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Dutch paper De Volkskrant starts a rehab - Legal things about Narconon NL

TrevAnon

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I started a thread with the following news on WWP. As there may be interesting developments I am copying it here.

Thread is here: https://whyweprotest.net/community/threads/dutch-paper-volkskrant-starts-rehab.110342/

TrevAnon on WWP said:
Journalists of Dutch paper De Volkskrant have started a rehab. :)

All it took was filling in some online forms and a short visit to the Chamber of Commerce. Dutch health insurers have said the regulatory framework isn't good. They cannot deny funding to these rehabs. The Dutch government therefore has announced it is going to change the law. More info will be given before summer.

Volkskrant link:

http://www.volkskrant.nl/vk/nl/5270...slavingskliniek-op-fluitje-van-een-cent.dhtml

Fake website the journalists made:

http://www.ggzbontiusplaats.nl/

[Bontiusplaats being the address where the Volkskrant is located.]

Volkskrant link with some comment from the field:

http://www.volkskrant.nl/vk/nl/2686...gemak-starten-nieuwe-verslavingskliniek.dhtml

Whether this has any effect on Dutch Narconon remains to be seen, as the new regulations are targeted at new entrants. But it maybe gives opportunities.

I'll watch the news and keep WWP posted.

Additional news courtesy of Anonymous :biggrin: :

Anonymous on WWP said:
Wall of text but the TL;DR is worth it: Narconon Netherlands is Doomed.

Maybe not so much because of this bit of upcoming legislation, but there is another bit of legislation in the works. I found it after some Googling based on the above article. And this second piece of legislation is likely to spell the end of Narconon in the Netherlands. Let me give some background on this.

It is a result of the case of a now defunct company called 'Europsych'. This company would act as a broker between psychologists (with independant practices) and insurance companies. They would make claims on their behalf for the treatment of patients with mental disorders, such as addictions. This type of claim is every bit as complex as their official name suggests: Diagnose Behandel Combination, or Diagnosis Treatment Combination. They would also offer the service of hiding the identity of the psychologist in question for insurance companies, so in theory anyone could be treating these patients.

The Inspection did not like this, but was unable to stop the practice due to a loophole in legislation. Current legislature requires that each patient has a so called 'hoofdbehandelaar' or 'main treater'. Legislation however does not define further requirements for this main treater, allowing Europsych to assign any of their clients as main treater of patients with mental disorders. [1]

Eventually, Europsych went bust after insurance companies were stopped paying them based on their own insurance policies, but the Inspection was woken up to this loophole and is now drafting legislation to define the requirements for the main treater [2].

Essentially, it will require the main treater for patients with complex disorders to be either a specialized psycholist or a psychiatrist. They are still working on the details (there are health professionals that think the draft proposed legislation is too strict [3]), but something of this nature will come into force.

My guestimate is that this will happen quite fast (a couple of months from now). It may actually be folded into the legislation that the OP is talking about. What I think will happen pretty soon after, is that the Inspection will use it to close a handfull of unprofessionally run drug rehabs, Narconon being one of them.

Such a course of action would also explain why the Inspection isn't being more aggressive in handling Narconon, which is something I was hugely disappointed of until this weekend. I have been making formal complaints with them every three months or so with a recap of developments internationally, so I have little doubt the Inspection is well aware of the nature of the beast. My best guess now is that they are waiting for this legislation to come into force, which will make it much more straightforward to close places like Narconon down.

So is it check mate for Narconon? Not calling that one yet. Maybe they have been able to convince the Inspection they are a legitimate rehab, but I doubt so. Drug rehabs may also be excempted for this new legislation, but given the developments this weekend, that seems unlikely. Another way out for Narconon would be if they accidently have a trained psychologist on staff, but that seams unlikely as well. Their GP doctor, Bertil de Klyn, won't be able to help them out. He actually is a trained GP and he had a registration last year (I checked for it). However, I just checked the register to doublecheck on his full qualifications, and his registration has disappeared, surprisingly [4].

So even if it is too early to call check mate, it certainly seems to be a case of "check".

Oh and one more thing: besides the Inspection, I also alerted insurance companies about consitently fraudulent behavior by Narconon. Really, fellow anons, working towards the closure of your local Narconon is the most effective thing you can do as an activist at the moment. I know several are working on it in their respective countries, but I'd like to see more Narconons being reported to authorities and insurance companies.

[1] PDF alert: http://www.google.nl/url?sa=t&rct=j...=no3DFIl47Bs2jeqwH54hcQ&bvm=bv.45175338,d.d2k

[2] PDF alers: http://www.google.nl/url?sa=t&rct=j...=eOzgHRHEMLyMN-DOg3Szbw&bvm=bv.45175338,d.d2k

[3] http://www.nvgzp.nl/home/86-opvoedpoli-tegen-eisen-hoofdbehandelaarschap-van-verzekeraars

[4] http://www.igz.nl/zoekresultaten.aspx?q=klyn

Anonymous on WWP said:
Small adendum. de Klyn/de Klijn is still registered: http://www.bigregister.nl/?bignummer=99022085801. He's registered as a doctor, not as a pychologist.
Anonymous on WWP said:
I actually found another more recent proposal: http://www.nvgzp.nl/home/83-inspect...loog-en-psychiater-hoofdbehandelaar-in-de-ggz. This is the final draft from April 4th, rather than the earlier draft from January.

This is slightly more favorable for Narconon, since the Inspection is now suggesting to not close the loophole entirely, but only partially.

For drug-rehabs, the requirement that a registered professional has to be in charge of treatment was dropped. However, the new proposal does state explicitly that the treatment should take place in accordance with the current scientific knowledge. This, of course, is almost equally problematic, even though it is not entirely clear where the burden of proof lies.
 

secretiveoldfag

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Play it again, Sam.

Eventually, Europsych went bust after insurance companies were stopped paying them based on their own insurance policies, but the Inspection was woken up to this loophole and is now drafting legislation to define the requirements for the main treater [2].

Essentially, it will require the main treater for patients with complex disorders to be either a specialized psycholist or a psychiatrist. They are still working on the details (there are health professionals that think the draft proposed legislation is too strict [3]), but something of this nature will come into force.

My guestimate is that this will happen quite fast (a couple of months from now). It may actually be folded into the legislation that the OP is talking about. What I think will happen pretty soon after, is that the Inspection will use it to close a handfull of unprofessionally run drug rehabs, Narconon being one of them.

Such a course of action would also explain why the Inspection isn't being more aggressive in handling Narconon, which is something I was hugely disappointed of until this weekend.
 
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