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REGISTRATION OF PEER RECOVERY SPECIALISTS
18VAC115-70.10. Definitions.
"Mental health professional" means a person who by education and experience is professionally qualified and licensed in Virginia to provide counseling interventions designed to facilitate an individuals achievement of human development goals and remediate mental, emotional, or behavioral disorders and associated distresses which interfere with mental health and development.
Renewal of registration $30
Late renewal $20
Reinstatement of a lapsed registration $60
Duplicate certificate of registration $10
Reinstatement following revocation or suspension $500
Each registrant shall furnish the board his current name and address of record. Any change of name or address of record or public address, if different from the address of record, shall be furnished to the board within 60 days of such change. It shall be the duty and responsibility of each registrant to inform the board of his current address.
Part II. Requirements for registration and renewal.
1. Registered peer recovery specialists shall complete continuing competency activities that focus on increasing knowledge or skills in one or more of the following areas:
a. Current body of mental health/substance abuse knowledge;
b. Promoting services, supports, and strategies for the recovery process;
c. Crisis intervention;
d. Values for role of peer recovery specialist;
e. Basic principles related to health and wellness;
f. Stage appropriate pathways in recovery support;
g. Ethics and boundaries;
h. Cultural sensitivity and practice;
i. Trauma and impact on recovery;
j. Community resources; or
k. Delivering peer services within agencies and organizations.
Part III. Standards of Practice; Disciplinary Actions; Reinstatement.
6. Stay abreast of new developments, concepts, and practices which are necessary to providing appropriate services.
3. Maintain client records securely, inform all employees of the requirements of confidentiality and provide for the destruction of records that are no longer useful in a manner that ensures client confidentiality.
1. Not engage in dual relationships with clients or former clients that are harmful to the clients well-being, or which would impair the practitioners objectivity and professional judgment, or increase the risk of client exploitation. This prohibition includes, but is not limited to, such activities as providing services to close friends, former sexual partners, employees, or relatives; or engaging in business relationships with clients.
2. Not engage in sexual intimacies or romantic relationships with current clients. For at least five (5) years after cessation or termination of professional services, practitioners shall not engage in sexual intimacies or romantic relationships with a client or those included in collateral therapeutic services. Because sexual or romantic relationships are potentially exploitative, the practitioner shall bear the burden of demonstrating that there has been no exploitation. A clients consent to, initiation of or participation in sexual behavior or involvement with a practitioner does not change the nature of the conduct nor lift the regulatory prohibition.
E. Upon learning of evidence that indicates a reasonable probability that another mental health provider, as defined in § 54.1-2400.1 of the Code of Virginia, is or may be guilty of a violation of standards of conduct as defined in statute or regulation, persons registered by the board shall advise their clients of their right to report such misconduct to the Department of Health Professions in accordance with § 54.1-2400.4 of the Code of Virginia.
In accordance with §54.1-2400(7) of the Code of Virginia, the board may revoke, suspend, restrict, or decline to issue or renew a registration based upon the following conduct:
1. Conviction of a felony, or of a misdemeanor involving moral turpitude, or violation of or aid to another in violating any provision of Chapter 35 (§54.1-3500 et seq.) of Title 54.1 of the Code of Virginia, any other statute applicable to the practice of registered peer recovery specialists or any provision of this chapter;
3. Conducting ones practice in such a manner so as to make it a danger to the health and welfare of ones clients or to the public; or if one is unable to practice with reasonable skill and safety to clients by reason of illness, abusive use of alcohol, drugs, narcotics, chemicals, or any other type of material, or as a result of any mental or physical condition;
4. Violating or abetting another person in the violation of any provision of any statute applicable to the practice of peer recovery specialists or qualified mental health professionals, or any regulation in this chapter;
7. Intentional or negligent conduct that causes or is likely to cause injury to a client or clients;
10. Failure to report evidence of child abuse or neglect as required in §63.2-1509 of the Code of Virginia, or elder abuse or neglect as required in §63.2-1606 of the Code of Virginia.
2. Pay the reinstatement fee for a lapsed registration;