Arizona Laws 36-405.02. Outpatient behavioral health and other related health care services; employees; rules
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The department shall allow a person who is employed at a health care institution that provides outpatient behavioral health services, who is not a licensed behavioral health professional and who is at least eighteen years of age to provide outpatient behavioral health or other related health care services pursuant to all applicable department rules. The director shall adopt rules consistent with this section.
Terms Used In Arizona Laws 36-405.02
- Behavioral health services: means services that pertain to mental health and substance use disorders and that are either:
(a) Performed by or under the supervision of a professional who is licensed pursuant to title 32 and whose scope of practice allows the professional to provide these services. See Arizona Laws 36-401
- Department: means the department of health services. See Arizona Laws 36-401
- Director: means the director of the department. See Arizona Laws 36-401
- Health care institution: means every place, institution, building or agency, whether organized for profit or not, that provides facilities with medical services, nursing services, behavioral health services, health screening services, other health-related services, supervisory care services, personal care services or directed care services and includes home health agencies as defined in section 36-151, outdoor behavioral health care programs and hospice service agencies. See Arizona Laws 36-401
- Person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association or society, as well as a natural person. See Arizona Laws 1-215