25 U.S.C. § 1665e — Licensing requirement for mental health care workers
submitted 16 years ago by Pub. L. 94-437 to r/title-25-INDIANS · 161 words · no verdicts yet
Clinical psychologists, social workers, and marriage-and-family therapists generally must be licensed, but qualifying trainees may work under direct supervision and other safeguards.
(a) Subject to section 1621t and subsection (b), a person employed to provide clinical mental-health care to Indians under this chapter must be licensed in the relevant profession.
(b) A trainee may provide the care if directly supervised by the relevant licensed professional, enrolled in or having completed at least two years of accredited postsecondary coursework in a listed field, and meeting the Secretary’s other training, supervision, and quality-review requirements.
Subject to section 1621t of this title, and except as provided in subsection (b), any individual employed as a psychologist, social worker, or marriage and family therapist for the purpose of providing mental health care services to Indians in a clinical setting under this chapter is required to be licensed as a psychologist, social worker, or marriage and family therapist, respectively.
An individual may be employed as a trainee in psychology, social work, or marriage and family therapy to provide mental health care services described in subsection (a) if such individual—
works under the direct supervision of a licensed psychologist, social worker, or marriage and family therapist, respectively;
is enrolled in or has completed at least 2 years of course work at a post-secondary, accredited education program for psychology, social work, marriage and family therapy, or counseling; and
meets such other training, supervision, and quality review requirements as the Secretary* may establish.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 94–437, title VII, § 706, as added Pub. L. 111–148, title X, § 10221(a), Mar. 23, 2010, 124 Stat. 935.)
- 2010Enacted · Pub. L. 94-437 · 124 Stat. 935
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 94-437 on 2010-03-23.
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