Mental Health Professions Board

Mental Health Professions Licensing Board

Effective Date: 09/29/2010 to 06/03/2015

Rule Type: Superceded Rules & Regulations

Reference Number: 078.0001.5.09292010

CHAPTER 5

CERTIFIED MENTAL HEALTH WORKER

Section 1. The Practice of a Certified Mental Health Worker. The practice of a Certified Mental Health Worker consists of performing mental health procedures (not including diagnosis) under the supervision of a designated qualified clinical supervisor licensed in the state of Wyoming.

Section 2. General Requirements for Certification. Certification as a Mental Health Worker shall not be issued by the Board after July 1, 1998. A Certified Mental Health Worker shall not be granted re-certification if the certification is allowed to lapse.

Section 3. Supervision Requirement for Certification. Clinical practice shall not be permitted, until documentation of a designated qualified clinical supervisor has been provided to, and approved by, the Board and only under the clinical supervision of an approved designated qualified clinical supervisor.

1. (a) Certified Mental Health Workers may only provide services under the administrative supervision by their employer.
2. (b) Individual and/or triadic face-to-face clinical supervision by a designated qualified clinical supervisor shall be provided monthly at a ratio of at least one (1) hour for every twenty (20) hours of direct clinical provision of services defined in this act. Group supervision is acceptable for additional hours of clinical supervision.
3. (c) In the event of a change of the designated qualified clinical supervisor, the Certified Mental Health Worker shall notify the Board within ten (10) days in writing. The Certified Mental Health Worker shall not provide services until documentation of a designated qualified clinical supervisor has been provided to, and approved by, the Board. A revised disclosure statement shall accompany any change in supervision.

Section 4. Designated Qualified Clinical Supervisor. The designated qualified clinical supervisor assumes professional and ethical responsibility and may be sanctioned by the Board for all acts and omissions of the Certified Mental Health Worker within the scope of the supervision.

1. (a) The designated qualified clinical supervisor shall allow the Certified Mental Health Worker to perform independently only those functions for which the Certified Mental Health Worker has training and experience.
2. (b) The designated qualified clinical supervisor shall be identified on all reports and correspondence of a professional nature, excluding disciplinary correspondence with the Board.

Section 5. Standards of Conduct.

(a) The term “Certified Mental Health Worker” shall be used only in conjunction with activities and services that are part of the supervised employment.

(b) In the required professional disclosure statement, the Certified Mental Health Worker shall also provide full disclosure to every client of the supervised nature of their work, which shall include the name, address and telephone number of their designated qualified clinical supervisor.

(c) The supervisory relationship shall be indicated, and the designated qualified clinical supervisor’s name, address and telephone number shall appear on all documents relating to advertisement by the Certified Mental Health Worker.

(d) The Certified Mental Health Worker shall adhere to the American Counseling Association “Code of Ethics” incorporated as Appendix D.