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As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
1.“Board” means the board of behavioral health professionals established in chapter 147.
2.“Certifying entity” means the behavior analyst certification board or another entity
whose programs to certify professional practitioners of applied behavior analysis are
accredited by the national commission for certifying agencies or the American national
standards institute.
3.“Licensed assistant behavior analyst” means a person licensed to practice applied
behavior analysis under the supervision of a licensed behavior analyst under chapter 147
and this chapter.
4.“Licensed behavior analyst” means a person licensed to practice applied behavior
analysis under chapter 147 and this chapter.
5.“Licensedmaritalandfamilytherapist”means
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As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. “Board” means the board of behavioral health professionals established in chapter 147.
2. “Certifying entity” means the behavior analyst certification board or another entity
whose programs to certify professional practitioners of applied behavior analysis are
accredited by the national commission for certifying agencies or the American national
standards institute.
3. “Licensed assistant behavior analyst” means a person licensed to practice applied
behavior analysis under the supervision of a licensed behavior analyst under chapter 147
and this chapter.
4. “Licensed behavior analyst” means a person licensed to practice applied behavior
analysis under chapter 147 and this chapter.
5. “Licensedmaritalandfamilytherapist”meansapersonlicensedtopracticemaritaland
family therapy under chapter 147 and this chapter.
6. “Licensed mental health counselor” means a person licensed to practice mental health
counseling under chapter 147 and this chapter.
7. “Licensee”includesalicensedmaritalandfamilytherapistandalicensedmentalhealth
counselor.
8. “Marital and family therapy” means the application of counseling techniques in
the assessment and resolution of emotional conditions. This includes the alteration and
establishment of attitudes and patterns of interaction relative to marriage, family life, and
interpersonal relationships.
9. “Mental health counseling” means the provision of counseling services involving
assessment, referral, consultation, and the application of counseling, human development
principles, learning theory, group dynamics, and the etiology of maladjustment and
dysfunctional behavior to individuals, families, and groups.
10. “Practice of applied behavior analysis” means the design, implementation, and
evaluation of instructional and environmental modification to produce socially significant
improvements in human behavior. “Practice of applied behavior analysis” includes the
empirical identification of functional relations between behavior and environmental
factors, known as functional assessment and analysis. “Practice of applied behavior
analysis” excludes psychological testing, psychotherapy, cognitive therapy, sex therapy,
psychoanalysis, hypnotherapy, and counseling as treatment modalities.
11. “Temporary license” means a license to practice marital and family therapy or mental
health counseling under direct supervision of a qualified supervisor as determined by the
board by rule to fulfill the postgraduate supervised clinical experience requirement in
accordance with this chapter.
12. “Temporarylicensedmaritalandfamilytherapist”meansapersonlicensedtopractice
marital and family therapy under supervision in accordance with section 154D.7.
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13. “Temporary licensed mental health counselor” means a person licensed to practice
mental health counseling under supervision in accordance with section 154D.7.