This text of Minnesota § 148.9986 (PROHIBITED PRACTICE OR USE OF TITLES; PENALTY) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Minnesota primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.
Subdivision 1.Practice.
Effective January 1, 2025, an individual must not engage in the practice of applied behavior analysis unless the individual is licensed under sections148.9981to148.9995as a behavior analyst or is exempt under section148.9987. A psychologist licensed under sections148.88to148.981who practices behavior analysis is not required to obtain a license as a behavior analyst under sections148.9981to148.9995.
Subd. 2.Use of titles.
(a)An individual must not use a title incorporating the words "licensed behavior analyst," or "behavior analyst," or use any other title or description stating or implying that they are licensed or otherwise qualified to practice applied behavior analysis, unless that person holds a valid license under sections148.9981to148.9995.
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Subdivision 1.Practice.
Effective January 1, 2025, an individual must not engage in the practice of applied behavior analysis unless the individual is licensed under sections148.9981to148.9995as a behavior analyst or is exempt under section148.9987. A psychologist licensed under sections148.88to148.981who practices behavior analysis is not required to obtain a license as a behavior analyst under sections148.9981to148.9995.
Subd. 2.Use of titles.
(a) An individual must not use a title incorporating the words "licensed behavior analyst," or "behavior analyst," or use any other title or description stating or implying that they are licensed or otherwise qualified to practice applied behavior analysis, unless that person holds a valid license under sections148.9981to148.9995.
(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), a licensed psychologist who practices applied behavior analysis within the psychologist's scope of practice may use the title "behavior analyst," but must not use the title "licensed behavior analyst" unless the licensed psychologist holds a valid license as a behavior analyst issued under sections148.9981to148.9995.
Subd. 3.Penalty.
An individual who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor.