Terms Used In Arizona Laws > Title 32 > Chapter 33 > Article 5 - Social Work

• Board: means the board of behavioral health examiners. See Arizona Laws 32-3251
• Client: means a patient who receives behavioral health services from a person licensed pursuant to this chapter. See Arizona Laws 32-3251
• Direct client contact: means the performance of therapeutic or clinical functions related to the applicant's professional practice level of psychotherapy that includes diagnosis, assessment and treatment and that may include psychoeducation for mental, emotional and behavioral disorders based primarily on verbal or nonverbal communications and intervention with, and in the presence of, one or more clients, including through the use of telehealth pursuant to Title 36, Chapter 36, Article 1. See Arizona Laws 32-3251
• Equivalent: means comparable in content and quality but not identical. See Arizona Laws 32-3251
• Person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association or society, as well as a natural person. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Practice of social work: means the professional application of social work theories, principles, methods and techniques to:

  (a) Treat mental, behavioral and emotional disorders. See Arizona Laws 32-3251

• Psychoeducation: means the education of a client as part of a treatment process that provides the client with information regarding mental health, emotional disorders or behavioral health. See Arizona Laws 32-3251