Mont. Admin. R. 37.91.106 - DEFINITIONS
(1) "Accredited
college or university " means a college or university which is accredited by a
regional accreditation organization recognized by the Montana Board of
Regents.
(2) "Approved facility
training program " means a course of instruction and supervised clinical
experience planned and conducted by the employing facility and approved by the
department and by the certification committee. An approved facility training
program must include:
(a) a minimum of six
months of full-time clinical experience in the facility ; and
(b) instruction on Montana law; these rules;
and facility policies, practices, and procedures as they relate to the
privileges described in ARM
37.91.407.
(i) An approved facility training program
must be directed by a professional person with full mental health certification
who is responsible for its overall implementation and maintenance and for
periodic review of each trainee's progress.
(ii) The clinical experience component of the
approved training program must include instruction in, observation of, and
supervised participation in all facility procedures involving or requiring the
privileges specified in ARM 37.91.407. The trainee's clinical experience must
be directly supervised by a professional person with either full or facility
mental health certification who will report to the training director on a
regular schedule.
(3) "Certification committee " means the
committee established to rule on applications for certification. The committee
consists of three members, the committee chairperson and two members appointed
by the chairperson and approved by the director of the department. The
chairperson is appointed by the director of the department. At least one member
of the committee must have full mental health professional person
certification.
(4) "Clinical
competency evaluation " means a clinic-based procedure and written instrument
for the assessment of an applicant's conceptual understanding of and competency
in using the materials and skills presented in the approved facility training
program . A clinical competency evaluation will be designed and conducted by the
facility and must be approved as to form and content by the department and by
the certification committee. The clinical competency evaluation must be
supervised by a professional person with full mental health certification who
will endorse the individual's application for facility mental health
certification upon successful performance in the evaluation.
(5) "Clinical mental health experience " means
work experience evaluating persons for mental illness and providing direct
mental health treatment to a caseload which includes persons 18 years and older
who are seriously impaired due to mental illness. Such experience must take
place in an agency, organization, or unit within an organization in which the
primary purpose is the treatment of mental disorders.
(6) "Department " means the Department of
Public Health and Human Services provided for in
2-15-2201,
MCA.
(7) "Facility " means a mental
health facility as defined in
53-21-102,
MCA.
(8) "Facility mental health
certification" means a level of certification which qualifies the person so
certified to act as a mental health professional person only in the facility
for which the person is certified and only with those privileges described in
ARM 37.91.407.
(9) "Full mental
health certification " means a level of certification which qualifies the person
so certified to act as a mental health professional person in all areas
described in Title 53, chapter 21, MCA.
(10) "Mental Health Professional Person "
means a type of professional person who is certified by the department under
53-21-106,
MCA, to perform the privileges granted under ARM
37.91.402.
(11) "Professional person " means a mental
health professional person as defined in
53-21-102(16),
MCA.
Notes
53-21-106, MCA; IMP, 53-21-106, MCA;
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