Alaska Administrative Code › Title 12 - Professional Regulations › Part 1 - Boards and Commissions Subject to Centralized Licensing › Chapter 19 - Board of Marital and Family Therapy › Article 4 - Teletherapy Practice › 12 AAC 19.410 - Providing technology - assisted distance professional services

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The
				  provision of any service as the practice of material and family therapy defined
				  under
				  AS
				  08.63.900 to a client physically present in
				  this state through digital, telephonic, electronic, or other means, regardless
				  of the location of the provider of the service, constitutes the practice of
				  material and family therapy in this state and requires licensure of the
				  services provider under AS 08.63 and this chapter.
(b) The provision of any service defined
				  under
				  AS
				  08.63.900 as the practice of marital and
				  family therapy by a provider of the service in this state through digital,
				  telephonic, electronic, or other means, regargless of the location of the
				  client receiving the services constitute the practice of marital and family
				  therapy in this state and requires licensure of the provider under AS 08.63 and
				  this chapter.
(c) When providing
				  technology-assisted distance professional services, a licensee shall determine
				  that the client is intellectually, emotionally, and physically capable of using
				  the application and that the application is appropriate for the needs of the
				  client.
(d) When
				  technology-assisted distance professional services are determined inappropriate
				  by the licensee or client, the licensees may consider referral to a clinician
				  local to the client for in-person services. If the client refuses the referral,
				  the licensee shall document rationale for continuing to provide distance
				  professional services;
(e) Each
				  time a technology-assisted distance professional services session take place,
				  the licensee shall verify the client's identity and shall note the cllient's
				  identity in the progress note.
(f)
				  Regarding the delivery of distance professional services, a licensee shall
				  folllow the
the Association of Martial and family Therapy Regulatory
				  Boards (AMFTRB) Teletherapy Guidelines,
dated September 2016, and
				  adopted by reference.
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(g) At the onset of services, licensees shall
				  develop safety plan identifying local resources in the community of the
				  distance client should emergency care be required .The safety plan must include
				  contact telephone numbers for local resources. Local resources may include
				  family members, law enforcement, health aides religious leaders, or tribal
				  leaders trusted by the client to be available during distance professional
				  services.
A copy of the Association of Martial and family
						Therapy Regulatory Boards (AMFTRB) Telegraphy Guidlines,
dated
						September 2016, adopted by reference in 12 AAC 19.410, may be obtained from the
						Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development, Division of
						Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing, P.O. Box 110806, Juneau, AK
						99811-0806; phone (907) 465-2551, or website at
https://www.commerce.alaska.gov/web/cbpl/ProfessionalLicensing/BoardofMaritalFamilyTherapy.aspx
Authority:
AS
						08.63.050
AS
						08.63.100
AS
						08.63.110
AS
						08.63.210