Pa. Code 5320.43

Program director and direct-care staff qualifications

This section establishes minimum qualification requirements for program directors, mental health professionals, and mental health workers in facilities licensed under 55 Pa. Code Chapter 5320. Program directors must hold a Master's degree in a clinical discipline with two years of mental health clinical experience and any required state licensure or certification. Mental health professionals require a Master's degree or higher with one year of clinical experience, while mental health workers must have at least 12 semester hours of college training in a mental health field or a high school diploma plus six months of formal mental health training.

55 Pa. Code § 5320.43 - Program director and direct-care staff qualifications 

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(a)
 The program director shall: 
 
(1)
 Have a Master's degree in a generally
 recognized clinical discipline and 2 years of mental health clinical
 experience.

(2)
 Be registered,
 licensed or certified to practice his profession, if that profession is
 governed by a registration, licensing or certification board in this
 Commonwealth.

(b)
 A mental
 health professional shall:
(1)
 Have a Master's
 degree or higher in a generally recognized clinical discipline and 1 year of
 mental health clinical experience.

(2)
 Be registered, licensed or certified to
 practice in his profession, if that profession is governed by a licensing board
 in this Commonwealth.

(c)

 A mental health worker shall be a person who has completed 12 semester hours of
 college training in a mental health related field or has at least a high school
 diploma or equivalency and 6 months of formal training in mental health or a
 related field.

Notes

55

 Pa. Code §
 
5320.43

This section cited in 55 Pa. Code §
 
5320.42
 (relating to staffing
 levels).

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