A. This chapter does not apply to:
1. A person who is currently licensed, certified or regulated pursuant to another chapter of this title and who provides services within the person's scope of practice if the person does not claim to be licensed pursuant to this chapter.
2. A person who is not a resident of this state if the person:
(a)Performs behavioral health services in this state for not more than ninety days in any one calendar year as prescribed by board rule.
(b)Is authorized to perform these services pursuant to the laws of the state or country in which the person resides or pursuant to the laws of a federally recognized Indian tribe.
(c)Informs the client of the limited nature of these services and that the person is not licensed in this state.
3. A rabbi, priest, minis
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A. This chapter does not apply to:
1. A person who is currently licensed, certified or regulated pursuant to another chapter of this title and who provides services within the person's scope of practice if the person does not claim to be licensed pursuant to this chapter.
2. A person who is not a resident of this state if the person:
(a) Performs behavioral health services in this state for not more than ninety days in any one calendar year as prescribed by board rule.
(b) Is authorized to perform these services pursuant to the laws of the state or country in which the person resides or pursuant to the laws of a federally recognized Indian tribe.
(c) Informs the client of the limited nature of these services and that the person is not licensed in this state.
3. A rabbi, priest, minister or member of the clergy of any religious denomination or sect if the activities and services that person performs are within the scope of the performance of the regular or specialized ministerial duties of an established and legally recognizable church, denomination or sect and the person performing the services remains accountable to the established authority of the church, denomination or sect.
4. A member-run self-help or self-growth group if no member of the group receives direct or indirect financial compensation.
5. A behavioral health technician or behavioral health paraprofessional who is employed by an agency licensed by the department of health services.
6. A person contracting with the supreme court or a person employed by or contracting with an agency under contract with the supreme court who is otherwise ineligible to be licensed or who is in the process of applying to be licensed under this chapter as long as that person is in compliance with the supreme court contract conditions regarding professional counseling services and practices only under supervision.
7. A person who is employed by the department of economic security or the department of child safety and who practices social work, marriage and family therapy, addiction counseling, counseling and case management within the scope of the person's job duties and under direct supervision by the employer department.
8. A student, intern or trainee who is pursuing a course of study in social work, counseling, marriage and family therapy, addiction counseling or case management in a regionally accredited institution of higher education or training institution if the person's activities are performed under qualified supervision and are part of the person's supervised course of study.
9. A person who is practicing social work, counseling and case management and who is employed by an agency licensed by the department of economic security or the department of child safety.
10. A paraprofessional who is employed by the department of economic security or by an agency licensed by the department of economic security.
11. A Christian Science practitioner if all of the following are true:
(a) The person is not providing psychotherapy.
(b) The activities and services the person performs are within the scope of the performance of the regular or specialized duties of a Christian Science practitioner.
(c) The person remains accountable to the established authority of the practitioner's church.
12. A person who is not providing psychotherapy.
13. For a period of ninety days, a person who has completed the person's course of study in social work, counseling, marriage and family therapy or addiction counseling from a regionally accredited institution of higher education, who has graduated, who possesses a valid fingerprint clearance card issued pursuant to title 41, chapter 12, article 3.1 and who is in the process of applying for an associate level license pursuant to this chapter if the person's activities are performed under qualified supervision by a person who provided direct supervision during the course of study or internship. The person may apply any direct client contact work experience obtained during the ninety-day period while the person's application is pending toward the person's direct client contact work experience licensure requirements.
B. A person who provides services pursuant to subsection A, paragraph 2 of this section is deemed to have agreed to the jurisdiction of the board and to be bound by the laws of this state.