24 Miss. Code. R. 3-9.3 - Separation from State Mental Health System Employment

A. It is the credentialed individual's responsibility to keep track of his/her employment situation (and the potential for notification of separation of employment via the separating employer), accordingly.

B. Once the Division receives written/email notification of separation from employment (as outlined above), the Division will allow the individual a period of up to 45 calendar days from the date of notification to pursue one of the following options:

1. If the individual has become employed with a new "state mental health system" program, the individual should update his/her employment information with the Division by submitting a new Verification of Employment Form from the new place of employment.

2. If the individual IS NO LONGER EMPLOYED in the "state mental heath system," the individual may request with the Division a status change for his/her credential. Status change options include:

a. Request Relinquished Status (available to provisional and full certification);

b. Request Extended Status (available only to provisional certification);

c. Request Inactive Status (available only to full certification); and,

d. Request Retired Status (available only to full certification).

C. More information on credentialing statuses and how to obtain a status change is listed under the "Credential Status Change Requests," "Provisional Certification Status Categories" and "Full Certification Status Categories" sections in this document.

D. During this 45-day period, unless employed in a state mental health system program and in good standing, individuals in this situation are not allowed to practice.

E. At the end of the 45-day period, if no appropriate action is taken by the credentialed individual to either: 1) update his/her employment or 2) request an appropriate status change, the credential will expire and be changed to either Lapsed or Defaulted Status, as appropriate; this is an automatic process - no notification by the Division will be made. Lapsed and Defaulted Status mean the credential is expired, and the individual no longer holds the credential.

F. Status change requests initiated by the credentialed individual are subject to Review Board approval.

G. If a DMH-credentialed individual has a question about what to do if he/she has left state mental health system employment, the individual should contact the Division for assistance at the earliest indication of such separation.

H. DMH-credentialed individuals must be aware that notification of separation of employment may come from either the separating employer OR the credentialed individual. The Division does not notify a credentialed individual when a separating employer has made this notification. The credentialed individual is held to the 45-day time frame, regardless of whether the notification of employment separation came from the credentialed individual or the separating employer.

Notes

24 Miss. Code. R. 3-9.3

Section 41-4-7 of the Mississippi Code of 1972, Annotated