Bill Text: MI SB0014 | 2009-2010 | 95th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Health; occupations; scope of practice for marriage and family therapists; clarify. Amends sec. 16901 of 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.16901).

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-01-14 - Referred To Committee On Health Policy [SB0014 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2009-SB0014-Introduced.html

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SENATE BILL No. 14

 

 

January 14, 2009, Introduced by Senator HARDIMAN and referred to the Committee on Health Policy.

 

 

 

     A bill to amend 1978 PA 368, entitled

 

"Public health code,"

 

by amending section 16901 (MCL 333.16901), as added by 1995 PA 126.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 16901. (1) As used in this part:

 

     (a) "Advertise" means issuing or ordering the printing or

 

distribution of a card, sign, or device or causing, permitting, or

 

allowing a sign or marking on or in a building or structure, or

 

placing material in a newspaper, magazine, or directory, or on

 

radio or television.

 

     (b) "Marriage and family therapist" means an individual

 

licensed under this article to engage in the practice of marriage

 

and family therapy.

 

     (c) "Practice of marriage and family therapy" means the

 

providing of guidance, testing, discussions, therapy, instruction,

 

or advice that is intended to avoid, eliminate, relieve, manage, or

 

resolve marital or family conflict or discord, to create, improve,

 

or restore marital or family harmony, or to prepare couples for

 

marriage. Practice of marriage and family therapy includes

 

psychotherapy with individuals, families, couples, or groups as it

 

relates to marital or family relations and the diagnosis,

 

assessment, and treatment of mental, emotional, and behavioral

 

disorders as they relate to marital or family relations.

 

Practice of marriage and family therapy does not include the

 

administration and interpretation of psychological tests except for

 

those tests that are consistent with the individual's education and

 

training and with the code of ethics for licensed marriage and

 

family therapists.

 

     (2) In addition to the definitions of this part, article 1

 

contains general definitions and principles of construction

 

applicable to all articles in this code act and part 161 contains

 

definitions applicable to this part.