Utah Code 58-60-402. Definitions
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In addition to the definitions in Sections 58-1-102 and 58-60-102, as used in this part:
| (1) | “Board” means the Clinical Mental Health Counselor Licensing Board created in Section 58-60-403. |
| (a) | conducting a professional evaluation of an individual's condition of mental health, mental illness, or emotional disorder consistent with standards generally recognized in the professions of mental health therapy listed under Subsection (5); |
| (b) | establishing a diagnosis in accordance with established written standards generally recognized in the professions of mental health therapy listed under Subsection (5); |
| (c) | prescribing a plan for the prevention or treatment of a condition of mental illness or emotional disorder; and |
| (d) | engaging in the conduct of professional intervention, including psychotherapy by the application of established methods and procedures generally recognized in the professions of mental health therapy listed under Subsection (5). See Utah Code 58-60-102 |
| (2) | “Practice of clinical mental health counseling” means the practice of mental health therapy by means of observation, description, evaluation, interpretation, intervention, and treatment to effect modification of human behavior by the application of generally recognized clinical mental health counseling principles, methods, and procedures for the purpose of preventing, treating, or eliminating mental or emotional illness or dysfunction, symptoms of any of these, or maladaptive behavior. |
Amended by Chapter 179, 2012 General Session