Maine Revised Statutes > Title 30-A > Part 1 > Chapter 13 > Subchapter 4 – Miscellaneous Provisions
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- Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
- Assessment: means selecting, administering and interpreting instruments designed to assess personal, interpersonal and group characteristics. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 13851
- Board: means the Board of Counseling Professionals Licensure, established in section 13852. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 13851
- Clinical professional counselor: means a professional counselor who renders or offers to render for a fee, monetary or otherwise, to individuals, families, groups, organizations or the general public, a counseling service involving the application of the principles and procedures of counseling to assess and treat intrapersonal and interpersonal problems and other dysfunctional behaviors and to assist in the overall development and adjustment of those served. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 13851
- Commissioner: means the Commissioner of Professional and Financial Regulation. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 13851
- Conditional license: means a license granted to an applicant for licensure who has met all the requirements defined in section 13858, except for supervised experience. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 13851
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
- Counseling: means assisting individuals, families or groups through the counseling relationship to develop understanding of intrapersonal and interpersonal problems, to define goals, to make decisions, to plan a course of action reflecting their needs, and to use information and community resources, as these procedures are related to personal, social, educational and vocational development. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 13851
- Counselor: means an individual who for a fee, monetary or otherwise, engages in any of the procedures of counseling defined in subsection 8. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 13851
- Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
- Department: means the Department of Professional and Financial Regulation. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 13851
- Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
- Docket: A log containing brief entries of court proceedings.
- Entitlement: A Federal program or provision of law that requires payments to any person or unit of government that meets the eligibility criteria established by law. Entitlements constitute a binding obligation on the part of the Federal Government, and eligible recipients have legal recourse if the obligation is not fulfilled. Social Security and veterans' compensation and pensions are examples of entitlement programs.
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- in writing: include printing and other modes of making legible words. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72
- Intent to deprive: means to have the conscious object:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 17-A Sec. 352Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases. lands: includes lands and all tenements and hereditaments connected therewith, and all rights thereto and interests therein. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72 Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC Majority: when used in reference to age shall mean the age of 18 and over. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72 Marital and family therapy services: means the assessment and treatment of intrapersonal and interpersonal problems through the application of principles, methods and therapeutic techniques for the purpose of resolving emotional conflicts, modifying perceptions and behavior, enhancing communication and understanding among all family members, and preventing family and individual crises. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 13851 Marriage and family therapist: means a person who renders or offers to render for a fee, monetary or otherwise, marital and family therapy services. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 13851 Month: means a calendar month. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72 Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period. Pastoral counselor: means an individual who is trained and certified to provide for a fee, monetary or otherwise, pastoral counseling, which is ministry to individuals, families, couples, groups, organizations and the general public involving the application of principles and procedures of counseling to assess and treat intrapersonal and interpersonal problems and other dysfunctional behavior of a social and spiritual nature, and to assist in the overall development and healing process of those served. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 13851 Probable cause: A reasonable ground for belief that the offender violated a specific law. Procedures of counseling: means methods and techniques that include, but are not limited to, the following. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 13851 Professional counseling: means providing counseling services, marital and family therapy services and pastoral counseling services, including any procedures of counseling. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 13851 Professional counselor: means a person who, for a fee, monetary or otherwise, renders or offers to render to individuals, families, groups, organizations or the general public a service involving the application of principles and procedures of counseling to assist those served in achieving more effective personal, emotional, social, educational and vocational development and adjustment. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 13851 Property: means anything of value, including but not limited to:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 17-A Sec. 352Property of another: includes property in which any person or government other than the actor has an interest that the actor is not privileged to infringe, regardless of the fact that the actor also has an interest in the property and regardless of the fact that the other person might be precluded from civil recovery because the property was used in an unlawful transaction or was subject to forfeiture as contraband. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 17-A Sec. 352 Referral: means the evaluation of information to identify needs or problems of the counselee and to determine the advisability of referral to other specialists, informing the counselee of that judgment, and communicating as requested or deemed appropriate with referral sources. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 13851 registered mail: when used in connection with any requirement for notice by mail shall mean either registered mail or certified mail. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72 Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action. Testify: Answer questions in court. United States: includes territories and the District of Columbia. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72 Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72