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Section 307 - Exemptions from licensure.

UT Code § 58-61-307 (2019) (N/A)
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(1) Except as modified in Section 58-61-301, the exemptions from licensure in Section 58-1-307 apply to this chapter.

(2) In addition to the exemptions from licensure in Section 58-1-307, the following when practicing within the scope of the license held, may engage in acts included within the definition of practice as a psychologist, subject to the stated circumstances and limitations, without being licensed under this chapter: (a) a physician and surgeon or osteopathic physician licensed under Chapter 67, Utah Medical Practice Act, or Chapter 68, Utah Osteopathic Medical Practice Act; (b) a registered psychiatric mental health nurse specialist licensed under Chapter 31b, Nurse Practice Act; (c) a recognized member of the clergy while functioning in his ministerial capacity as long as he does not represent himself as or use the title of psychologist; (d) an individual who is offering expert testimony in any proceeding before a court, administrative hearing, deposition upon the order of any court or other body having power to order the deposition, or proceedings before any master, referee, or alternative dispute resolution provider; (e) an individual engaged in performing hypnosis who is not licensed under this title in a profession which includes hypnosis in its scope of practice, and who: (i) (A) induces a hypnotic state in a client for the purpose of increasing motivation or altering lifestyles or habits, such as eating or smoking, through hypnosis; (B) consults with a client to determine current motivation and behavior patterns; (C) prepares the client to enter hypnotic states by explaining how hypnosis works and what the client will experience; (D) tests clients to determine degrees of suggestibility; (E) applies hypnotic techniques based on interpretation of consultation results and analysis of client's motivation and behavior patterns; and (F) trains clients in self-hypnosis conditioning; (ii) may not: (A) engage in the practice of mental health therapy; (B) represent himself using the title of a license classification in Subsection 58-60-102(5); or (C) use hypnosis with or treat a medical, psychological, or dental condition defined in generally recognized diagnostic and statistical manuals of medical, psychological, or dental disorders; (f) an individual's exemption from licensure under Subsection 58-1-307(1)(b) terminates when the student's training is no longer supervised by qualified faculty or staff and the activities are no longer a defined part of the degree program; (g) an individual holding an earned doctoral degree in psychology who is employed by an accredited institution of higher education and who conducts research and teaches in that individual's professional field, but only if the individual does not engage in providing delivery or supervision of professional services regulated under this chapter to individuals or groups regardless of whether there is compensation for the services; (h) any individual who was employed as a psychologist by a state, county, or municipal agency or other political subdivision of the state prior to July 1, 1981, and who subsequently has maintained employment as a psychologist in the same state, county, or municipal agency or other political subdivision while engaged in the performance of his official duties for that agency or political subdivision; (i) an individual licensed as a school psychologist under Section 53E-6-201: (i) may represent himself as and use the terms "school psychologist" or "licensed school psychologist"; and (ii) is restricted in his practice to employment within settings authorized by the State Board of Education; (j) an individual providing advice or counsel to another individual in a setting of their association as friends or relatives and in a nonprofessional and noncommercial relationship, if there is no compensation paid for the advice or counsel; and (k) an individual who is licensed, in good standing, to practice mental health therapy in a state or territory of the United States outside of Utah may provide short term transitional mental health therapy remotely to a client in Utah only if: (i) the individual is present in the state or territory where the individual is licensed to practice mental health therapy; (ii) the client relocates to Utah; (iii) the client is a client of the individual immediately before the client relocates to Utah; (iv) the individual provides the short term transitional mental health therapy to the client only during the 45 day period beginning on the day on which the client relocates to Utah; (v) within 10 days after the day on which the client relocates to Utah, the individual provides written notice to the division of the individual's intent to provide short term transitional mental health therapy remotely to the client; and (vi) the individual does not engage in unlawful conduct or unprofessional conduct.

(a) a physician and surgeon or osteopathic physician licensed under Chapter 67, Utah Medical Practice Act, or Chapter 68, Utah Osteopathic Medical Practice Act;

(b) a registered psychiatric mental health nurse specialist licensed under Chapter 31b, Nurse Practice Act;

(c) a recognized member of the clergy while functioning in his ministerial capacity as long as he does not represent himself as or use the title of psychologist;

(d) an individual who is offering expert testimony in any proceeding before a court, administrative hearing, deposition upon the order of any court or other body having power to order the deposition, or proceedings before any master, referee, or alternative dispute resolution provider;

(e) an individual engaged in performing hypnosis who is not licensed under this title in a profession which includes hypnosis in its scope of practice, and who: (i) (A) induces a hypnotic state in a client for the purpose of increasing motivation or altering lifestyles or habits, such as eating or smoking, through hypnosis; (B) consults with a client to determine current motivation and behavior patterns; (C) prepares the client to enter hypnotic states by explaining how hypnosis works and what the client will experience; (D) tests clients to determine degrees of suggestibility; (E) applies hypnotic techniques based on interpretation of consultation results and analysis of client's motivation and behavior patterns; and (F) trains clients in self-hypnosis conditioning; (ii) may not: (A) engage in the practice of mental health therapy; (B) represent himself using the title of a license classification in Subsection 58-60-102(5); or (C) use hypnosis with or treat a medical, psychological, or dental condition defined in generally recognized diagnostic and statistical manuals of medical, psychological, or dental disorders;

(i) (A) induces a hypnotic state in a client for the purpose of increasing motivation or altering lifestyles or habits, such as eating or smoking, through hypnosis; (B) consults with a client to determine current motivation and behavior patterns; (C) prepares the client to enter hypnotic states by explaining how hypnosis works and what the client will experience; (D) tests clients to determine degrees of suggestibility; (E) applies hypnotic techniques based on interpretation of consultation results and analysis of client's motivation and behavior patterns; and (F) trains clients in self-hypnosis conditioning;

(A) induces a hypnotic state in a client for the purpose of increasing motivation or altering lifestyles or habits, such as eating or smoking, through hypnosis;

(B) consults with a client to determine current motivation and behavior patterns;

(C) prepares the client to enter hypnotic states by explaining how hypnosis works and what the client will experience;

(D) tests clients to determine degrees of suggestibility;

(E) applies hypnotic techniques based on interpretation of consultation results and analysis of client's motivation and behavior patterns; and

(F) trains clients in self-hypnosis conditioning;

(ii) may not: (A) engage in the practice of mental health therapy; (B) represent himself using the title of a license classification in Subsection 58-60-102(5); or (C) use hypnosis with or treat a medical, psychological, or dental condition defined in generally recognized diagnostic and statistical manuals of medical, psychological, or dental disorders;

(A) engage in the practice of mental health therapy;

(B) represent himself using the title of a license classification in Subsection 58-60-102(5); or

(C) use hypnosis with or treat a medical, psychological, or dental condition defined in generally recognized diagnostic and statistical manuals of medical, psychological, or dental disorders;

(f) an individual's exemption from licensure under Subsection 58-1-307(1)(b) terminates when the student's training is no longer supervised by qualified faculty or staff and the activities are no longer a defined part of the degree program;

(g) an individual holding an earned doctoral degree in psychology who is employed by an accredited institution of higher education and who conducts research and teaches in that individual's professional field, but only if the individual does not engage in providing delivery or supervision of professional services regulated under this chapter to individuals or groups regardless of whether there is compensation for the services;

(h) any individual who was employed as a psychologist by a state, county, or municipal agency or other political subdivision of the state prior to July 1, 1981, and who subsequently has maintained employment as a psychologist in the same state, county, or municipal agency or other political subdivision while engaged in the performance of his official duties for that agency or political subdivision;

(i) an individual licensed as a school psychologist under Section 53E-6-201: (i) may represent himself as and use the terms "school psychologist" or "licensed school psychologist"; and (ii) is restricted in his practice to employment within settings authorized by the State Board of Education;

(i) may represent himself as and use the terms "school psychologist" or "licensed school psychologist"; and

(ii) is restricted in his practice to employment within settings authorized by the State Board of Education;

(j) an individual providing advice or counsel to another individual in a setting of their association as friends or relatives and in a nonprofessional and noncommercial relationship, if there is no compensation paid for the advice or counsel; and

(k) an individual who is licensed, in good standing, to practice mental health therapy in a state or territory of the United States outside of Utah may provide short term transitional mental health therapy remotely to a client in Utah only if: (i) the individual is present in the state or territory where the individual is licensed to practice mental health therapy; (ii) the client relocates to Utah; (iii) the client is a client of the individual immediately before the client relocates to Utah; (iv) the individual provides the short term transitional mental health therapy to the client only during the 45 day period beginning on the day on which the client relocates to Utah; (v) within 10 days after the day on which the client relocates to Utah, the individual provides written notice to the division of the individual's intent to provide short term transitional mental health therapy remotely to the client; and (vi) the individual does not engage in unlawful conduct or unprofessional conduct.

(i) the individual is present in the state or territory where the individual is licensed to practice mental health therapy;

(ii) the client relocates to Utah;

(iii) the client is a client of the individual immediately before the client relocates to Utah;

(iv) the individual provides the short term transitional mental health therapy to the client only during the 45 day period beginning on the day on which the client relocates to Utah;

(v) within 10 days after the day on which the client relocates to Utah, the individual provides written notice to the division of the individual's intent to provide short term transitional mental health therapy remotely to the client; and

(vi) the individual does not engage in unlawful conduct or unprofessional conduct.

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Section 307 - Exemptions from licensure.