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) "ACMHC" means an associate clinical
mental health counselor.
(2)
"Approved diagnostic and statistical manual for mental disorders" means the
following:
(a) Diagnostic and Statistical
Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition: DSM-5-TR 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.
(3)
"APRN" as used in Subsection
R156-60c-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.
(4) "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.
(5) "Clinical mental health experience," as
used in Subsection R146-60c-302a(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 and 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.
(6) "Clinical mental health therapy," as used
in Subsections R156-60c-302a(1)(a) and
(b), means the direct practice of mental
health counseling, which focuses on the assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of
mental disorder, emotional, and other behavioral disturbances using individual,
group, and family therapy modalities.
(7) "CMHC" means a clinical mental health
counselor.
(8) "Deficiency," as
used in Subsection
58-60-117(1)(d),
means that the educational degree upon which licensure is to be based fails to
include coursework listed in any one or more of Subsections
R156-60c-102(11)(b)(i) through
(x) and
R156-60c-102(11)(c).
(9) "Direct supervision" of a supervisee in
training, as used in Subsection
58-60-405(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.
(10) "Employee" means a W-2 employee as
defined by the Internal Revenue Service.
(11) "Equivalent field," as used in
Subsection
58-60-405(1)(c)(i)(B),
means that the educational program:
(a)
prepares students to practice mental health counseling through the study of
generally recognized clinical mental health counseling principles, methods, and
procedures;
(b) contains three
semester or four quarter credit hours of graduate-level courses in the
following subjects:
(i) social and cultural
diversity;
(ii) group counseling
and group work;
(iii) human growth
and development;
(iv) career
development;
(v) counseling and
helping relationships;
(vi)
substance-related and addictive disorders;
(vii) assessment and testing;
(viii) mental status examination and the
appraisal of Diagnostic and Statistical Manual maladaptive and
psychopathological behavior;
(ix)
research and program evaluation; and
(x) professional counseling orientation and
ethical practice; and
(c) includes 700 documented hours of
supervised clinical training from at least one practicum or internship, of
which 240 hours consists of providing therapy directly to clients.
(12) "Independent control," as
used in Subsections R156-60c-305b(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.
(13) "Internship" means one or more courses
completed as part of a graduate program at an accredited school:
(a) obtained at one of the following public
or private agencies:
(i) mental health
agency;
(ii) in-patient or
out-patient hospital;
(iii)
educational institution;
(iv)
non-profit organization; or
(v)
government agency;
(b)
while engaged in the clinical practice of mental health therapy as defined in
Subsection
58-60-102(7);
and
(c) under supervision provided
by a qualified mental health training supervisor as defined in Subsection
R156-60c-305a(1)(a).
(14) "On-the-job training program"
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 or 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" means one or more courses
completed as part of a graduate program at an accredited school:
(a) obtained at one of the following public
or private agencies:
(i) mental health
agency;
(ii) in-patient or
out-patient hospital;
(iii)
educational institution;
(iv)
non-profit organization; or
(v)
government agency;
(b)
while engaged in the clinical practice of mental health therapy as defined in
Subsection
58-60-102(7);
and
(c) under supervision provided
by a qualified mental health training supervisor as defined in Subsection
R156-60c-305a(1)(a).
(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
R156-60c-305b(3).
(17) "Supervisor Verification form" means the
form, provided by the Division, to document who is providing supervision to a
supervised individual, that 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, in accordance with Subsection
58-1-203(1)(e),
in Section R156-60c-502.
