SF0103 - Mental Health Professions Practice Act-requirements.
2001 |
State of Wyoming |
01LSO-0446 |
SENATE FILE NO. SF0103
Mental Health Professions Practice Act-requirements.
Sponsored by: Senator(s) Scott and Representative(s) Iekel
and Warren
A BILL
for
1 AN ACT relating to the
Mental Health Professions Practice
2 Act;
providing an exemption from requirements of the act as
3
specified; establishing requirements for certification of
4
addictions practitioner assistant; providing a definition;
5
amending requirements for issuance of a provisional license
6 as
specified; amending requirements for granting of
7
reciprocity; and providing for an effective date.
8
9 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:
10
11 Section 1. W.S. 33-38-102(a)
by creating a new
12 paragraph (xv), 33-38-103 by
creating a new subsection (d),
13 33-38-106(d)(intro), (i), (iv) and
by creating a new
14 subsection (n) and by renumbering
(n) and (o) as (o) and
15 (p) and 33-38-108 are amended to
read:
16
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1 33-38-102. Definitions.
2
3 (a) As used in this act:
4
5 (xv) "Certified
addictions practitioner
6 assistant" means a person
certified under this act to
7 assist in the practice of addictions
treatment, prevention,
8 intervention, referral and followup
under the supervision
9 of a qualified clinical supervisor
licensed in the state of
10 Wyoming.
11
12 33-38-103. Exemptions.
13
14 (d) Nothing in this act shall prevent persons who are
15 not
licensed or certified under this act from providing
16 nonclinical
case management services to assist the client
17 in
gaining access to needed medical, social, educational
18 and
other services, to assist the client in making
19 arrangements
necessary to move from a residential, hospital
20 or
institutional placement to the family, surrogate family,
21 or
other temporary home in the community, and to foster a
22 client's
rehabilitation from a diagnosed mental disorder by
23 organizing
needed services and supports into an integrated
24 system
of care until the client is able to assume those
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1 responsibilities. Case management services include
2 advocacy, crisis intervention,
linkage, monitoring and
3 followup and referral. For purposes of
this subsection:
4
5 (i) "Advocacy"
means advocacy on behalf of a
6 specific client for the purpose of
accessing needed
7 services;
8
9 (ii) "Crisis
intervention" means intervention
10 and
stabilization provided in situations requiring
11 immediate
action or resolution for a specific client. The
12 case
manager may provide the initial intervention in a
13 crisis
situation and assist the client in gaining access to
14 other
needed clinical crisis intervention;
15
16 (iii) "Linkage" means working with clients or
17 service
providers to secure access to services. Activities
18 include
making telephone calls to agencies to arrange
19 appointments
or services following the initial referral
20 process
and preparing clients for appointments;
21
22 (iv) "Monitoring and followup" means contacting
23 the
client or others to ensure that a client is following a
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1 prescribed service plan and monitoring the progress and
2 impact of that plan;
3
4 (v) "Referral"
means arranging initial
5 appointments with service providers or
informing clients of
6 services available and addresses and
telephone numbers of
7 agencies providing services.
8
9 33-38-106. Requirements for licensure
and
10 certification.
11
12 (d) Provisional licensure is a means to continue
13 progress
towards satisfactory completion of all licensure
14 requirements
under this act. Upon review and approval by
15 the
designated board member, the board shall issue a
16 provisional license to any applicant, who files an
17 application upon a form and in the manner
prescribed by the
18 board, accompanied by the appropriate fee
and who furnishes
19 satisfactory evidence to the board of the
following:
20
21 (i) The
applicant has satisfied all requirements 22 the
educational requirement for licensure
other
than the 23
requirements
for examination and completion of the required 24
hours
of supervised clinical experience under
this act, or
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1 the applicant has a master’s or doctorate degree that is
2 clinical in content from a regionally
accredited
3 institution of higher education in one
(1) of the
4 disciplines identified, or the
applicant has a license in
5 good standing in the identified
discipline from another
6 jurisdiction, whose qualifications may
not be substantially
7 comparable to those required by this;
8
9 (iv) Unless extended, The
provisional license
10 shall expire be issued for a period not longer than thirty-
11 six (36) months after
issuance or upon receipt depending on
12 the
circumstances, as determined by the board.
of the 13
applicant’s
passing examination results, and completion of 14
the required
hours of supervision whichever occurs first It
15 shall expire on
the stated date or upon issuance of a
16 license under
subsection (a) of this section by the board
17 to the
provisional licensee, whichever occurs first;
18
19 (n) The board shall grant certification as a
20 certified
addictions practitioner assistant to any
21 applicant
who files an application upon a form and in the
22 manner
prescribed by the board, accompanied by the
23 appropriate
fee and who furnishes satisfactory evidence to
24 the
board of the following:
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1
2 (i) The applicant has
reached the age of
3 majority;
4
5 (ii) The applicant has
no felony convictions,
6 and no misdemeanor convictions
involving moral turpitude,
7 although exceptions to this
requirement may be granted by
8 the board if consistent with the
public interest;
9
10 (iii) The applicant has a designated clinical
11 supervisor;
12
13 (iv) The applicant has demonstrated knowledge in
14 the
field of addictions treatment in general by passing a
15 standard
examination which may be written or situational,
16 as
the board prescribes. The board may develop, adopt and
17 administer
appropriate examinations. The board shall
18 establish
specific provisions for examination of applicants
19 for
certification in the specific discipline at reasonable
20 times
and places at least twice each year;
21
22 (v) Unless extended, the applicant has six (6)
23 months
from the date of employment to become certified. The
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1 board may, for good cause shown, grant an extension of this
2 grace period.
3
4 (n)(o) Upon examination of all credentials the board
5 may
consider the credentials adequate evidence of
6
professional competence and recommend to the chairperson of
7 the
board that a license or certification be approved.
8
9 (o)(p) Persons currently licensed in one (1) of these
10 disciplines in this state as of July 1, 1997
in a
11 discipline required to be licensed under
this act, shall be
12 presumed to have met all requirements for
licensure under
13 this act and shall be eligible for renewal
of licensure in
14 accordance with the provisions of this act.
15
16 33-38-108. Reciprocity.
17
18 The board may issue a license or
certification by
19 endorsement to engage in the practice of
professional
20 counseling, clinical social work, social
work, marriage and
21 family therapy and addictions therapy and
treatment to any
22 applicant who has a license or certificate
in good standing
23 with no formal complaints or sanctions as a
professional
24 counselor, a marriage and family therapist,
a clinical
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1
social worker, social worker, mental health worker,
2
addictions practitioner or an addictions therapist under
3 the
laws of another jurisdiction if the applicant presents
4
proof satisfactory to the board that, at the time of
5
application for a Wyoming license or certification by
6
endorsement, the applicant possesses credentials and
7
qualifications substantially equivalent comparable to those
8
required by this act as determined by the board. The board
9
shall promulgate rules and regulations setting forth the
10 manner in which credentials will be reviewed
by the board.
11
12 Section 2. This act is effective July 1, 2001.
13
14 (END)
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