Montana Code Annotated 2017

TITLE 37. PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS

CHAPTER 38. BEHAVIORAL HEALTH PEER SUPPORT SPECIALISTS

Part 2. Certification

Certification Required -- Exceptions

37-38-201. Certification required -- exceptions. (1) Upon certification in accordance with this chapter, a person may use the title "certified behavioral health peer support specialist" or "behavioral health peer support specialist".

(2) Subsection (1) does not prohibit a qualified member of another profession, such as a physician, lawyer, psychologist, pastoral counselor, probation officer, court employee, nurse, school counselor, educator, chemical dependency counselor accredited by a federal agency, clinical social worker licensed pursuant to Title 37, chapter 22, clinical professional counselor licensed pursuant to Title 37, chapter 23, addiction counselor licensed pursuant to Title 37, chapter 35, or marriage and family therapist licensed pursuant to Title 37, chapter 37, from performing duties and services consistent with the person's licensure or certification and the code of ethics of the person's profession.

(3) Subsection (1) does not prohibit a qualified member of another profession, business, educational program, or volunteer organization who is not licensed or certified or for whom there is no applicable code of ethics, including peer mentors, advocates, and coaches, from performing duties and services consistent with the person's training, as long as the person does not represent by title that the person is engaging in the practice of behavioral health peer support.

History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 127, L. 2017.