QUALIFIED PROFESSIONALS
ISSUE DATE: 09/2013
The provisions in this section describe who may be considered as qualified professionals for diagnosing and/or determining a client’s specific physical illness and/or mental condition.
MFIP, GA:
Qualified professionals as defined in this section may diagnose and/or determine if a person meets certain medical criteria in order to bank months or to qualify for, Family Stabilization Services (FSS), an MFIP hardship extension, a good cause claim, or to meet a GA basis of eligibility. See 0011.33 (MFIP Hardship Extensions), 0011.36 (Special Medical Criteria), 0013.15 (GA Bases of Eligibility), 0028.06.03 (Who Must Participate in Empl. Services/SNAP E&T), 0028.18 (Good Cause for Non-Compliance -- MFIP/DWP).
● | FOR DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES (DD): Professionals qualified to administer the tests necessary to make a determination (tests of intellectual functioning, assessment of adaptive behavior, adaptive skills, and developmental function) include licensed psychologists, certified school psychologists, or a certified psychometrist working under supervision of a licensed psychologist. These professionals must also be trained and experienced in administration of the tests. See PEOPLE WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES in 0002.47 (Glossary: OJT...). |
● | FOR LEARNING DISABILITIES: A qualified professional is a licensed psychologist or school psychologist with experience determining learning disabilities. See 0011.33.06 (MFIP Hard to Employ Extension Category). |
● | FOR PEOPLE WITH MENTAL ILLNESS (MI), SERIOUS AND PERSISTENT MENTAL ILLNESS (SPMI), AND SEVERE EMOTIONAL DISTURBANCE (SED): A qualified mental health professional is indicated in the bullets below. Documentation can be provided by a licensed physician or a qualified mental health professional as listed below, for questions about counting months toward the 60-month time limit AND related extensions: |
- | FOR CHILDREN IN PSYCHIATRIC NURSING: The mental health professional must be a registered nurse who is certified as a clinical specialist in child and adolescent psychiatric or mental health nursing by a national nurse certification organization or who has a master’s degree in nursing or 1 of the behavioral sciences or related fields from an accredited college or university or its equivalent, with at least 4,000 hours of post-master’s supervised experience in the delivery of clinical services in the treatment of mental illness. |
- | FOR ADULTS IN PSYCHIATRIC NURSING: A registered nurse who is certified as a clinical specialist in adult psychiatric and mental health nursing by a national nurse certification organization or who has a master’s degree in nursing or 1 of the behavioral sciences or related fields from an accredited college or university or its equivalent, with at least 4,000 hours of post-master’s supervised experience in the delivery of clinical services in the treatment of mental illness. |
- | IN CLINICAL SOCIAL WORK: A person licensed as an independent clinical social worker (LICSW), a licensed professional clinical counselor (LPCC), or a person with a master’s degree in social work from an accredited college or university, with at least 4,000 hours of post-master’s supervised experience in the delivery of clinical services in the treatment of mental illness. |
- | IN PSYCHOLOGY: A person licensed by the board of psychology who has stated to the Board of Psychology competencies in the diagnosis and treatment of mental illness. |
- | IN PSYCHIATRY: A physician licensed and certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology or eligible for board certification in psychiatry. |
- | IN MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPY: The mental health professional must be a marriage and family therapist with at least 2 years of post-master’s supervised experience in the delivery of clinical services in the treatment of mental illness. |
● | FOR PHYSICAL ILLNESS, INJURY, OR INCAPACITY: A qualified professional means a licensed physician, a physician’s assistant, a nurse practitioner, a certified nurse midwife, or a licensed chiropractor. |
WB, SNAP, MSA, GRH:
No provisions.
DWP:
If there are situations requiring determinations from the qualified professionals listed above, consider conversion to MFIP. See 0008.06.24 (DWP Conversion or Referral to MFIP).
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