North Carolina Administrative Code
Title 21 - OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS
Chapter 54 - PSYCHOLOGY
Section .2700 - HEALTH SERVICES PROVIDER CERTIFICATION
Section 54 .2701 - HEALTH SERVICES ACTIVITIES
Universal Citation: 21 NC Admin Code 54 .2701
Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 6, September 16, 2024
(a) Health services in psychology include services provided directly to clients or patients or groups of clients or patients. Such services include the following:
(1) the diagnosis, evaluation, treatment,
remediation, and prevention of:
(A) mental,
emotional, and behavioral disorder;
(B) substance abuse and dependency;
and
(C) psychological aspects of
physical illness, accident, injury, and disability.
(2) psychotherapy, counseling,
psychoeducational, and neuropsychological services related to services
described in Subparagraph (a)(1) of this Rule;
(3) psychological assessment and report
writing, including scoring of test protocols;
(4) documentation of services provided to
clients or patients, such as progress or process notes, clinical entries in
records;
(5) collateral contacts by
a psychologist with family members, caretakers, and other individuals for the
purpose of benefiting a client or patient of that psychologist; and
(6) consultation with other professionals in
service to the psychologist's clients or patients.
(b) Health services in psychology do not include the following:
(1) clinical
supervision of other professionals who provide health services to clients or
patients;
(2) psychoeducational
instruction to individuals who are not identified clients or patients of the
psychologist providing such instruction;
(3) career counseling, to include assessment
of interests and aptitudes;
(4)
vocational and educational guidance;
(5) the teaching of psychology;
(6) the conduct of psychological research and
the provision of psychological services or consultations to organizations or
institutions, except when such activities involve the delivery of direct health
services to individuals or groups of individuals who are themselves the
intended beneficiaries of such services; or
(7) administrative tasks associated with the
delivery of health services, such as billing and insurance
communications.
Authority
G.S.
90-270.136(4);
90-270.136(8);
90-270.143;
Temporary
Adoption Eff. April 20, 1994 for a period of 180 days or until the permanent
rule becomes effective, whichever is sooner;
Eff. July 1,
1994;
Amended Eff. July 1, 2009;
Readopted Eff. April
1, 2020.
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