37.91.205    EXPIRATION AND RENEWAL OF CERTIFICATION

(1) Professional person certification will expire three years from the date of certification.

(2) The professional person will be notified at least 30 days prior to the expiration date and will be provided a renewal form to record the information required by the certification committee.

(3) The certification committee will renew full mental health certification upon submission of proof that the individual continues to perform satisfactorily within Montana in direct treatment of mental illness or direct supervision of mental health treatment programs and evidence that continuing education, training, or instruction relevant to the exercise of professional person privileges and duties was received during the current certification period.

(4) The certification committee will renew facility mental health certification upon submission of proof that the individual continues to perform satisfactorily in direct treatment of mental illness in the facility for which the person is certified and evidence from the employing facility that continuing education, training, or instruction relevant to the privileges and duties of a professional person with facility certification was received during the current certification period.

History: 53-21-106, MCA; IMP, 53-21-106, MCA; NEW, 1986 MAR p. 260, Eff. 2/28/86; AMD, 1992 MAR p. 1485, Eff. 7/17/92; TRANS, from DOC, 1998 MAR p. 2039; AMD, 2014 MAR p. 503, Eff. 3/14/14.