Utah Code 58-60-402. Definitions
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- Practice of mental health therapy: means treatment or prevention of mental illness, whether in person or remotely, including:(17)(a) conducting a professional evaluation of an individual's condition of mental health, mental illness, or emotional disorder consistent with standards generally recognized in the professions of mental health therapy listed under Subsection (15);(17)(b) establishing a diagnosis in accordance with established written standards generally recognized in the professions of mental health therapy listed under Subsection (15);(17)(c) prescribing a plan for the prevention or treatment of a condition of mental illness or emotional disorder; and(17)(d) engaging in the conduct of professional intervention, including psychotherapy by the application of established methods and procedures generally recognized in the professions of mental health therapy listed under Subsection (15). See Utah Code 58-60-102
In addition to the definitions in Sections
58-1-102 and58-60-102 , as used in this part,”practice of clinical mental health counseling” means the practice of mental health therapy by means of observation, description, evaluation, interpretation, intervention, and treatment to effect modification of human behavior by the application of generally recognized clinical mental health counseling principles, methods, and procedures for the purpose of preventing, treating, or eliminating mental or emotional illness or dysfunction, symptoms of any of these, or maladaptive behavior.