2006 Nebraska Revised Statutes - § 71-1,308 — Mental health practitioner, defined; use of titles.

Section 71-1,308
Mental health practitioner, defined; use of titles.

Mental health practitioner shall mean a person who holds himself or herself out as a person qualified to engage in mental health practice or a person who offers or renders mental health practice services. A person who is licensed as a mental health practitioner and certified as a master social worker may use the title licensed clinical social worker. A person who is licensed as a mental health practitioner and certified as a professional counselor may use the title licensed professional counselor. A person who is licensed as a mental health practitioner and certified as a marriage and family therapist may use the title licensed marriage and family therapist. No person shall use the title licensed clinical social worker, licensed professional counselor, or licensed marriage and family therapist unless he or she is licensed and certified as provided in this section.

A mental health practitioner shall not represent himself or herself as a physician or psychologist and shall not represent his or her services as being medical or psychological in nature.

Source:

Laws 1993, LB 669, § 27

~Reissue Revised Statutes of Nebraska