Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 30 - Professions and Occupations › Part 2201 - Licensed Professional Counselors, Board of Examiners of › Chapter 1 - General Provisions › Rule 30-2201-1.4 - Definitions

Current through June 25, 2024
Note: The terms counseling and psychotherapy
				  are used interchangeably throughout this document.
A.
Applicant:
An individual who
				has submitted an application packet for licensure as a Provisional Licensed
				Professional Counselor (P-LPC) or a Licensed Professional Counselor
				(LPC).
B.
Approved
				Educational Institution:
An institution offering a graduate degree which
				is accredited by a regional or national accrediting body approved by the
				Board.
C.
Asynchronous
				methods:
Communication takes place in separate time frames. The
				transmission does not take place simultaneously. These methods may include, but
				not limited to, text messaging, email, and chat rooms. (Asynchronous methods
				are not an acceptable practice of counseling in Mississippi.)
D.
Board:
The Mississippi State
				Board of Examiners for Licensed Professional Counselors.
E.
Board Qualified Supervisor
				(LPC-S):
A Mississippi LPC who has completed the Board requirements and
				has been approved to provide supervision as Clinical Supervisor to an
				Applicant. An LPC-S is one who monitors the performance of an Applicant by
				providing documented synchronous one-to-one and/or group face-to-face
				consultation, supervision, guidance, and instruction with respect to the
				clinical skills and competencies of the supervised individual. A Board
				qualified supervisor is required to be trained in counseling supervision, have
				the required experience, and have been approved by the Board as a Board
				qualified supervisor and identified by the LPC-S designation.
F.
Clock Hours:
Fifty to sixty
				minutes in a continuing education activity.
G.
Clinical Setting:
A setting
				in which professional counseling/psychotherapy is offered.
H.
Competency Area:
An area in
				which a person possesses training, experience, knowledge, skills, and the
				ability to apply them in the clinical setting.
I.
Complainant:
A person who has
				filed an allegation with the Board against a Licensee.
J.
Continuing Education Hours
				(CEH):
Term representing the clock hours of continuing education and how
				a Licensee may describe continuing education experience.
K.
Counseling/Psychotherapy
				Procedures:
Counseling/Psychotherapy is the application of mental
				health, psychological, or human development principles, through cognitive,
				affective, behavioral, or systemic intervention strategies that address
				wellness, personal growth, or career development, as well as pathology.
				Counseling/Psychotherapy involves diagnosis, assessment, and treatment by the
				use of counseling/psychotherapy methods and techniques, both verbal and
				nonverbal, which require the application of principles, methods, or procedures
				of understanding, predicting and/or influencing behavior and motivation; the
				use of informational and community resources for personal or social
				development; the use of group and/or placement methods and techniques which
				serve to further the goals of counseling/psychotherapy; designing, conducting
				and interpreting research on human subjects and on any consultation on any item
				above; and appraisal techniques including, but not limited to, testing of
				achievement, abilities, interests, aptitudes and personality.
L.
Declaration of Practice:
A
				document submitted to the Board by a P-LPC which indicates the qualifications
				of the P-LPC, the counseling process, expectations of the client and counselor,
				supervision requirements, and notes the competence of the P-LPC in providing
				services. A P-LPC must provide an updated Declaration of Practice document each
				time a site or supervisor changes.
M.
Direct Service:
A term that
				refers to time spent in work directly related to clients. Direct Services are
				only face-to-face or synchronous methods of counseling including individual
				counseling, couples/family counseling, group counseling, and testing and
				assessment.
N.
Distance
				Professional Services:
Counseling, consulting, and clinical supervision
				services provided by an LPC in one location to a recipient of services in
				another location by means of secure electronic communication ensuring HIPAA
				compliance in synchronous methods and, as appropriate, verbal telephone
				communications.
O.
Fees for
				Licensed Counseling Services:
Any form of compensation received for the
				practice of counseling.
P.
Group Supervision:
The process of clinical supervision of more
				than one person but no more than six (6) persons in a group setting provided by
				an LPC-S, not to include asynchronous methods.
Q.
Individual Supervision:
"Face-to-face" supervision of the individuals involved in the supervisory
				relationship during one-to-one supervision, not to include asynchronous
				methods.
R.
Lapsed
				Status:
A Licensee who fails to renew license in a timely manner. Lapsed
				individuals are not licensed to practice.
S.
Licensed Professional Counselor
				(LPC):
An individual who has completed the Board requirements and been
				approved as an LPC. This designation shall mean and is restricted to any person
				who presents himself/herself to the public by any title or description of
				services incorporating the words "licensed professional counselor" or
				"psychotherapist" and who offers to render professional counseling or
				psychotherapy services to individuals, groups, or organizations, corporations,
				institutions, government agencies or the general public for a fee, monetary or
				otherwise, implying that he/she is licensed in Mississippi.
T.
Licensee:
A Counselor who
				holds a current license from the Mississippi State Board of Examiners for
				Licensed Professional Counselors.
U.
Mandatory Audit:
Ten percent
				of Licensees will be randomly selected for an audit of their reported
				continuing education activities at the time of license renewal.
V.
Memorial Status:
Upon receipt
				by the Board office of notification of death of a Licensee, the license status
				will change to Memorial Status.
W.
Moral Turpitude:
Behavior considered reckless or with evil intent
				that shocks the public conscience and is contrary to the rules of morality and
				the duties owed between people or to society in general.
X.
Non-Practicing Status:
Licensees may renew their license without completing continuing education.
				Non-practicing status does not allow for individuals to promote himself/herself
				as a Licensed Professional Counselor, practice Counseling/Psychotherapy,
				provide Group or Individual Supervision, provide Distance Professional
				Services, or bill for Counseling/Psychotherapy services.
Y.
Probation Status:
Probation
				Status may result in a stay of suspension during which timelimited practice
				conditions are stipulated by the Board. Failure to meet any of these conditions
				may result in suspension, restriction, or revocation.
Z.
Practice of
				Counseling/Psychotherapy:
Rendering, offering to render, or supervising
				those who render to individuals, groups, organizations, corporations,
				institutions, government agencies, or the general public any service involving
				the application of counseling procedures and other related areas of behavioral
				sciences to help in learning how to solve problems or make decisions related to
				personal growth, marriage, family, or other interpersonal or intrapersonal
				concerns.
AA.
Provisional
				Licensed Professional Counselor (P-LPC):
An individual who has completed
				the Board requirements and been approved as a P-LPC. This designation shall
				mean and is restricted to any person who holds himself or herself out to the
				public by any title or description of services incorporating the words
				"provisional licensed professional counselor" or "psychotherapist", and who
				offers to render professional counseling or psychotherapy services, under the
				supervision of a Board qualified supervisor (LPC-S), to individuals, groups,
				organizations, corporations, institutions, government agencies or the general
				public for a fee, monetary or otherwise, implying that he or she is
				licensed.
BB.
Restriction
				Status:
Restriction Status is a limitation placed on the scope of a
				Licensee's practice.
CC.
Retired Status:
An LPC, who, of his/her/their own volition,
				chooses to cease practice. This category is not related to any disciplinary
				action which would be the cause of ceasing to practice. An LPC's request for
				retired status is subject to Board approval. A Licensee in Retired Status
				cannot practice as an LPC in Mississippi. Retired Status is a permanent
				status.
DD.
Revocation:
The withdrawal of the privilege to practice as a
				Licensee in the State of Mississippi.
EE.
Revoked Status:
The
				Licensee's privilege to practice in the state of Mississippi has been withdrawn
				as a result of disciplinary action. (Rule
				5.4.F.)
FF.
Supervision:
The ongoing
				process performed by an LPC-S in assisting the supervised counselor in
				developing expertise in methods of the professional mental health counseling
				practice, in developing self-appraisal, and professional development
				strategies.
GG.
Surrendered
				Status (Disciplinary Action):
A licensee under Board investigation due
				to disciplinary action may be allowed to surrender license, subject to Board
				approval, and shall return his/her/their license to the Board and shall not be
				allowed to practice in the state of Mississippi.
HH.
Surrendered Status
				(Voluntarily):
A Licensee who wishes to voluntarily surrender their
				license for personal reasons by returning license to the Board shall not be
				allowed to practice in the state of Mississippi. A Licensee may not surrender
				license voluntarily while under investigation by the Board.
II.
Suspension Status:
Suspension Status is the withdrawal of the privilege to practice for a
				specified period of time.
JJ.
Synchronous methods:
A two-way audiovisual link between the client
				and the provider. This communication method requires the presence of both
				parties at the same time and a communication link between them that allows a
				real-time interaction to take place with no perceivable delay.
KK.
Total Hours:
Sum total of
				direct service hours, indirect service hours, and individual and group
				supervision hours.
Miss Code
				  Ann. §
										73-30-3 & 73-30-7 (6) (Rev.
				  2018)