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NH Rev Stat § 330-A:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXX - Occupations and Professions|Title 330-A - Mental Health Practice|Section 330-A:1 - Purpose; Application.

    330-A:1 Purpose;  Application. –||I. The purpose of this chapter is to regulate mental health practice by practitioners in the state to assure that the services provided are effective and of a quality consistent with the standard of care within each profession, and to safeguard the public against harm which may be caused by untrained, unskilled, or unlicensed practitioners. Specifically, this chapter applies to practitioners providing mental health services to persons with a diagnosis specified in the most current edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, published by the American Psychiatric Association, or an equivalent of such manual as determined by the board. This chapter shall assure that all consumers of mental health services shall receive an individual mental health diagnosis and, according to this diagnosis, shall receive consultation from a specific and appropriate mental health practitioner.||II. This chapter shall not be construed to prevent or restrict the traditional right of ministers and clergy to give individual or group counseling.|||Source. 1998, 234:1, eff. Oct. 31, 1998.|
NH Rev Stat § 330-A:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXX - Occupations and Professions|Title 330-A - Mental Health Practice|Section 330-A:3 - Board.

    330-A:3 Board. –||I. There shall be a board of mental health practice composed of the following members: one licensed pastoral psychotherapist, one licensed clinical social worker, one licensed school social worker, one licensed marriage and family therapist, one licensed clinical mental health counselor, one member from a community mental health center, one member from a community health center, and 3 public members. The members shall be appointed to a term of 3 years by the governor with the approval of the council. The members of the board shall elect a chairperson on an annual basis. No discipline's representative and no individual public member shall serve as chairperson for more than 2 years consecutively.||II. The board members shall not serve more than 2 consecutive 3-year terms.|||Source. 1998, 234:1. 2006, 168:1. 2010, 244:3. 2012, 233:3, eff. July 1, 2013. 2019, 228:1, eff. Sept. 10, 2019. 2020, 6:33, eff. Mar. 9, 2020.|
NH Rev Stat § 330-A:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXX - Occupations and Professions|Title 330-A - Mental Health Practice|Section 330-A:4 - Committees Established; Duties.

    330-A:4 Committees Established;  Duties. –||I. The board may create an advisory committee for each mental health discipline it licenses for the purpose of assisting the board in its responsibilities under RSA 330-A:10, II, and RSA 330-A:10, VII-XV. The board member of each mental health discipline shall serve as the chair of that advisory committee. The balance of the membership of each of the advisory committees shall be composed of at least 2 persons and no more than 4 persons licensed in the mental health discipline of that committee.||I-a. The board may create a professional conduct investigation committee for the purpose of assisting the board in its responsibilities under RSA 330-A:28 and RSA 330-A:29. A board investigator, appointed by the chairperson of the board with the advice of the board, shall serve as the chair of the professional conduct investigation committee. The balance of the membership of the professional conduct investigation committee shall be composed of one licensed clinical social worker, one licensed clinical mental health counselor, and additional members from the professions licensed by the board to a maximum of 12 members.||II. Committee members other than the chair shall be appointed by the board and shall serve at the pleasure of the board for no more than 2 consecutive, 3-year terms.||III. The board shall not form any standing committees other than those specified in this chapter.|||Source. 1998, 234:1. 2006, 168:2. 2010, 244:4. 2012, 233:4, eff. July 1, 2013. 2021, 197:79, eff. July 1, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 330-A:5 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXX - Occupations and Professions|Title 330-A - Mental Health Practice|Section 330-A:5 - Repealed by 2015, 276:108, XIII, eff. July 1, 2015.

    330-A:5 Repealed by 2015, 276:108, XIII, eff. July 1, 2015. –|
NH Rev Stat § 330-A:6 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXX - Occupations and Professions|Title 330-A - Mental Health Practice|Section 330-A:6 - Qualifications; Administrative Members.

    330-A:6 Qualifications;  Administrative Members. –||I. Each non-public member of the board and the advisory committees shall be a resident of this state and licensed under the provisions of this chapter.||I-a. Each non-public member of the board and all licensed mental health professionals performing board-related duties otherwise immune from civil action pursuant to RSA 330-A:27, IV shall comply with and be subject to all provisions of this chapter and that licensee's professional ethical code in performing board-related duties.||II. Each public member of the board shall be a person who is not, and never was a member of the mental health profession or the spouse of any such person, and who does not have, and never has had, a material financial interest in either the provision of mental health services, a health insurance company, health maintenance organization, or an activity directly related to mental health practice, including representation of the boards or profession for a fee, at any time during the 5 years preceding appointment.|||Source. 1998, 234:1. 2006, 168:3, eff. July 23, 2006.|
NH Rev Stat § 330-A:7 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXX - Occupations and Professions|Title 330-A - Mental Health Practice|Section 330-A:7 - Repealed by 2021, 197:84, I, eff. July 1, 2021.

    330-A:7 Repealed by 2021, 197:84, I, eff. July 1, 2021. –|
NH Rev Stat § 330-A:8 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXX - Occupations and Professions|Title 330-A - Mental Health Practice|Section 330-A:8 - Removal of Members; Vacancies.

    330-A:8 Removal of Members;  Vacancies. –||The governor and council may remove any member of the board for misconduct, incompetence, neglect of duty, or other sufficient cause after the member has been given a written statement of the charges and an opportunity to be heard regarding such charges. Any vacancy in the membership of the board occurring otherwise than by expiration of a member's term shall be promptly filled for the unexpired term.|||Source. 1998, 234:1, eff. Oct. 31, 1998.|
NH Rev Stat § 330-A:9 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXX - Occupations and Professions|Title 330-A - Mental Health Practice|Section 330-A:9 - Organization and Meetings.

    330-A:9 Organization and Meetings. –||I. The board shall hold regular annual meetings. Other meetings of the board shall be held at such times and upon such notice as the rules of the board provide. A majority of the members of the board who have been approved by the governor and council shall constitute a quorum.||II. When a quorum is not available for just and timely resolution of a specific matter, former board members or advisory committee members may be appointed by the board to serve as acting board members for purposes of obtaining the minimum quorum in the resolution of that specific matter or when a particular profession cannot be represented in an adjudicatory hearing.|||Source. 1998, 234:1. 2006, 168:5. 2010, 244:6; 368:29. 2011, 231:6. 2015, 76:1, eff. Aug. 1, 2015. 2019, 228:2, eff. Sept. 10, 2019. 2021, 197:80, eff. July 1, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 330-A:10-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXX - Occupations and Professions|Title 330-A - Mental Health Practice|Section 330-A:10-a - Completion of Survey; Rulemaking.

    330-A:10-a Completion of Survey;  Rulemaking. –||The board shall adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, requiring, as part of the license renewal process, completion by licensees of a survey or opt-out form provided by the office of rural health, department of health and human services, for the purpose of collecting data regarding the New Hampshire primary care workforce, pursuant to the commission established in RSA 126-T. Any rules adopted under this section shall provide the licensee with written notice of his or her opportunity to opt-out from participation in the survey.|||Source. 2017, 131:10, eff. June 16, 2017. 2019, 254:12, eff. July 1, 2019.|
NH Rev Stat § 330-A:11 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXX - Occupations and Professions|Title 330-A - Mental Health Practice|Section 330-A:11 - Receipts and Disbursements.

    330-A:11 Receipts and Disbursements. –||All monies derived from the provisions of this chapter shall be received and accounted for by the office of professional licensure and certification and shall be deposited in the state treasury.|||Source. 1998, 234:1. 2015, 276:82, eff. July 1, 2015.|
NH Rev Stat § 330-A:12 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXX - Occupations and Professions|Title 330-A - Mental Health Practice|Section 330-A:12 - Fees.

    330-A:12 Fees. –||I. The board shall establish fees pursuant to RSA 541-A for supervisory agreements; applications for licensed pastoral psychotherapist, independent clinical social worker, school social worker, licensed social worker, licensed social work associate, clinical mental health counselor, marriage and family therapist, and conditional licenses; renewal of license; renewal of dual license; reinstatement of license; inactive license status; reactivation of an inactive license; examination of applicants; transcribing and transferring records; and other services, including investigations and hearings conducted under this chapter.||II. [Repealed.]|||Source. 1998, 234:1. 2010, 244:9. 2012, 233:5, eff. July 1, 2013. 2017, 192:16, eff. July 1, 2017. 2020, 6:35, eff. Mar. 9, 2020. 2021, 183:6, eff. Oct. 9, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 330-A:13 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXX - Occupations and Professions|Title 330-A - Mental Health Practice|Section 330-A:13 - Repealed by 2021, 197:84, II, eff. July 1, 2021.

    330-A:13 Repealed by 2021, 197:84, II, eff. July 1, 2021. –|
NH Rev Stat § 330-A:14 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXX - Occupations and Professions|Title 330-A - Mental Health Practice|Section 330-A:14 - Information on Sexual Misconduct.

    330-A:14 Information on Sexual Misconduct. –||The board shall inform all applicants for licensure under this chapter that the board deems sexual misconduct as provided in RSA 330-A:36 to be unethical, unprofessional, and dishonorable conduct subject to disciplinary action by the board. The board shall make available to all licensees, or persons applying for licensure, under this chapter information and materials, as determined by the board, pursuant to rules adopted under RSA 541-A, regarding such sexual misconduct.|||Source. 1998, 234:1, eff. Oct. 31, 1998.|
NH Rev Stat § 330-A:15 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXX - Occupations and Professions|Title 330-A - Mental Health Practice|Section 330-A:15 - Mental Health Client Bill of Rights.

    330-A:15 Mental Health Client Bill of Rights. –||The board shall adopt rules under RSA 541-A for the provision of informed consent for client or patient rights, based on the professional codes of ethics as they apply in the variety of settings in which licensed mental health providers practice. When addressing the client or patient rights, reasonable accommodations shall be made for those persons who cannot read or who have communication impairments and those who do not understand English.|||Source. 1998, 234:1. 2012, 269:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2013.|
NH Rev Stat § 330-A:15-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXX - Occupations and Professions|Title 330-A - Mental Health Practice|Section 330-A:15-a - Processing License Applications; Criminal History Record Check.

    330-A:15-a Processing License Applications;  Criminal History Record Check. –||I. License applications shall be processed as follows:||(a) The board shall either request additional information or documentation within 15 days or act on an application for licensure as a mental health practitioner within 30 days of receipt of a completed application.||(b) The board shall review complete applications received at least 10 days prior to a regularly scheduled meeting at its next regularly scheduled meeting.||II. Every applicant for initial licensure shall submit to the board a criminal history record release form, as provided by the New Hampshire division of state police, department of safety, which authorizes the release of his or her criminal history record, if any, to the board.||III. The applicant shall submit with the release form a complete set of fingerprints taken by a qualified law enforcement agency or an authorized employee of the department of safety. In the event that the first set of fingerprints is invalid due to insufficient pattern, a second set of fingerprints shall be necessary in order to complete the criminal history records check. If, after 2 attempts, a set of fingerprints is invalid due to insufficient pattern, the board may, in lieu of the criminal history records check, accept police clearances from every city, town, or county where the person has lived during the past 5 years.||IV. The board shall submit the criminal history records release form and fingerprint form to the division of state police which shall conduct a criminal history records check through its records and through the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Upon completion of the records check, the division of state police shall release copies of the criminal history records to the board. The board shall maintain the confidentiality of all criminal history records information received pursuant to this section.||V. The applicant shall bear the cost of a criminal history record check.|||Source. 2019, 228:3, eff. Sept. 10, 2019.|
NH Rev Stat § 330-A:15-b (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXX - Occupations and Professions|Title 330-A - Mental Health Practice|Section 330-A:15-b - Telemedicine.

    330-A:15-b Telemedicine. –||Persons licensed by the board shall be permitted to provide services through the use of telemedicine. "Telemedicine" means the use of audio, video, or other electronic media for the purpose of diagnosis, consultation, or treatment.|||Source. 2020, 27:26, eff. July 21, 2020.|
NH Rev Stat § 330-A:16 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXX - Occupations and Professions|Title 330-A - Mental Health Practice|Section 330-A:16 - Repealed by 2012, 233:12, II, eff. July 1, 2013.

    330-A:16 Repealed by 2012, 233:12, II, eff. July 1, 2013. –|
NH Rev Stat § 330-A:17 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXX - Occupations and Professions|Title 330-A - Mental Health Practice|Section 330-A:17 - Pastoral Psychotherapists.

    330-A:17 Pastoral Psychotherapists. –||The board shall issue a pastoral psychotherapist license to any person who satisfactorily meets all of the following requirements or their equivalent:||I. Has passed a satisfactory proctored examination in pastoral counseling. The examination shall be set and defined by the board.||II. Has a baccalaureate degree from an accredited college.||III. Has a Master of Divinity degree, or an equivalent, from a school of theology accredited by the Association of Theological Schools.||IV. Has been authorized by a denomination or faith group through ordination, consecration, or equivalent means to exercise specific religious leadership and service within and on behalf of the denomination or faith group.||V. Has completed one unit of full-time clinical pastoral education or its equivalent.||VI. Has given evidence of serving at least 3 years as a clergy person, demonstrating growing maturity in one's identity and role as a professional religious leader.||VII. Has received a doctoral degree in pastoral psychotherapy based on a program the content of which was primarily psychology, pastoral psychotherapy, and clinical studies, or its equivalent in both subject matter and extent of training.||VIII. Has done at least 1,375 hours of pastoral counseling while receiving at least 250 hours of interdisciplinary supervision of that counseling, dealing with the theological and psychological dimensions of human development.||IX. Has given evidence of having undergone sufficient theological and psychotherapeutic investigation of one's own intrapsychic and interpersonal processes so that one is able to protect the client from the pastoral psychotherapist's problems and to deploy oneself to the maximum benefit of the client.||X. Has given evidence of:||(a) An understanding of the counseling and psychotherapeutic process;||(b) An ability to develop the counseling or psychotherapeutic relationship;||(c) An ability to perform a leadership role in the context of the religious community; and||(d) An ability to integrate one's professional role and personal identity.||XI. Has attained the level of Fellow in the American Association of Pastoral Counselors or an equivalent organization.|||Source. 1998, 234:1. 2010, 244:11, eff. July 1, 2010.|
NH Rev Stat § 330-A:18 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXX - Occupations and Professions|Title 330-A - Mental Health Practice|Section 330-A:18 - Clinical Social Workers.

    330-A:18 Clinical Social Workers. –||The board shall issue a clinical social worker license to any person who meets all of the following requirements or their equivalent:||I. Has received a college undergraduate degree.||II. Has received a 2-year master's degree or doctorate degree in social work from a school approved by the Council on Social Work Education.||III. Has completed a minimum of 2 years of post-masters experience including completion of a minimum of 3,000 hours of post-masters, supervised clinical experience by a board approved licensed independent clinical social worker or licensed clinical mental health counselor supervisor, or any other supervisor based on reasonable and specific criteria established in rules adopted under RSA 330-A:10. A current master licensed alcohol and drug counselor (MLADC) license issued by the board of licensing for alcohol and other drug use professionals under RSA 330-C may be substituted for up to 1,500 hours of the required 3,000 hours of supervised clinical experience. Where substitution of the full 1,500 hours is denied by the board, the MLADC applicant shall be provided the rationale for the board's denial. The board shall not deny the substitution of hours solely based on the MLADC applicant's clinical supervisor holding an MLADC license.||IV. Has passed a national proctored examination approved by the board.|||Source. 1998, 234:1. 2010, 244:12, 13, eff. July 1, 2010. 2018, 364:6, eff. Sept. 30, 2018. 2019, 74:1, eff. Aug. 17, 2019.|
NH Rev Stat § 330-A:18-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXX - Occupations and Professions|Title 330-A - Mental Health Practice|Section 330-A:18-a - School Social Workers.

    330-A:18-a  School Social Workers. –||I. The board shall issue a school social worker license to any person who:||(a) Is currently certified as a school social worker by the department of education, bureau of credentialing, and was certified as of the effective date of this section; or||(b) Has completed all of the following requirements or their equivalent:||(1) Has received a college undergraduate degree.||(2) Has received a 2-year master's degree or doctorate degree in social work from a school approved by the Council on Social Work Education.||(3) Has completed a minimum of 2 years of post-masters experience including completion of a minimum of 3,000 hours of post-masters, supervised school social work experience by a board approved licensed independent school social worker or licensed clinical mental health counselor supervisor, or any other supervisor based on reasonable and specific criteria established in rules adopted under RSA 330-A:10.||(4) Has passed a national proctored examination approved by the board.||II. Any school social worker who chooses to seek licensure under RSA 330-A:18-a, I, shall notify the office of licensure and certification in writing of his or her intent to be licensed. The office of licensure and certification shall grant licenses under RSA 330-A:18-a, I, within 10 days of receipt of notification.||III. The office of licensure and certification shall exempt licensees licensed in accordance with paragraph II from fees for the initial license period which shall extend beyond that individual's certification as a school social worker by 3 months and shall include an additional year for those whose certifications from the department of education would expire prior to July 1, 2020. Following that time, that individual shall be eligible for renewal under the rules established by the board and upon payment of the applicable fee.|||Source. 2020, 6:28, eff. Mar. 9, 2020.|
NH Rev Stat § 330-A:18-b (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXX - Occupations and Professions|Title 330-A - Mental Health Practice|Section 330-A:18-b - Licensed Social Workers: Initial License.

    330-A:18-b Licensed Social Workers:  Initial License. –||I. An applicant for an initial license as a licensed social worker shall comply with the following requirements:||(a) Graduate with a bachelor's degree in social work from a college or university approved by the Council on Social Work Education.||(b) Complete 300 hours of social work or mental health education within the degree-granting program or separately.||(c) Complete 4,000 hours of supervised work experience.||(d) Complete 300 hours of supervised practical training within the degree-granting program, as part of the supervised work experience or separately.||(e) Pass a national proctored examination approved by the board.||(f) Meet other criteria as established by the board.||II. The scope of practice of a licensed social worker shall be the screening, assessment, treatment planning, and treatment of mental health conditions as defined in this section as follows:||(a) The performance of clinical evaluation including the screening and assessment of mental health disorders, the assessment and identification of symptoms of co-occurring mental health disorders and differential diagnosis indicators, and the development of preliminary mental health disorder diagnoses for further assessment and confirmation by an appropriate professional. This includes severity assessment and assessment of dangerousness to self or others.||(b) The performance of treatment planning and case management referrals including co-occurring substance use disorders and medical conditions, case management and service coordination including implementation of treatment plans, consultation, coordination of care with mental health and other community providers, ongoing assessment of progress and needs, and client advocacy, education, and documentation.||(c) The performance of counseling, including:||(1) Individual, group, family, and significant other counseling; and||(2) Crisis prevention and intervention to include enlisting the support of trained personnel to manage risk of harm to self or others.||(d) Adherence to professional and ethical responsibilities as determined by the board.||III. During the first 2 years of licensure, a licensed social worker may engage in practice only under clinical supervision of a licensed clinical social worker, a licensed mental health counselor, a master licensed drug and alcohol counselor, a psychiatric APRN, or a licensed mental health provider approved by the board. The supervising clinician shall sign off on any clinical diagnostic assessment and treatment plan established by a licensed social worker.|||Source. 2021, 183:7, eff. Oct. 9, 2021.|