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 20 - Glossary › Rule 24-3-20.1 - DMH Professional Credentialing Terms and Definitions

Current through June 25, 2024
A. The Mississippi Department of Mental
				Health (DMH) Division of Professional Licensure and Certification (PLACE)
				Professional Credentialing Rules and Requirements glossary is listed below.
B. The following terms and
				definitions apply to DMH professional credentialing programs administered
				through the DMH Division of PLACE:
1. Active
				Supervision: The process by which a supervisor monitors his/her supervisee's
				submitted required work experience for DMH professional credentialing. "Active"
				supervision occurs when the supervisor has functional line oversight over the
				supervisee and meets regularly with the supervisee to review work performance
				and provide ongoing feedback and evaluation.
2. Applicant: An individual who has submitted
				a complete application packet for DMH professional credentialing
3. Approved Educational Institution: A
				degree-granting institution of higher learning which is accredited by a Council
				for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA)-recognized and/or a United States
				Department of Education (USDE)-recog nized accrediting body
4. Audit: Random selection of renewed
				individuals for the purpose of determining compliance with the continuing
				education (CE) renewal requirement
5. Board: The Mississippi State Board of
				Mental Health
6. Certificate: A
				document issued by DMH attesting to an individual's DMH professional credential
7. Certification/Licensure Period:
				Individuals holding full certification/licensure are on a two-year
				certification/licensure schedule, referred to as the "certification/licensure
				period"; fully certified/licensed individuals renew every two years by the
				renewal deadline.
8. Certified
				Addictions Therapist (CAT): An individual who obtains and maintains the CAT
				credential through the Mississippi Department of Mental Health; this credential
				was formerly known as Certified Addiction Counselor (CAC).
9. Certified Community Support Specialist
				(CCSS): An individual who obtains and maintains the CCSS credential through the
				Mississippi Department of Mental Health; this credential was formerly known as
				Certified Case Management Professional (CCMP) and Certified Case Management
				Professional I (CCMP-I).
10.
				Certified Community Support Specialist II (CCSS-II): An individual who obtained
				and maintains the CCSS-II credential through the Mississippi Department of
				Mental Health; (This level of credentialing was discontinued effective January
				2009. Though no longer available to new applicants, those who obtained the
				CCSS-II credential prior to its discontinuance may continue to renew it as long
				as renewal requirements are met); this credential was formerly known as
				Certified Case Management Professional II (CCMP-II).
11. Certified Intellectual and Developmental
				Disabilities Therapist (CIDDT): An individual who obtains and maintains the
				CIDDT credential through the Mississippi Department of Mental Health; this
				credential was formerly known as Certified Mental Retardation Therapist (CMRT).
12. Certified Mental Health
				Therapist (CMHT): An individual who obtains and maintains the CMHT credential
				through the Mississippi Department of Mental Health
13. Community Support Services: Community
				support services as described in the DMH Operational Standards for Mental
				Health, Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Use Disorders
				Community Service Providers; community support services generally refer to an
				array of support services which focus on the individual's ability to succeed in
				the community; to identify and access needed services; and, to show improvement
				in school, work, family and community participation.
14. Continuing Education (CE) Hours:
				Educational/training activities required for renewal which are designed to
				increase the professional proficiency of an individual holding a DMH
				professional credential; one Continuing Education Hour (CE) consists of 60
				consecutive minutes of training
15. Credential(ing): A generic term referring
				to any or all levels of DMH professional certification/licensure
16. Date of Issuance: The assigned date on
				which a DMH professional credential becomes effective
17. Director of Community Support
				Services/Director of ID/DD Waiver Support Coordination/IDD Targeted Case
				Management Supervisor/Wraparound Facilitation Supervisor: The Director of
				Community Support Services, Director of ID/DD Waiver Support Coordination, IDD
				Targeted Case Management Supervisor and/or the Wraparound Facilitation
				Supervisor provides direct oversight of a community support specialist's, ID/DD
				Waiver support coordinator's, IDD Targeted Case Manager's and/or a Wraparound
				Facilitator's work (as appropriate) and is the individual(s) at each
				Mississippi state mental health system program designated to verify the
				community support (or ID/DD Waiver Support Coordination/IDD Targeted Case
				Management/Wraparound Facilitation) work experience requirement for CCSS.
18. Division/Division of PLACE:
				The Department of Mental Health, Division of Professional Licensure and
				Certification (PLACE)
19. DMH: The
				Mississippi Department of Mental Health
20. DMH Addictions Therapist Examination: A
				comprehensive standardized examination, the content of which is based on a
				customized collection of e-learning courses (i.e., web-based training
				component) specific to the DMH Addictions Therapist program. This examination
				is designed to address basic knowledge and practical information pertinent to
				addictions therapists in the state mental health system. Successful completion
				of this examination is one of the requirements for CAT.
21. DMH Addictions Therapist Program
				Web-based Training Component: A customized collection of e-learning courses
				(i.e., web-based training component) specific to the DMH Addictions Therapist
				program, upon which the content of the comprehensive standardized DMH
				Addictions Therapist Examination is based
22. DMH Community Support Specialist Program
				Web-based Exam/Training Component: A customized collection of e-learning
				courses (and corresponding standardized exams) designed to address basic
				knowledge pertinent to community support specialists in the state mental health
				system; successful completion of the web-based exam/training component is one
				of the requirements for CCSS.
23.
				DMH Deputy Director: The Deputy Director of the Mississippi Department of
				Mental Health
24. DMH Executive
				Director: The Executive Director of the Mississippi Department of Mental Health
25. DMH Intellectual and
				Developmental Disabilities Therapist Examination: A comprehensive standardized
				examination, the content of which is based on a customized collection of
				e-learning courses (i.e., web-based training component) specific to the DMH
				Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Therapist program. This examination
				is designed to address basic knowledge and practical information pertinent to
				intellectual and developmental disabilities therapists in the state mental
				health system. Successful completion of this examination is one of the
				requirements for CIDDT.
26. DMH
				Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Therapist Program Web-based
				Training Component: A customized collection of e-learning courses (i.e.,
				web-based training component) specific to the DMH Intellectual and
				Developmental Disabilities Therapist program, upon which the content of the
				comprehensive standardized DMH Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
				Therapist Examination is based
27.
				DMH Licensed Administrator Program Examinations: Standardized tests which are
				administered in the DMH Licensed Administrator program as a component of one of
				the Independent Study and Training requirement options. These tests are
				administered to measure applicable knowledge of specific rules, regulations and
				standards.
28. DMH Mental Health
				Therapist Examination: A comprehensive standardized examination, the content of
				which is based on a customized collection of e-learning courses (i.e.,
				web-based training component) specific to the DMH Mental Health Therapist
				program. This examination is designed to address basic knowledge and practical
				information pertinent to mental health therapists in the state mental health
				system. Successful completion of this examination is one of the requirements
				for CMHT.
29. DMH Mental Health
				Therapist Program Web-based Training Component: A customized collection of
				e-learning courses (i.e., web-based training component) specific to the DMH
				Mental Health Therapist program, upon which the content of the comprehensive
				standardized DMH Mental Health Therapist Examination is based
30. DMH Operational Standards for Mental
				Health, Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Use Disorders
				Community Service Providers/DMH Operational Standards: Manual published by the
				Mississippi Department of Mental Health which establishes and promulgates
				required operational standards for programs receiving DMH certification
31. ID/DD Waiver Support
				Coordination Services: ID/DD Waiver Support Coordination Services are provided
				to individuals enrolled in the ID/DD Waiver. Support coordinators coordinate
				and monitor all services an individual on the ID/DD Waiver receives, regardless
				of funding source, to ensure services are adequate, appropriate, meet
				individual needs, and ensure the individual's health and welfare needs are met.
32. IDD Targeted Case Management
				Services: IDD Targeted Case Management Services refers to service provision
				under IDD community support programs and include development of a plan of
				services and supports and coordination and monitoring of services to ensure
				that services are adequate, appropriate and meet the person's unique needs.
33. Immediate Family Member:
				spouse, parent, stepparent, sibling, child or stepchild
34. Independent Study and Training (IST)
				Requirement: The prescribed program of study and training which must be
				successfully completed in order to obtain licensure as a "DMH Licensed
				Administrator." The DMH Licensed Administrator program has two IST options (the
				applicant chooses one).
35.
				License: A document issued by DMH attesting to an individual's DMH professional
				credential
36. Licensed
				Administrator (LA): An individual who obtains and maintains the LA credential
				through the Mississippi Department of Mental Health; this credential was
				formerly known as Licensed Mental Health/Mental Retardation Administrator (LA)
				or Licensed DMH Administrator (LA).
37. Licensed Administrator (LA) Program
				Participant: An individual who has been admitted into the DMH Licensed
				Administrator Program as a "Program Participant" and is working towards
				licensure as a "DMH Licensed Administrator"; individuals in the "Program
				Participant" phase DO NOT hold the "DMH Licensed Administrator" credential
38. Licensed Clinical Addictions
				Therapist (LCAT): An individual who obtained and maintains the LCAT credential
				through the Mississippi Department of Mental Health; (This level of
				credentialing was discontinued effective January 2009. Though no longer
				available to new applicants, those who obtained the LCAT credential prior to
				discontinuance may continue to renew it as long as renewal requirements are
				met); this credential was formerly known as Licensed Clinical Addiction
				Counselor (LCAC).
39. Licensed
				Clinical Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Therapist (LCIDDT): An
				individual who obtained and maintains the LCIDDT credential through the
				Mississippi Department of Mental Health; (This level of credentialing was
				discontinued effective January 2009. Though no longer available to new
				applicants, those who obtained the LCIDDT credential prior to its
				discontinuance may continue to renew it as long as renewal requirements are
				met); this credential was formerly known as Licensed Clinical Mental
				Retardation Therapist (LCMRT).
40.
				Licensed Clinical Mental Health Therapist (LCMHT): An individual who obtained
				and maintains the LCMHT credential through the Mississippi Department of Mental
				Health; (This level of credentialing was discontinued effective January 2009.
				Though no longer available to new applicants, those who obtained the LCMHT
				credential prior to discontinuance may continue to renew it as long as renewal
				requirements are met.)
41. PLACE
				Review Board/Review Board: The Professional Licensure and Certification (PLACE)
				Review Board
42. Provisional
				Certification Period: The Provisional Certification Period is the time period
				an individual holds provisional certification (PCMHT, PCIDDT, PCAT and/or
				PCCSS). The Provisional Certification Period begins on the day the provisional
				credential is issued and can last for a maximum of 24 consecutive months.
				Provisional certification is temporary and nonrenewable. By the end of the
				Provisional Certification Period, the provisionally-certified individual is
				expected to have completed all requirements to upgrade to full certification.
43. Provisionally Certified
				Addictions Therapist (PCAT): An individual who obtains the PCAT credential
				through the Mississippi Department of Mental Health. PCAT is a temporary,
				nonrenewable certification. PCATs work towards full certification as a
				Certified Addictions Therapist (CAT); this credential was formerly known as
				Provisionally Certified Addiction Counselor (PCAC).
44. Provisionally Certified Community Support
				Specialist (PCCSS): An individual who obtains the PCCSS credential through the
				Mississippi Department of Mental Health. PCCSS is a temporary, nonrenewable
				certification. PCCSSs work towards full certification as a Certified Community
				Support Specialist (CCSS); this credential was formerly known as Provisionally
				Certified Case Management Professional (PCCMP).
45. Provisionally Certified Intellectual and
				Developmental Disabilities Therapist (PCIDDT): An individual who obtains the
				PCIDDT credential through the Mississippi Department of Mental Health. PCIDDT
				is a temporary, nonrenewable certification. PCIDDTs work towards full
				certification as a Certified Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
				Therapist (CIDDT); this credential was formerly known as Provisionally
				Certified Mental Retardation Therapist (PCMRT).
46. Provisionally Certified Mental Health
				Therapist (PCMHT): An individual who obtains the PCMHT credential through the
				Mississippi Department of Mental Health. PCMHT is a temporary, nonrenewable
				certification. PCMHTs work towards full certification as a Certified Mental
				Health Therapist (CMHT).
47.
				Qualified Sponsor: An individual who meets the DMH Licensed Administrator
				sponsor qualifications; who agrees to endorse an applicant for DMH Licensed
				Administrator; and, who oversees a DMH Licensed Administrator Program
				Participant's progress towards achieving licensure
48. Qualified Supervisor: A Qualified
				Supervisor is an individual who meets the established professional criteria to
				provide supervision over (and verify) a DMH-professional credentialing
				applicant's required work experience and who provides "active supervision" (as
				defined in this document) over the applicant's submitted required work
				experience.
49. Staff Development
				Officer (SDO): State mental health system program employee(s) who are
				responsible for maintaining staff development records and assisting in the
				verification of ongoing continuing education for renewal applicants. The SDO
				also serves as a liaison between the program and the Division and as a resource
				to his/her program concerning DMH professional credentialing. The SDO is
				appointed by the Program Executive Director; a record of SDO appointments is
				maintained on file by the Division.
50. State Mental Health System: The network
				of programs in Mississippi which are certified, funded, and/or
				operated/administered by the Mississippi Department of Mental Health (and also
				as outlined and defined in Section
				41-4-7
				of the Mississippi Code of 1972, Annotated)
51. Upgrade: Progression (i.e., moving) from
				provisional (temporary) certification to full certification
52. Wraparound Facilitation: The creation and
				facilitation of a child and family team for the purpose of developing a single
				plan of care to address the needs of youth with complex mental health
				challenges and their families