Certified Life Care Planner (CLCP) is a national certification, not a Massachusetts license. How a Massachusetts court weighs it is decided case by case under the forum's expert rules; this page covers the credential's scope, the Massachusetts venues where a plan is examined, and our planners who hold it and serve Massachusetts.
The CLCP is the most widely held certification for life care planners. Scope includes the development of comprehensive, individualized life care plans for people with catastrophic injury or chronic illness, documenting every category of future care with its frequency, duration, and cost, and defending that plan through report, deposition, and trial testimony.
Massachusetts personal injury and medical malpractice claims are tried in the Superior Court, with malpractice claims screened by a tribunal early in the case. Workers' compensation claims proceed before the Department of Industrial Accidents.
Outside the civil courts, the Massachusetts Department of Industrial Accidents is the forum where a plan is most often examined in Massachusetts. KW Life Care Planning CLCP-credentialed experts apply nationally recognized standards while accounting for Massachusetts's practice environment.
CLCP-credentialed experts provide testimony in Massachusetts's courts, where expert qualification is determined case by case.
Highest court: Supreme Judicial Court. Federal venues: D. Mass..
Yes. CLCP candidates must hold a qualifying healthcare or rehabilitation credential, such as RN, OT, PT, CRC, or physician, before completing the training and examination.
Practice standards published by the profession's organizations call for a consistent process: record review, evaluee interview, consultation with treating providers, itemized recommendations with frequency and duration, and cost research from identified sources. A CLCP plan should be traceable at every line.
Causation opinions come from physicians. The CLCP projects care consistent with physician-supported recommendations and testifies to the needs, frequencies, durations, and costs in the plan.
The CLCP is a specialty certification layered on a clinical or rehabilitation background. Nurses, physicians, and rehabilitation counselors can all hold it; the certification documents training and examination in life care planning methodology specifically.
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