Utah Admin. Code R156-60b-102 - Definitions
Terms used in this rule are defined in Title 58, Chapter 1, Division of Professional Licensing Act, and Title 58, Chapter 60, Mental Health Professional Practice Act. In addition:
(1) "AAMFT" means the American Association
for Marriage and Family Therapy.
(2) "AMFT" means an associate marriage and
family therapist.
(3) "Approved
diagnostic and statistical manual for mental disorders" means the following:
(a) Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of
Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition: DSM-5 published by the American Psychiatric
Association;
(b) International
Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-10-CM)
for Physicians, Professional Edition published by the American Medical
Association; or
(c) International
Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-10-CM):
The Complete Official Draft Code Set published by the American Medical
Association.
(4) "APRN"
as used in Subsection
R156-60b-305a(1)(a)(i)
means an advanced practice registered nurse who meets the requirements of
Subsection
58-31b-302(5)(g)
to practice within the psychiatric mental health nursing specialty.
(5) "Client" or "patient" means an individual
who, if competent requests, or if not competent to request is lawfully provided
professional services by a mental health therapist when the mental health
therapist:
(a) agrees verbally or in writing
to provide professional services to that individual; or
(b) without an overt agreement does in fact
provide professional services to that individual.
(6) "Deficiency" as used in Subsection
58-60-117(1)(d),
means the educational degree upon which licensure to be based fails to include
no more than a combined total of six semester or eight quarter hours in
coursework listed in one or more of Subsections
R156-60b-302a(2)(a) through
(g).
(7) "Direct personal supervision" of a
supervised individual in training, as used in Subsection
58-60-305(1)(e)
means the supervisor meets with the supervisee:
(a) when both are physically present in the
same room at the same time; or
(b)
remotely via synchronous electronic methods that allow for visual and audio
interaction between the supervisor and supervisee, in accordance with the
requirements of their supervision contract.
(8) "Directly related to marriage and family
therapy" as used in Section
R156-60b-304 and Subsection
R156-60b-304(1)(a),
means that the continuing education course:
(a) has the approval of an international,
national, or state marriage and family therapy association, national or state
marriage and family therapy regulatory board, or a Commission on Accreditation
for Marriage and Family Therapy Education accredited program; or
(b) title, objective, or official description
of the course indicates instruction on relationships, couples, or
families.
(9) "Employee"
means a W-2 employee as defined by the Internal Revenue Service.
(10) "Independent of control" as used in
Subsections R156-60b-305(4)(c) and (5)(e), means not being employed by the
supervisee, or by an agency owned in total or in part by the supervisee, or
that the supervisee has any controlling interest.
(11) "Marriage and family therapy experience"
as used in Subsection
R156-60b-302b(1)
includes clinical mental health therapy hours obtained direct with clients and:
(a) conducting, with documentation, an intake
interview, mental status evaluation, biopsychosocial history, mental health
history, or assessment for treatment planning caseload management;
(b) obtaining knowledge related to techniques
and interventions for the prevention and treatment of a broad range of mental
health issues;
(c) strategies for
interfacing with the legal system regarding court-referred clients;
(d) strategies for interfacing with
integrated behavioral health care professionals; and
(e) strategies to advocate for persons with
mental health issues.
(12) "Marriage and family therapy" as used in
Subsections R156-60b-302b(1)(a) and
(b), means the practice area of marriage and
family therapy, which focuses on the assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and
prevention of mental disorder, emotional, and other behavioral disturbances
using individual, couple, group, and family therapy modalities.
(13) "MFT" means a marriage and family
therapist.
(14) "On-the-job
training program" as used in Subsection
58-1-307(1)(c),
means a program that:
(a) applies to
individuals who have completed courses required for graduation in a degree or
formal training program that would qualify for licensure under this
chapter;
(b) starts immediately
upon completion of courses required for graduation;
(c) ends 45 days from the date it begins, or
upon licensure, whichever is earlier, and may not be extended to used a second
time;
(d) the individual is an
employee of a public or private mental health agency, in-patient or out-patient
hospital, educational institution, or government agency, and is providing
clinical mental health services; and
(e) is supervised by a qualified individual
licensed under this chapter, and includes supervision meetings on at least a
weekly basis with the supervisee and supervisor physically present in the same
room at the same time.
(15) "Practicum" as used in Subsection
R156-60b-302a(2)(g),
means a clinical program of training at an accredited school in a setting other
than a student's supervised private practice.
(16) "Supervision contract" means a written,
signed contract between a supervisor and an individual being supervised to
facilitate the completion of experience requirements for licensure and includes
the provisions required by Subsection
R156-60b-305b(3).
(17) "Supervisor Verification form" means the
form, provided by the Division, to document who is providing supervision to a
supervised individual, which at a minimum includes:
(a) name and license number of the
individual;
(b) name and license
number of the supervisor; and
(c)
supervised individuals place of employment.
(18) "Unprofessional conduct" is further
defined, under Subsection
58-1-203(1)(e),
in Section R156-60b-502.
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