Section 24-6-3-4 - Requirements for Licensed Clinical Mental Health Therapist (LCMHT)A. Target Population (1) Licensure is for those employees who meet the higher Education and Experience requirements outlined below. Examples of individuals applying for Licensed Clinical Mental Health Therapist (LCMHT) include those employees who hold provisional certification as a Provisionally Certified Mental Health Therapist (PCMHT) and have completed the requirements to upgrade to licensure OR those employees who hold full certification as a Certified Mental Health Therapist (CMHT) and have obtained the additional hours of college credit and the additional years of experience to upgrade to licensure.(2) The following professions may be included in this license: Psychology, Nursing, Counseling, Psychometry, Vocational Rehabilitation, Special Education and other related fields.B. Requirements for Upgrade Application Eligibility To be eligible to upgrade to licensure (LCMHT), each individual must meet the following requirements, which include the completion of all Provisional Certification Period requirements. See Chapter 3, Section 2, E., pp. 9-10 for more information on requirements to be completed during the Provisional Certification Period.
(1) Employment: Be employed in a program described in Chapter 3, Section 1, C., p.7;(2) Education: Have at least sixty (60) semester hours of applicable graduate- level course work from an approved educational institution which includes a minimum of a master's degree in mental health or a related field and;(3) Experience: Have at least four (4) years of supervised experience in the field of mental health, two (2) of which must be in the State of Mississippi; and,(4) Ongoing Inservice/Training: If upgrading from PCMHT, accrue a minimum of thirty (30) Contact Hours of successfully completed inservice/ training (approximately fifteen [15] Contact Hours per year) as verified by the program's designated Staff Development Officer during the individual's Provisional Certification Period. If upgrading from CMHT, accrue a minimum of thirty (30) Contact Hours of successfully completed inservice/ training (approximately fifteen [15] Contact Hours per year) as verified by the program's designated Staff Development Officer during the current Certification/Licensure Period.
(5) Mental Health Core Training Program (MH-CTP): Successful completion of all three (3) Modules of the MH-CTP.C. To Apply To apply to upgrade to licensure (LCMHT), refer to Chapter 4, Section 1, pp. 19-23 and Section 4, pp. 25-26.
D. If Grandfathered Individuals who obtained their CMHT during the Mental Health Therapist Program's grandfathering period (July 1, 1997- June 30, 1999) may upgrade to LCMHT without attending the MH-CTP. See Chapter 4, Section 7, p. 28 for more information on the Grandfathering Provision.
24 Miss. Code. R. § 6-3-4