Nevada Administrative Code
Chapter 641A - Marriage and Family Therapists and Clinical Professional Counselors
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 641A.035 - Definitions

Universal Citation: NV Admin Code 641A.035

Current through February 27, 2024

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:

1. "Approved provider of continuing education" means a natural person, business entity or governmental entity that the Board has approved to provide courses or programs of continuing education pursuant to NAC 641A.126.

2. "Approved supervisor" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 641A.025 and includes an approved primary and secondary supervisor.

3. "Board" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 641A.030.

4. "Clinical professional counselor" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 641A.031.

5. "Clinical professional counselor intern" means a person licensed as a clinical professional counselor intern pursuant to NRS 641A.288.

6. "Clinical relationship" means any relationship in which a marriage and family therapist, clinical professional counselor or intern, as applicable, has engaged in the treatment of a client.

7. "Course or program of continuing education" means a course or program of education and training that is designed to maintain, improve or enhance the knowledge and competency of a licensee.

8. "Intern" means a marriage and family therapist intern or a clinical professional counselor intern.

9. "Internship" means the period of supervised experience required of a marriage and family therapist intern pursuant to NRS 641A.287 or a clinical professional counselor intern pursuant to NRS 641A.288.

10. "License" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 641A.040.

11. "Marriage and family therapist" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 641A.060.

12. "Marriage and family therapist intern" means a person licensed as a marriage and family therapist intern pursuant to NRS 641A.287.

13. "Practice of clinical professional counseling" has the meaning ascribed to in NRS 641A.065.

14. "Practice of marriage and family therapy" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 641A.080.

15. "Private practice" means engaging in work at a facility at which the compensation of the intern for federal income taxes is not reported, or required to be reported, on Form W-2 by the facility because the intern is a sole proprietor, self-employed or an independent contractor.

16. "Provider of continuing education" means a natural person, business entity or governmental entity that presents a course or program of continuing education that must be approved pursuant to NAC 641A.123.

17. "Provider of health care" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 629.031.

18. "Staff" means the staff of the Board, including, without limitation, any person who has entered into a contract with the Board to provide services to the Board as an independent contractor.

19. "Treatment" means the provision, coordination or management of marriage and family therapy or clinical professional counseling or related services by one or more providers of health care, including coordination or management of health care by a provider of health care with a third party, and consultation between or among providers of health care relating to the client.

Added to NAC by Bd. of Exam'rs for Marriage & Fam. Therapists, eff. 12-14-87; A 1-12-96; A by Bd. of Exam'rs for Marriage & Fam. Therapists & Clinical Prof. Counselors by R060-08, 9-18-2008; A by R091-14, eff. 6/28/2016; A by R094-18AP, eff. 8/30/2018; A by R051-19A, eff. 2/20/2020

NRS 641A.160

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