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 13 - Application Submission Requirements › Rule 24-3-13.2 - Application Time Limits

Current through June 25, 2024
A. Initial
				applications will remain open for two years from date of receipt. During that
				time, applicants have the opportunity to rectify any deficiencies.
B. Following two years from the date of
				receipt, incomplete applications
(initial and upgrade)
,
				applications containing unresolved deficiencies
(initial and
				upgrade),
and applications which did not result in a credential being
				awarded
(initial and upgrade)
will no longer be maintained by
				the Division.
C. Additional
				timelines pertaining to upgrade and renewal applications are covered more fully
				in the relevant sections of this document.
D. When a provisionally-certified individual
				(i.e., PCMHT, PCIDDT, PCAT or PCCSS) needs to upgrade to full certification
				(i.e., CMHT, CIDDT, CAT or CCSS), he/she must submit a new application for full
				certification (i.e, CMHT, CIDDT, CAT or CCSS); no new application fee is
				required.
E. The upgrade
				application may be submitted as soon as the provisionally-certified individual
				(PCMHT, PCIDDT, PCAT or PCCSS) meets the requirements to upgrade to full
				certification, but the absolute deadline to submit an upgrade application is
				the last working day of the month following the provisionally-certified
				individual's provisional certification expiration date. (The provisional
				certificate expiration date is located on the provisionally-certified
				individual's initial credential award letter.) For example, if a
				provisionally-certified individual's credential expires in October of a given
				year, the individual's upgrade application for full certification must be
				received by the Division by the last working day of November of that same year.
F. If a provisionally-certified
				individual (PCMHT, PCIDDT, PCAT or PCCSS) has not met the requirements to
				upgrade and wants to continue in the program, he/she must submit an extension
				request to the PLACE Review Board by the same time frame as the upgrade
				application would be due. Extension approval is at the discretion of the Review
				Board. Additional information on extensions, including how to request an
				extension, is covered in Chapter Eighteen.
G. Failure to submit the upgrade application
				(or an extension request) by the prescribed deadline results in automatic
				default from the program. Provisionally-certified individuals (PCMHTs, PCIDDTs,
				PCATs and PCCSSs) are expected to keep track of the date by which they must
				upgrade.
H. Incomplete
				portions/problems associated with the submitted upgrade application should be
				resolved as soon as possible but no later than 30 calendar days from the
				provisionally-certified individual's prescribed upgrade application deadline,
				as outlined above. If all upgrade application deficiencies are not resolved
				within this time frame, the individual's provisional credential will
				automatically default effective per his/her provisional expiration date.
				(Additional information pertaining to Upgrade Timelines is covered in Chapter
				Fifteen.)
I. When a DMH Licensed
				Administrator "Program Participant" has successfully completed the program of
				Independent Study and Training (IST) and needs to apply for licensure as a "DMH
				Licensed Administrator," he/she must submit a new application for licensure; no
				new application fee is required. The application for licensure may be submitted
				as soon as the "Program Participant" has successfully completed the IST
				requirement, but the absolute deadline to submit the application for licensure
				is no later than the last working day of the month following the 24
				th month of the "Program Participant" phase period
				(i.e., the last working day of the 25 th month
				following the individual's admission into the program as a "Program
				Participant." (The Program Participant's date of admission is counted as Day
				One.) If a DMH Licensed Administrator "Program Participant" has not met the IST
				requirement for licensure by the 24 th consecutive
				month from admission into the DMH Licensed Administrator Program as a -Program
				Participant" and wants to continue in the program, he/she must submit an
				extension request to the PLACE Review Board by the same time frame as the
				licensure application would be due. Extension approval is at the discretion of
				the Review Board. Additional information on extensions, including how to
				request an extension, is covered in Chapter Eighteen. Failure to submit the
				licensure application (or an extension request) by the prescribed deadline
				results in automatic default from the program. DMH Licensed Administrator
				"Program Participants" are expected to keep track of the date by which they
				must submit their licensure application. Incomplete portions/problems
				associated with the submitted licensure application should be resolved as soon
				as possible but no later than 30 calendar days from the DMH Licensed
				Administrator "Program Participant's prescribed licensure application
				submission deadline, as outlined above. If all application deficiencies are not
				resolved within this time frame, the individual's DMH Licensed Administrator
				"Program Participant" phase will automatically expire, effective per the 24
				th month of his/her "Program Participant" phase
				period.
Section
				  41-4-7
				  of the Mississippi Code of 1972, Annotated