documentation, and advocacy. Prior NCASPPB approval 25-418-C is under renewal and is not represented as current.
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Enroll in This Course- Training type
- Professional Training
- Estimated duration
- 3.0 instructional hours
Designed for substance use professionals, behavioral health clinicians, peer support specialists, case managers, diversion and reentry professionals, supervisors, and related justice-system/community partners. Prior NCASPPB approval 25-418-C is under renewal and is not represented as current; no current NCASPPB credit is awarded until renewed approval is issued.
About This Course
Substance Use & the Law: A Practitioner’s Guide to Diversion, Court Systems, and Advocacy is a 3.0-hour professional training for substance use, behavioral health, peer support, case management, diversion, reentry, and related professionals whose work intersects with criminal-legal-system requirements.
The course provides practical legal literacy without asking treatment professionals to practice law. Learners examine common court and supervision touchpoints, diversion and recovery-court pathways, mandated treatment, informed consent, current confidentiality principles including 42 CFR Part 2, court and supervision communication, objective documentation, trauma-informed advocacy, recovery supports, and considerations involving older adults and veterans.
Curriculum
- Court processes, legal touchpoints, probation/parole, and professional role boundaries.
- Diversion, recovery courts, treatment alternatives, and evidence-informed treatment pathways.
- Mandated treatment, autonomy, ethics, informed consent, confidentiality, and legal requests.
- Justice-system collaboration, court progress communication, and documentation for legal scrutiny.
- Trauma-informed advocacy, recovery capital, older-adult substance-use considerations, and veteran-specific resources.
- Integrated cases, 20-question final post-test, and required course evaluation.
Completion Standard
Learners must complete every required lesson in sequence, pass the final post-test with at least 80%, and submit the course evaluation before the TSG Professional Academy Certificate of Completion is released.
Continuing Education Status
This course previously held NCASPPB approval 25-418-C. Renewal is pending under TSG Professional Academy. The prior approval is not represented as current, and no current NCASPPB credit is awarded unless and until renewed approval is issued.
This course is educational and does not constitute legal advice, clinical supervision, or authorization to practice outside the learner’s professional scope.
Course Information
Course Instructor
Welcome, Scope & Legal-Literacy Framework
Course orientation, legal-literacy scope, professional boundaries, objectives, and completion requirements.
Module 1 — Court Processes, Legal Touchpoints & Supervision
Plain-language court processes, professional roles, bond/pretrial context, probation/parole, and translating legal conditions into treatment context.
Module 2 — Diversion, Recovery Courts & Treatment Pathways
Diversion, recovery courts, treatment alternatives, eligibility boundaries, interdisciplinary teams, and recovery-oriented practice.
Module 3 — Mandated Treatment, Ethics, Consent & Confidentiality
Mandated treatment, autonomy, informed consent, reporting boundaries, 42 CFR Part 2, legal requests, and ethical disclosure decisions.
Module 4 — Justice-System Collaboration & Documentation for Legal Scrutiny
Interdisciplinary collaboration, objective records, court progress letters, disclosure boundaries, and documentation that can withstand external review.
Module 5 — Trauma-Informed Advocacy, Recovery, Older Adults & Veterans
Trauma-informed advocacy, recovery capital, evidence-informed care, and substance-use considerations for older adults and veterans.
Application Lab, Final Assessment & Course Evaluation
Integrated legal/clinical cases, practice checklist, final 20-question assessment, evaluation, and certificate process.
Required course evaluation, practice reflection, and learner completion attestation.