Source: https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/fullchapter/26/065
Timestamp: 2020-08-12 00:08:34
Document Index: 397128992

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 1', '§ 4', '§ 8', '§ 9', '§ 50', '§ 22', '§ 177', '§ 3262', '§ 127', '§ 1', '§ 9', '§ 43', '§ 3263', '§ 1', '§ 4', '§ 10', '§ 52', '§ 3264', '§ 74', '§ 1', '§ 12', '§ 9', '§ 53', '§ 32', '§ 93', '§ 36', '§ 25', '§ 3266', '§ 25', '§ 1', '§ 4', '§ 73', '§ 17', '§ 44', '§ 3269', '§ 1', '§ 4', '§ 15', '§ 55', '§ 10', '§ 25', '§ 3270', '§ 65', '§ 6', '§ 181', '§ 31', '§ 20', '§ 22', '§ 3271', '§ 8351', '§ 1', '§ 17', '§ 10', '§ 57', '§ 53', '§ 45', '§ 8', '§ 3272', '§ 1', '§ 18', '§ 3273', '§ 11', '§ 24', '§ 12', '§ 58', '§ 33']

Chapter 065: CLINICAL MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELORS
(6) "Psychotherapy" means the provision of treatment, diagnosis, evaluation, or counseling services to individuals or groups, for a consideration, for the purpose of alleviating mental disorders. "Psychotherapy" involves the application of therapeutic techniques to understand unconscious or conscious motivation, resolve emotional, relationship, or attitudinal conflicts, or modify behavior that interferes with effective emotional, social, or mental functioning. "Psychotherapy" follows a systematic procedure of psychotherapeutic intervention that takes place on a regular basis over a period of time, or, in the case of evaluation and brief psychotherapies, in a single or limited number of interventions. If a person is employed by or under contract with the Agency of Human Services, this definition does not apply to persons with less than a master's degree; to persons providing life skills training or instruction, such as learning to make friends, to handle social situations, to do laundry, and to develop community awareness; or to interactions of employees or contracted individuals with clients whose job description or contract specifications do not specifically mention "psychotherapy" as a job responsibility or duty. (Added 1987, No. 245 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 1989, No. 250 (Adj. Sess.), § 4(b), (d); 1993, No. 98, § 8; 1993, No. 222 (Adj. Sess.), § 9; 1997, No. 40, § 50; 1997, No. 145 (Adj. Sess.), § 22; 2013, No. 96 (Adj. Sess.), § 177.)
§ 3262. Prohibition; offenses
(a) No person shall practice or attempt to practice clinical mental health counseling, nor shall any person use in connection with the person's name any letters, words, or insignia indicating or implying that the person is a clinical mental health counselor unless the person is licensed in accordance with this chapter.
(b) A person who violates this section shall be subject to the penalties provided in 3 V.S.A. § 127(c). (Added 1987, No. 245 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 1993, No. 98, § 9; 2007, No. 29, § 43.)
§ 3263. Allied Mental Health Board; duties
(4) receive applications for licensure, license applicants under this chapter, renew licenses, and revoke, reinstate, or condition licenses.
(b) The Board may adopt rules necessary to perform its duties under subsection (a) of this section. (Added 1987, No. 245 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 1989, No. 250 (Adj. Sess.), §§ 4(d), 80; 1993, No. 98, § 10; 1997, No. 40, § 52.)
§ 3264. Repealed. 1997, No. 40, § 74.
To be eligible for licensure as a clinical mental health counselor an applicant shall have:
(1) Received a master's degree or higher degree in counseling or a related field, from an accredited educational institution, after having successfully completed a course of study requiring a minimum number of graduate credit hours established by the Board by rule and a supervised practicum, internship, or field experience, as defined by the Board by rule, in a mental health counseling setting.
(2) Documented a minimum of 3,000 hours of supervised work in clinical mental health counseling during a minimum of two years of post-master's experience, including at least 100 hours of face-to-face supervision during a minimum of two years of post-master's experience. Persons engaged in supervised work shall be registered on the roster of nonlicensed, noncertified psychotherapists and shall comply with the laws applicable to registrants.
(3) Passed the examinations required by Board rules. (Added 1987, No. 245 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 1993, No. 98, § 12; 1993, No. 222 (Adj. Sess.), § 9a; 1997, No. 40, § 53; 2001, No. 151 (Adj. Sess.), § 32, eff. June 27, 2002; 2005, No. 27, § 93; 2005, No. 148 (Adj. Sess.), § 36; 2017, No. 144 (Adj. Sess.), § 25.)
§§ 3266, 3267. Repealed. 2017, No. 144 (Adj. Sess.), § 25.
The Board may waive the examination requirement if the applicant is a clinical mental health counselor regulated under the laws of another jurisdiction, who is in good standing to practice clinical mental health counseling in that jurisdiction, and, in the opinion of the Board, the standards and qualifications required for regulation of clinical mental health counseling in that jurisdiction are substantially equivalent to those required by this chapter. The Board may adopt by rule criteria for licensing clinical mental health counselors who have five years' licensed or certified practice experience in another jurisdiction of the United States or Canada. (Added 1987, No. 245 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 1989, No. 250 (Adj. Sess.), § 4(d); 1997, No. 40, § 73(a); 2003, No. 60, § 17; 2007, No. 29, § 44.)
§ 3269. Renewals
Licenses shall be renewed every two years upon payment of required fees and proof of such continuing education as the Board may require by rule. (Added 1987, No. 245 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 1989, No. 250 (Adj. Sess.), § 4(d); 1993, No. 98, § 15; 1997, No. 40, § 55; 2011, No. 66, § 10, eff. June 1, 2011; 2017, No. 144 (Adj. Sess.), § 25.)
§ 3270. Repealed. 1997, No. 59, § 65(4), eff. June 30, 1997.
(Added 1997, No. 155 (Adj. Sess.), § 6, eff. April 29, 1998; amended 1999, No. 49, § 181; 2001, No. 143 (Adj. Sess.), § 31, eff. June 21, 2002; 2005, No. 202 (Adj. Sess.), § 20; 2019, No. 70, § 22.)
§ 3271. Unprofessional conduct
(1) using dishonest or misleading advertising;
(2) misusing a title in professional activity;
(3) conduct that evidences unfitness to practice clinical mental health counseling;
(4) engaging in any sexual conduct with a client, or with the immediate family member of a client, with whom the licensee has had a professional relationship within the previous five years;
(5) harassing, intimidating, or abusing a client;
(6) entering into an additional relationship with a client, supervisee, research participant, or student that might impair the licensed clinical mental health counselor's objectivity or otherwise interfere with the clinical mental health counselor's professional obligations;
(7) independently practicing outside or beyond a clinical mental health counselor's area of training, experience, or competence without appropriate supervision; or
(8) using conversion therapy as defined in 18 V.S.A. § 8351 on a client younger than 18 years of age.
(b) After hearing, and upon a finding of unprofessional conduct, the Board may take disciplinary action against a licensed clinical mental health counselor or applicant. (Added 1987, No. 245 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 1993, No. 98, § 17; 1993, No. 222 (Adj. Sess.), § 10; 1997, No. 40, § 57; 1997, No. 145 (Adj. Sess.), § 53; 2007, No. 29, § 45; 2015, No. 138 (Adj. Sess.), § 8.)
§ 3272. Professional designation
Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prohibit the use and incorporation into the title of a clinical mental health counselor of a professional designation issued by a nationally recognized professional licensing organization. (Added 1987, No. 245 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 1993, No. 98, § 18.)
(1) in the activities and services of the clergy or leader of any religious denomination, or sect or a Christian Science practitioner when engaging in activities that are within the scope of the performance of the person's regular or specialized ministerial duties and for which no separate charge is made, or when these activities are performed, with or without charge, for or under the auspices of sponsorship, individually or in conjunction with others, of an established and legally recognizable church, denomination, or sect, and when the person rendering services remains accountable to the established authority of that church, denomination, or sect;
(2) in employment or rehabilitation counseling;
(3) as an employee of or under contract with the Agency of Human Services, provided the person does not practice psychotherapy as defined in section 3261 of this title;
(4) as a mediator;
(5) in an official evaluation for court purposes;
(6) as a member of a self-help group, such as Alcoholics Anonymous, peer counseling, or domestic violence groups, whether or not the person is serving for a consideration;
§ 3273a. Exceptions
(1) in the discharge of his or her duties as a student of clinical mental health counseling or preparing for the practice of clinical mental health counseling provided that the person's title indicates his or her training status, if the preparation occurs under the supervision of a licensed practicing clinical mental health counselor in recognized training institutions or facilities or in a training program approved by the Office of Professional Regulation;
(2) in clinical training for licensure as a psychologist or clinical social worker or for certification as a marriage and family therapist or a psychoanalyst provided that the person's title indicates his or her training status and that the person does not identify him or herself as a clinical mental health counselor.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, this chapter shall apply to any person licensed as a clinical mental health counselor under this chapter. (Added 1993, No. 222 (Adj. Sess.), § 11a; amended 1997, No. 145 (Adj. Sess.), § 24.)
The Board shall adopt rules requiring licensed clinical mental health counselors to disclose to each client the clinical mental health counselor's professional qualifications and experience, those actions that constitute unprofessional conduct, the method for filing a complaint or making a consumer inquiry, and provisions relating to the manner in which the information shall be displayed and signed by both the clinical mental health counselor and the client. The rules may include provisions for applying or modifying these requirements in cases involving clients of designated agencies, institutionalized clients, minors, and adults under the supervision of a guardian. (Added 1993, No. 222 (Adj. Sess.), § 12; amended 1997, No. 40, § 58; 2015, No. 38, § 33, eff. May 28, 2015.)