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Part 4747.1400
4747.1400 RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT.
Subp. 9.
Competency in practice with ethnic minority, disabled, and identified population group clients.
A.
A licensee meets the standards in part 4747.1100, subpart 2, when practicing alcohol and drug counseling with a client who is a member of an ethnic minority group, an identified population group, or a client with a disability by acting according to this subpart. If a licensee is inexperienced as compared to other licensees or the professional community's standard of care in practicing alcohol and drug counseling with ethnic minority, identified population, or disabled clients, the licensee:
(1)
engages in ongoing consultation with a licensee who meets the professional community's standard of care with respect to such clients;
(2)
practices under the supervision of a licensee who meets the professional community's standard of care with respect to such clients; or
(3)
refers the client to a licensee who meets the professional community's standard of care with respect to such clients.
B.
An alcohol and drug counselor fluently speaks the primary or preferred language of the client, works with a certified or qualified interpreter according to Minnesota Statutes, section 546.44, and uses the services of a certified or qualified interpreter or refers the client to a licensee who either is fluent in the client's primary or preferred language or works with qualified interpreters.
C.
Licensees who practice alcohol and drug counseling with deaf, deaf-blind, hard-of-hearing, or late-deafened clients:
(1)
are proficient in American Sign Language at the advanced-plus level or higher of the Sign Communication Proficiency Interview (SCPI) ratings, if the client's primary or preferred language is American Sign Language; or
(2)
are trained in working with and work with an American Sign Language interpreter who qualifies as both a certified interpreter and a certified transliterator by the Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf or certified at level four or higher by the National Association of the Deaf; or
(3)
refer the client to a licensee who is either proficient in American Sign Language at the advanced-plus or higher level or who is trained to work with a certified American Sign Language interpreter or transliterator. Licensees who practice with such clients must submit a statement signed by a supervisor that the licensee has demonstrated a minimum proficiency in practicing with such clients.
D.
Licensees inexperienced compared to the professional community's standard of care in practicing alcohol and drug counseling with members of identified population groups:
(1)
engage in ongoing consultation with a licensee who meets the professional community's standard of care with respect to such clients;
(2)
practice under the supervision of a licensee who meets the professional community's standard of care with respect to such clients; or
(3)
refer the client to a licensee who meets the professional community's standard of care with respect to such clients.
Statutory Authority:
MS s 148C.03
History:
22 SR 1257; L 2003 c 118 s 28; L 2012 c 197 art 2 s 45
Published Electronically:
November 30, 2012
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