Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 24 - Mental Health › Part 3 - Mississippi Department of Mental Health (DMH) Division of Professional Licensure and Certification (PLACE) Professional Credentialing Rules and Requirements › Chapter 18 - Professional Responsibilities › Rule 24-3-18.5 - Scope of Practice - DMH Addictions Therapist

Current through June 25, 2024
A. DMH
				professional credentials are valid only in Mississippi's "state mental health
				system." DMH Addictions Therapists may only use their credential title if
				actively employed in the state mental health system
(or in Inactive
				Status).
B. Provisionally
				Certified Addictions Therapists (PCATs), Certified Addictions Therapists (CATs)
				and Licensed Clinical Addictions Therapists (LCATs) are certified/licensed to
				provide alcohol and other drug use treatment services (involving application of
				the principles, methods, and procedures of alcohol and other drug use treatment
				service provision) within Mississippi's "state mental health system." CATs and
				LCATs are also certified/licensed to supervise the provision of alcohol and
				other drug use treatment services (involving application of the principles,
				methods, and procedures of alcohol and other drug use treatment service
				provision) within Mississippi's "state mental health system."
C. DMH Addictions Therapists (PCATs, CATs,
				and LCATs) are also certified/licensed to provide (or supervise the provision
				of) community support services (involving application of the principles,
				methods and procedures of community support service provision) within
				Mississippi's "state mental health system," as per the definition of "community
				support services" located in the glossary section of this document and the
DMH Operational Standards for Mental Health, Intellectual/Developmental
				Disabilities, and Substance Use Disorders Community Service Providers
and as appropriate to the population being served.
D. The scope and type of alcohol and other
				drug use treatment services and/or community support services provided (or
				supervised, as appropriate) by DMH Addictions Therapists, as well as the
				principles, methods and procedures of alcohol and other drug use treatment
				services and/or community support services which are provided (or supervised,
				as appropriate) by DMH Addictions Therapists, must be consistent with and in
				compliance with the
DMH Operational Standards for Mental Health,
				Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Use Disorders Community
				Service Providers.
E. DMH
				Addictions Therapists should only practice within the boundaries of their
				education, training, supervised or other relevant professional experience, and
				credential(s) held.
F. DMH
				Addictions Therapist certification or licensure does not qualify an individual
				to provide services outside this scope of practice or in private practice.
G. Practicing beyond the scope of
				practice may lead to sanctions as described in Chapter Nineteen.
H. A person issued a certificate/license by
				the Mississippi Department of Mental Health may use the title appropriate to
				his/her category of professional certification/licensure while in the employ of
				a state mental health system program (or while in Inactive Status).
I. Professional identification is directly
				affected by employment. DMH-credentialed individuals who experience a change in
				or separation from state mental health system employment are expected to follow
				the relevant guidelines below.
Section
				  41-4-7
				  of the Mississippi Code of 1972, Annotated