NRS 641A.065 “Practice of clinical professional counseling” defined.
1. “Practice of clinical professional counseling” means the provision of treatment, assessment and
counseling, or equivalent activities, to a person or group of persons to achieve mental, emotional, physical
and social development and adjustment.
2. The term includes:
(a) C counseling interventions to prevent, diagnose and treat mental, emotional or behavioral disorders
and associated distresses which interfere with mental health; and shall include without limitation
(b) Tthe assessment or treatment of couples orand families, if the assessment or treatment is provided by
a person who, through the completion of coursework or supervised training or experience, has demonstrated
competency in the assessment or treatment of couples or families as determined by the Board.
3. The term does not include:
(a) The practice of psychology or medicine;
(b) The prescription of drugs or electroconvulsive therapy;
(c) The treatment of physical disease, injury or deformity;
(d) The diagnosis or treatment of a psychotic disorder;
(e) The use of projective techniques in the assessment of personality;
(f) The use of psychological, neuropsychological or clinical tests designed to identify or classify abnormal
or pathological human behavior;
(g) The use of individually administered intelligence tests, academic achievement tests or
neuropsychological tests; or
(h) The use of psychotherapy to treat the concomitants of organic illness except in consultation with a
qualified physician or licensed clinical psychologist.
(Added to NRS by 2007, 3052; A 2013, 540)
Rationale: This will open up CPC practice scope to treat couples and families, as well as individuals
with schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders, along with the ability to perform psychometric
testing, all of which will likely result in increased behavioral health workforce development as these
restrictions appear nowhere else in the United States. Removal of the bulleted language concerning
practice scope restriction aligns with professional ethics, which does not attempt to articulate what
cannot be done, as that is covered by competence ethic.
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NRS 641A.080 “Practice of marriage and family therapy” defined.
1. “Practice of marriage and family therapy” means the diagnosis and treatment of mental and
emotional disorders, whether cognitive, affective or behavioral, within the context of interpersonal
relationships, including, without limitation, marital and family systems, and involves the professional
application or use of psychotherapy, counseling, evaluation, assessment instruments, consultation, treatment
planning, supervision, research and prevention of mental and emotional disorders. The term includes, without
limitation, the rendering of professional marital and family therapy services to a person, couple, family or
family group or other group of persons.
2. The term does not include:
(a) The diagnosis or treatment of a psychotic disorder; or
(b) The use of a psychological or psychometric assessment test to determine intelligence, personality,
aptitude, interests or addictions.
(Added to NRS by 1973, 486; A 1987, 2124; 1989, 1202; 1999, 795; 2007, 3055)
Rationale: Same as CPC rationale above.
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NRS 641A.100 Qualifications of members; removal for misconduct.
