{"identifier":"/us/usc/t25/s1665e","title":25,"num":"\u00a7\u202f1665e.","heading":"Licensing requirement for mental health care workers","text":"\u00a7\u202f1665e.\nLicensing requirement for mental health care workers\n(a)\nIn general\nSubject to\nsection 1621t of this title\n(b)\nTrainees\nAn individual may be employed as a trainee in psychology, social work, or marriage and family therapy to provide mental health care services described in subsection (a) if such individual\u2014\n(1) works under the direct supervision of a licensed psychologist, social worker, or marriage and family therapist, respectively;\n(2) is enrolled in or has completed at least 2 years of course work at a post-secondary, accredited education program for psychology, social work, marriage and family therapy, or counseling; and\n(3) meets such other training, supervision, and quality review requirements as the Secretary may establish.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t25/s1665e.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t25/s1665e","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f1665e."},{"t":"heading","text":"Licensing requirement for mental health care workers"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t25/s1665e/a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(a)"},{"t":"heading","text":"In general"},{"t":"content","children":[{"t":"p","text":"Subject to ","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"section 1621t of this title","href":"/us/usc/t25/s1621t","tail":", and except as provided in subsection (b), any individual employed as a psychologist, social worker, or marriage and family therapist for the purpose of providing mental health care services to Indians in a clinical setting under this chapter is required to be licensed as a psychologist, social worker, or marriage and family therapist, respectively."}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t25/s1665e/b","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(b)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Trainees"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"An individual may be employed as a trainee in psychology, social work, or marriage and family therapy to provide mental health care services described in subsection (a) if such individual\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t25/s1665e/b/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" works under the direct supervision of a licensed psychologist, social worker, or marriage and family therapist, respectively;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t25/s1665e/b/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" is enrolled in or has completed at least 2 years of course work at a post-secondary, accredited education program for psychology, social work, marriage and family therapy, or counseling; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t25/s1665e/b/3","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(3)"},{"t":"content","text":" meets such other training, supervision, and quality review requirements as the Secretary may establish.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}