2006 Nebraska Revised Statutes - § 71-1,314.01 — Provisional mental health practitioner license; qualifications; application; expiration.

Section 71-1,314.01
Provisional mental health practitioner license; qualifications; application; expiration.

(1) A person who needs to obtain the required three thousand hours of supervised experience in mental health practice as specified in section 71-1,314 to qualify for a mental health practitioner license shall obtain a provisional mental health practitioner license. To qualify for a provisional mental health practitioner license, such person shall:

(a) Have a master's or doctorate degree that consists of course work and training which was primarily therapeutic mental health in content and included a practicum or internship and was from an approved educational program as specified in such section;

(b)(i) Apply within sixty days after September 13, 1997, if the three thousand hours of supervised experience were being earned on September 13, 1997; or

(ii) Apply at any time following September 13, 1997, but prior to earning the three thousand hours of supervised experience, if such experience was not being earned on September 13, 1997; and

(c) Pay the provisional mental health practitioner license fee.

(2) A provisional mental health practitioner license shall expire upon receipt of licensure as a mental health practitioner or five years after the date of issuance, whichever comes first.

(3) A person who holds a provisional mental health practitioner license shall inform all clients that he or she holds a provisional license and is practicing mental health under supervision and shall identify the supervisor. Failure to make such disclosure is a ground for discipline as set forth in section 71-147.

Source:

Laws 1997, LB 622, § 81

Laws 2003, LB 242, § 73

~Reissue Revised Statutes of Nebraska