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 24-3-18.2 - Scope of Practice - DMH Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Therapist

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