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§ 73-53-5. Construction and effect of chapter

MS Code § 73-53-5 (2019) (N/A)
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(1) No provision in this chapter shall be construed to prevent individuals licensed or certified by this state, whose activities overlap with the practice of social work, from carrying out the functions covered by their respective licenses or certificates, or to prevent ministers or individuals engaged in professional counseling who have recognized professional degrees in counseling, guidance or a related counseling field, whose activities overlap with the practice of social work, from carrying out the functions for which they have been trained, provided that such ministers or individuals shall not hold themselves out to the public by any title set out in this chapter.

(2) No provision in this chapter shall be construed to apply to or in any way interfere with any office, officer, agency or employee of the United States of America, while such office, officer, agency or employee is engaging in the performance of official duties within the course and scope of such employment or duties.

(3) No provision of this chapter shall be construed to apply to or in any way interfere with an individual who performs services described by this chapter solely for the benefit of a member of that individual’s family without compensation.

(4) No provision of this chapter shall be construed to apply to or in any way interfere with the activities and services of a student while pursuing a course of professional education qualifying as education under this chapter if these activities or services constitute a part of such student’s supervised course of study and such activities are supervised by a licensee under this chapter.

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§ 73-53-5. Construction and effect of chapter