Utah Administrative Code
Topic - Commerce
Title R156 - Professional Licensing
Rule R156-60b - Marriage and Family Therapist Licensing Act Rule
Section R156-60b-102 - Definitions

Universal Citation: UT Admin Code R 156-60b-102

Current through Bulletin 2024-24, December 15, 2024

Terms used in this rule are defined in Title 58, Chapter 1, Division of Professional Licensing Act, and Title 58, Chapter 60, Mental Health Professional Practice Act. In addition:

(1) "AAMFT" means the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy.

(2) "AMFT" means an associate marriage and family therapist.

(3) "Approved diagnostic and statistical manual for mental disorders" means the following:

(a) Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition: DSM-5 published by the American Psychiatric Association;

(b) International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-10-CM) for Physicians, Professional Edition published by the American Medical Association; or

(c) International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-10-CM): The Complete Official Draft Code Set published by the American Medical Association.

(4) "APRN" as used in Subsection R156-60b-305a(1)(a)(i) means an advanced practice registered nurse who meets the requirements of Subsection 58-31b-302(5)(g) to practice within the psychiatric mental health nursing specialty.

(5) "Client" or "patient" means an individual who, if competent requests, or if not competent to request is lawfully provided professional services by a mental health therapist when the mental health therapist:

(a) agrees verbally or in writing to provide professional services to that individual; or

(b) without an overt agreement does in fact provide professional services to that individual.

(6) "Deficiency" as used in Subsection 58-60-117(1)(d), means the educational degree upon which licensure to be based fails to include no more than a combined total of six semester or eight quarter hours in coursework listed in one or more of Subsections R156-60b-302a(2)(a) through (g).

(7) "Direct personal supervision" of a supervised individual in training, as used in Subsection 58-60-305(1)(e) means the supervisor meets with the supervisee:

(a) when both are physically present in the same room at the same time; or

(b) remotely via synchronous electronic methods that allow for visual and audio interaction between the supervisor and supervisee, in accordance with the requirements of their supervision contract.

(8) "Directly related to marriage and family therapy" as used in Section R156-60b-304 and Subsection R156-60b-304(1)(a), means that the continuing education course:

(a) has the approval of an international, national, or state marriage and family therapy association, national or state marriage and family therapy regulatory board, or a Commission on Accreditation for Marriage and Family Therapy Education accredited program; or

(b) title, objective, or official description of the course indicates instruction on relationships, couples, or families.

(9) "Employee" means a W-2 employee as defined by the Internal Revenue Service.

(10) "Independent of control" as used in Subsections R156-60b-305(4)(c) and (5)(e), means not being employed by the supervisee, or by an agency owned in total or in part by the supervisee, or that the supervisee has any controlling interest.

(11) "Marriage and family therapy experience" as used in Subsection R156-60b-302b(1) includes clinical mental health therapy hours obtained direct with clients and:

(a) conducting, with documentation, an intake interview, mental status evaluation, biopsychosocial history, mental health history, or assessment for treatment planning caseload management;

(b) obtaining knowledge related to techniques and interventions for the prevention and treatment of a broad range of mental health issues;

(c) strategies for interfacing with the legal system regarding court-referred clients;

(d) strategies for interfacing with integrated behavioral health care professionals; and

(e) strategies to advocate for persons with mental health issues.

(12) "Marriage and family therapy" as used in Subsections R156-60b-302b(1)(a) and (b), means the practice area of marriage and family therapy, which focuses on the assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of mental disorder, emotional, and other behavioral disturbances using individual, couple, group, and family therapy modalities.

(13) "MFT" means a marriage and family therapist.

(14) "On-the-job training program" as used in Subsection 58-1-307(1)(c), means a program that:

(a) applies to individuals who have completed courses required for graduation in a degree or formal training program that would qualify for licensure under this chapter;

(b) starts immediately upon completion of courses required for graduation;

(c) ends 45 days from the date it begins, or upon licensure, whichever is earlier, and may not be extended to used a second time;

(d) the individual is an employee of a public or private mental health agency, in-patient or out-patient hospital, educational institution, or government agency, and is providing clinical mental health services; and

(e) is supervised by a qualified individual licensed under this chapter, and includes supervision meetings on at least a weekly basis with the supervisee and supervisor physically present in the same room at the same time.

(15) "Practicum" as used in Subsection R156-60b-302a(2)(g), means a clinical program of training at an accredited school in a setting other than a student's supervised private practice.

(16) "Supervision contract" means a written, signed contract between a supervisor and an individual being supervised to facilitate the completion of experience requirements for licensure and includes the provisions required by Subsection R156-60b-305b(3).

(17) "Supervisor Verification form" means the form, provided by the Division, to document who is providing supervision to a supervised individual, which at a minimum includes:

(a) name and license number of the individual;

(b) name and license number of the supervisor; and

(c) supervised individuals place of employment.

(18) "Unprofessional conduct" is further defined, under Subsection 58-1-203(1)(e), in Section R156-60b-502.

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