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Mental Health Practice Office

Also known as:
Office of Mental Health Practices Committee (2005-2009)
Active dates:1991-2009
Function:

Regulate unlicensed mental health practitioners by establishing prohibited acts and a code of ethics for persons otherwise not licensed by mental health boards or the Minnesota Department of Health.

History:

The Mental Health Practice Office was established on July 1, 1991 and succeeded the Unlicensed Mental Health Service Providers Board which sunset on that same date.

In 2005, the Legislature transferred the duties of the Office of Mental Health Practice from the Minnesota Department of Health to the Mental Health-Related Licensing Boards. The name was changed to the Office of Mental Health Practices Committee (Laws of Minnesota 2005, Chap. 147 Art. 8 Sec. 2 Subd. 4).

Per the law, "The committee shall prepare and submit a report to the legislature by January 15, 2009, evaluating the activity of the office and making recommendations concerning the regulation of unlicensed mental health practitioners. In the absence of legislative action to continue the committee, the committee expires on June 30, 2009."

The report, Recommendations Concerning the Regulation of Unlicensed Mental Health Practitioners in Minnesota (2009) recommended that the Committee be allowed to sunset.

Note: The Legislative Reference Library may have additional reports on or by this group available through our catalog.
Documents/Articles:
Status of health occupations program. Minnesota Department of Health, 2005.
News clippings and documents. Agencies Notebook Collection, 1991.
Record last updated: 12/31/2024
 

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