Section 38-2123 - Provisional mental health practitioner license; qualifications; application; expiration; disclosure required(1) A person who needs to obtain the required three thousand hours of supervised experience in mental health practice as specified in section 38-2122 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 degree, a doctoral degree, or the equivalent of a master's degree, as determined by the board, that consists of course work and training which was primarily therapeutic mental health in content and included a practicum or internship and was from a mental health program as specified in section 38-2122;(b) Apply prior to earning the three thousand hours of supervised experience; and(c) Pay the provisional mental health practitioner license fee.(2) The rules and regulations approved by the board and adopted and promulgated by the department shall not require that the applicant have a supervisor in place at the time of application for a provisional mental health practitioner license.(3) 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.(4) 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 38-2139.Neb. Rev. Stat. §§ 38-2123
Laws 1997, LB 622, § 81; Laws 2003, LB 242, § 73; R.S.1943, (2003), § 71-1,314.01; Laws 2007, LB463, § 741; Laws 2018, LB 1034, § 37.Amended by Laws 2018, LB 1034,§ 37, eff. 7/19/2018.