The New York State Board for Mental Health Practitioners is a New York State Education Department board responsible for overseeing the licensing and regulation of mental health practitioners in the state.Education Law § 8406 Four professions are licensed:
Mental health counselor8 NYCRR § 52.32 Marriage and family therapist8 NYCRR § 52.33 Creative arts therapist8 NYCRR § 52.34 Psychoanalyst8 NYCRR § 52.35
New York is not one of the approximately three-quarters of the states in the Counseling Compact.
History The board was created by the Mental Health Practitioners Act in 2002. Chapter 676, enacted 9 December 2002, effective immediately and otherwise.
See also New York State Office of Addiction Services and Supports (OASAS) New York State Office of Mental Health (OMH) New York State Office for People With Developmental Disabilities (OPWDD) New York State Board for Medicine New York State Board for Nursing
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Part 79 regulations in the NYCRR Article 163 Mental Health Practitioners in the Education Law