Wellness Legal Essentials Course Description & Instructions

Sat,21 Jun 2025 08:13:00

Welcome to the Wellness Law Essentials Continuing Ed Course!

Course Description:

This 5 hour continuing education course provides health coaches with foundational legal literacy essential for ethical and compliant practice. Drawing from the book Quick & Easy Wellness Law, the course addresses key legal issues that arise in unlicensed wellness practice, including scope of practice, the use of lab testing, supplement recommendations, telehealth delivery, and business structuring. Wellness practitioners such as health coaches, personal trainers, energy healers, and others will learn how to distinguish between legally permissible wellness services and regulated healthcare activities such as diagnosing or treating medical conditions. The course also outlines strategies to reduce liability, such as using client agreements, forming LLCs, and avoiding misleading claims. Participants will engage with real-world legal scenarios and apply ethical frameworks aligned with the NBHWC Code of Ethics. Wellness practitioners will finish the course with a clearer understanding of their legal boundaries and enhanced confidence in offering services that support client well-being without overstepping professional limits.

This course is ideal for new and experienced wellness practitioners who want to strengthen their understanding of wellness law and protect their practices while maintaining client trust and ethical standards.

Learning Objectives:

After completing this course, the participant will be able to:

Distinguish between legally permissible wellness services and the regulated practice of healthcare (e.g., medicine, psychology, dietetics), ensuring compliance with scope of practice laws across U.S. jurisdictions.
Identify and apply essential legal protections—including client agreements, informed consent, disclaimers, and appropriate business structures—to minimize legal risk in a wellness coaching practice.
Apply ethical principles in legally complex situations, such as supplement recommendations, lab test discussions, and client referrals, using structured ethical decision-making models.

Here are the course instructions for having a successful and enjoyable experience:

Buy the Quick & Easy Wellness Law book from Amazon. Feel free to purchase either the e-Book or Paperback version.

Once you receive the book, purchase the course. You can purchase the course by subscribing to the Wellness Law App either monthly or annually. The monthly fee is $95 and you can cancel after one month. OR, you can subscribe to the app for an annual fee of $500 and save almost 50%. You can cancel after one year if you select the annual option. As an app subscriber, you not only get access to the Wellness Legal Essentials course, but you also get access to all the premium (and free) features of the app. Premium features include:

Ask a Legal Expert Chat
Community Chat with other Wellness Law Advocates
Monthly Zoom meetings with Attorney Barbara Zabawa
Compliance and Business resources
Membership discount on legal templates and consults

PLEASE NOTE: If you select the one month option and plan to cancel your subscription after one month, you must complete the course in that month in which you are a subscriber. The good news? You have a built-in deadline to incentivize you to complete the course! If you feel like you will need more time to complete the course, consider becoming an annual subscriber. That way you have legal and business help for a full year, as well as more time to complete the continuing education course.

Once you have access to the course, watch the Introduction to the Course video, available on the Wellness Law App/Continuing Education/Wellness Law Essentials Course.

Read the assigned chapters of the book for each module. There are eight modules.

After reading each assignment in the book, watch the video lecture for that module, available on the Wellness Law App/Premium Member Content/WL CE Course/Video Lectures.

Take the 10-question (multiple choice) quiz for that module. You have a total of 2 attempts for each quiz. Try to complete the quiz in one sitting as if you leave part-way through, that counts as one attempt even if you don't finish the quiz! There is no time limit on the quiz. You must score at least 80% to pass each quiz.

Repeat for all eight modules, reading the assigned chapters, watching the Video Lecture, and then taking the quiz for that module.

Once you complete all quizzes, fill out the Course Evaluation form, also available on the Wellness Law App/Continuing Education/Wellness Law Essentials Course/Course Evaluation.

When filling out the evaluation form, please indicate for which CE organization/certification you are seeking continuing education credits. Also, include any membership number assigned to you from that organization so that the organization can easily track your continuing education progress.
If you subscribed to the Wellness Law App, stick around and take advantage of all the compliance and business tools you now have to grow your wellness practice with confidence.

Terms and Conditions:

No refunds, returns, or cancellations for this course. However, if this course is canceled by Wellness Law, LLC, you will be entitled to a full refund of the course fee but not for the Quick & Easy Wellness Law book.

Questions? Email Barbara Zabawa at [email protected].