Proposed Agenda

State Board for Mental Health Practitioners

1. Welcome and Review of Agenda
2. Review of May 1, 2009 State Board Meeting
3. Executive Secretary Report
   
   1. Update on SED Organization
   2. Update on fee increase implementation
   3. Update on restoring the Office of the Professions
4. Departmental Legislation for Corporate Practice and Related Issues
   
   1. Summary of legislation introduced in Assembly (A8897) and Senate (S5921)
      1. Registration of non-licensee entities to provide professional services
      2. Exemption from licensure for registered entities
      3. Establish authority to accept experience that violated corporate practice restrictions
      4. Extend and expand exemption from licensure until July 1, 2010
      5. Establish task force under SED to recommend changes in law and regulations
   2. Update on issues and recommendations for further action
5. Review and Discussion of Draft Amendments to Regulation and Rules
   
   1. Part 79-9, 79-10, 79-11, 79-12 of Commissioner's Regulations
      1. Education for licensure
      2. Experience for licensure
      3. Limited Permit for practice
      4. Endorsement of candidates licensed in other jurisdictions
   2. Part 29.15 of Regents Rules to define unprofessional conduct by a mental health practitioner
6. Registered Programs Leading to Licensure
   
   1. Performance by graduates of registered programs on licensing examinations (MHC)
   2. Registration of license-qualifying programs
7. Discussion of Guidance on Practice and Related Questions
   
   1. Implementation of RightNow technology for FAQs
   2. Strategies for clarifying practice through guidance documents
      1. Clarification of practice of the profession (see Michigan document)
      2. Clarification of licensure for students (see Minnesota brochure)
8. Executive Session: Professional Discipline and Licensing Examinations
   
   1. Discussion of final actions by the Board of Regents
   2. Scoring of case narratives for licensure in psychoanalysis and creative arts therapy
9. Other Business and Adjournment
   
   1. Scheduling meetings for 2009-2010

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