24 Miss. Code. R. 3-1.1 - Statutory Authority - DMH Professional Credentialing
A. Statutory authority for DMH professional
credentials was granted in 1996 by the Mississippi Legislature.
B. Section
41-4-7
of the Mississippi Code of 1972, Annotated authorizes the
Mississippi State Board of Mental Health (through the Mississippi Department of
Mental Health) to certify/license case managers [i.e., community support
specialists], mental health therapists, intellectual and developmental
disabilities therapists, and others as deemed appropriate by the Mississippi
State Board of Mental Health. In 1997, authority was expanded to include the
certification/licensure of mental health/intellectual and developmental
disabilities program administrators and addiction counselors [i.e., addictions
therapists].
Notes
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