Ethical guidelines on private practice after-hours coverage

Hi all, I am in the process of starting up a solo private practice and was wondering psychologists are required to provide after-hours coverage and/or be on-call 24/7 in the private practice setting. I am trying to figure out whether I need to pay for an after-hours answering service, or if I can just say in my voicemail message what my hours are (they will be normal business hours, maybe a couple of evenings) and if patients receive this message after hours and are having a clinical... Ethical guidelines on private practice after-hours coverage
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