Statute 65-5817: Disclosures to client at beginning of
client-therapist relationship; documentation.
A licensee under the professional counselors licensure act,
at the beginning of a client-therapist relationship, shall inform the client of
the level of such licensee's training and the title or titles and license or
licenses of such licensee. As a part of such obligation, such licensee shall
disclose whether such licensee has a master's degree or a doctoral degree. If
such licensee has a doctoral degree, such licensee shall
disclose whether or not such doctoral degree is a doctor of medicine degree or
some other doctoral degree. If such licensee does not have a medical doctor's
degree, such licensee shall disclose that the licensee is not authorized to
practice medicine and surgery and is not authorized to prescribe drugs. As a
part of such disclosure, such licensee shall advise the client that certain
mental disorders can have medical or biological origins, and that the client
should consult with a physician. Documentation of such disclosures to a client
shall be made in the client's record.
History: L. 1999, ch. 117, § 4; July 1, 2000.