A. Target Population
(1) Licensure is for those employees who meet
the higher Education and Experience requirements outlined below. Examples of
individuals applying for Licensed Clinical Mental Health Therapist (LCMHT)
include those employees who hold provisional certification as a Provisionally
Certified Mental Health Therapist (PCMHT) and have completed the requirements
to upgrade to licensure OR those employees who hold full certification as a
Certified Mental Health Therapist (CMHT) and have obtained the additional hours
of college credit and the additional years of experience to upgrade to
licensure.
(2) The following
professions may be included in this license: Psychology, Nursing, Counseling,
Psychometry, Vocational Rehabilitation, Special Education and other related
fields.
B. Requirements
for Upgrade Application Eligibility
To be eligible to upgrade to licensure (LCMHT), each
individual must meet the following requirements, which include the completion
of all Provisional Certification Period requirements. See Chapter 3, Section 2,
E., pp. 9-10 for more information on requirements to be completed during the
Provisional Certification Period.
(1)
Employment: Be employed in a program described in Chapter 3, Section 1, C.,
p.7;
(2) Education: Have at least
sixty (60) semester hours of applicable graduate- level course work from an
approved educational institution which includes a minimum of a master's degree
in mental health or a related field and;
(3) Experience: Have at least four (4) years
of supervised experience in the field of mental health, two (2) of which must
be in the State of Mississippi; and,
(4) Ongoing Inservice/Training: If upgrading
from PCMHT, accrue a minimum of thirty (30) Contact Hours of successfully
completed inservice/ training (approximately fifteen [15] Contact Hours per
year) as verified by the program's designated Staff Development Officer during
the individual's Provisional Certification Period.
If upgrading from CMHT, accrue a minimum of thirty (30)
Contact Hours of successfully completed inservice/ training (approximately
fifteen [15] Contact Hours per year) as verified by the program's designated
Staff Development Officer during the current Certification/Licensure
Period.
(5) Mental Health
Core Training Program (MH-CTP): Successful completion of all three (3) Modules
of the MH-CTP.
C. To
Apply
To apply to upgrade to licensure (LCMHT), refer to Chapter 4,
Section 1, pp. 19-23 and Section 4, pp. 25-26.
D. If Grandfathered
Individuals who obtained their CMHT during the Mental Health
Therapist Program's grandfathering period (July 1, 1997- June 30, 1999) may
upgrade to LCMHT without attending the MH-CTP. See Chapter 4, Section 7, p. 28
for more information on the Grandfathering Provision.
