2006 Nebraska Revised Statutes - § 71-1,307 — Mental health practice, defined; limitation on practice.

Section 71-1,307
Mental health practice, defined; limitation on practice.

Mental health practice shall mean the provision of treatment, assessment, psychotherapy, counseling, or equivalent activities to individuals, couples, families, or groups for behavioral, cognitive, social, mental, or emotional disorders, including interpersonal or personal situations.

Mental health practice shall not include the practice of psychology or medicine, prescribing drugs or electroconvulsive therapy, treating physical disease, injury, or deformity, diagnosing major mental illness or disorder except in consultation with a qualified physician or a psychologist licensed to engage in the practice of psychology as provided in section 71-1,206.14, measuring personality or intelligence for the purpose of diagnosis or treatment planning, using psychotherapy with individuals suspected of having major mental or emotional disorders except in consultation with a qualified physician or licensed psychologist, or using psychotherapy to treat the concomitants of organic illness except in consultation with a qualified physician or licensed psychologist.

Mental health practice shall include the initial assessment of organic mental or emotional disorders for the purpose of referral or consultation.

Nothing in sections 71-1,306, 71-1,310, and 71-1,311 shall be deemed to constitute authorization to engage in activities beyond those described in this section. Persons certified under sections 71-1,295 to 71-1,338 but not licensed under section 71-1,314 shall not engage in mental health practice.

Source:

Laws 1993, LB 669, § 26

Laws 1994, LB 1210, § 96

~Reissue Revised Statutes of Nebraska