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 Retardation Therapist (LCMRT)
include those employees who hold provisional certification as a Provisionally
Certified Mental Retardation Therapist (PCMRT) and have completed the
requirements to upgrade to licensure OR those employees who hold full
certification as a Certified Mental Retardation Therapist (CMRT) 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, Special Education, Social Work, Therapeutic
Recreation/Leisure, Nursing, Speech/Language Pathology, Audiology, Counseling,
Psychometry, Vocational Rehabilitation, and other related fields.
B. Requirements for Upgrade
Application Eligibility
To be eligible to upgrade to licensure (LCMRT), 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 retardation or a related field and;
(3) Experience: Have at least four (4) years
of supervised experience in the field of mental retardation, two (2) of which
must be in the State of Mississippi; and,
(4) Ongoing Inservice/Training: lf upgrading
from PCMRT, 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 CMRT, 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
Retardation Core Training Program (MR-CTP): Successful completion of all three
(3) Modules of the MR-CTP.
C. To Apply
To apply to upgrade to licensure (LCMRT), refer to Chapter 4,
Section 1, pp. 19-23 and Section 4, pp. 25-26.
D. If Grandfathered
Individuals who obtained their CMRT during the Mental
Retardation Therapist Program's grandfathering period (July 1, 1997- June 30,
1998) may upgrade to LCMRT without attending the MR-CTP. See Chapter 4, Section
7, p. 28 for more information on the Grandfathering Provision.
