North Carolina Administrative Code
Title 21 - OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS
Chapter 53 - CLINICAL MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELORS
Section .0200 - DEFINITIONS AND CLARIFICATION OF TERMS
Section 53 .0213 - MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL
Current through Register Vol. 38, No. 18, March 15, 2024
A mental health professional includes the following individuals:
(1) Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselors (LCMHC);
(2) Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists (LMFT);
(3) Licensed Clinical Social Workers (LCSW) with a master's degree in social work from a school of social work accredited by the Council of Social Work Education;
(4) Licensed Psychologists;
(5) Licensed Medical Doctors with a Medical Board certification in psychiatry;
(6) Nurse Practitioners approved to practice in North Carolina and certified by the American Nurses Credentialing Center as an advanced practice nurse practitioner and certified in psychiatric nursing; and
(7) Clinical Nurse Specialists certified by the American Nurses Credentialing Center or the American Psychiatric Nurse Association as an Advanced Practice Psychiatric Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS).
Authority
G.S.
90-334(h);
90-334(i);
Eff. January 1, 2010;
Pursuant to
G.S.
150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without
substantive public interest Eff. April 27, 2019;
Amended Eff.
January 1, 2020 (S.L. 2019-240, s. 3.(k)).
