Variations in the Health Professionals Covered
| Professionals Covered | States |
|---|---|
| Mental health provider (does not appear to include psychiatrists or unclear) | Alaska, Connecticut, Florida, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Pennsylvania |
| Mental health provider (includes psychiatrist, psychologist, clinical social worker, and sometimes associates of those professions) | California, Delaware, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, and New York |
| Mental health provider (includes above and physicians who are not necessarily accredited in psychiatry) | Alabama, Arizona, Colorado, District of Columbia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Montana, New Jersey, Ohio, Oregon, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia, Washington, and Wyoming |
| Not specified or unclear | Georgia, Hawaii, Iowa, New Mexico, North Carolina, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Vermont, West Virginia, Wisconsin |
| Physician (does not appear to include other mental health providers) | New Hampshire |
| Duty not applicable | Arkansas, Kansas, Maine, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Virginia, |
Created by the authors with data from Edwards5 and updated with the FindLaw database, available at www.findlaw.com.