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 24-3-18.1 - Scope of Practice - DMH Mental Health Therapist

Current through June 25, 2024
A. DMH
				professional credentials are valid only in Mississippi's "state mental health
				system." DMH Mental Health Therapists may only use their credential title if
				actively employed in the state mental health system
(or in Inactive
				Status).
B. Provisionally
				Certified Mental Health Therapists (PCMHTs), Certified Mental Health Therapists
				(CMHTs) and Licensed Clinical Mental Health Therapists (LCMHTs) are
				certified/licensed to provide mental health services (involving application of
				the principles, methods, and procedures of mental health service provision)
				within Mississippi's "state mental health system." CMHTs and LCMHTs are also
				certified/licensed to supervise the provision of mental health services
				(involving application of the principles, methods, and procedures of mental
				health service provision) within Mississippi's "state mental health system."
C. DMH Mental Health Therapists
				(PCMHTs, CMHTs, and LCMHTs) are also certified/licensed to provide (or
				supervise the provision of) community support services and/or ID/DD waiver
				support coordination services (involving application of the principles, methods
				and procedures of community support service provision and/or ID/DD waiver
				support coordination service provision) within Mississippi's "state mental
				health system," as per the definitions of "community support services" and
				"ID/DD waiver support coordination 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 mental health services, community support services, and/or ID/DD waiver
				support coordination services provided (or supervised, as appropriate) by DMH
				Mental Health Therapists, as well as the principles, methods and procedures of
				mental health services, community support services, and/or ID/DD waiver support
				coordination services which are provided (or supervised, as appropriate) by DMH
				Mental Health 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 Mental Health Therapists
				should only practice within the boundaries of their education, training,
				supervised or other relevant professional experience, and credential(s) held.
F. DMH Mental Health 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