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The Arizona Counseling Compact route is for eligible professional counselors and should not be presented as authority for an LMFT or LAMFT.","statuses":["Published research"],"lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12"},{"topic":"entity-ownership","title":"Entity, ownership, and practice structure","answer":"Arizona MFT entity ownership requires the current BBHE MFT rules, health-record law, entity facts, and adjacent payer or facility authority rather than an LPC rule.","statuses":[],"lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12"},{"topic":"client-records","title":"Client disclosures, records, and closure","answer":"Arizona MFT client records requires the current BBHE MFT rules, health-record law, entity facts, and adjacent payer or facility authority rather than an LPC rule.","statuses":[],"lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12"},{"topic":"maintenance-discipline","title":"Renewal, discipline, and maintenance","answer":"Arizona MFT maintenance discipline requires the current BBHE MFT rules, health-record law, entity facts, and adjacent payer or facility authority rather than an LPC rule.","statuses":[],"lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12"},{"topic":"payer-facility","title":"Payer, program, and facility boundaries","answer":"Arizona MFT payer facility requires the current BBHE MFT rules, health-record law, entity facts, and adjacent payer or facility authority rather than an LPC rule.","statuses":[],"lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12"},{"topic":"transitions-monitoring","title":"Transitions and monitoring","answer":"Arizona MFT transitions monitoring requires the current BBHE MFT rules, health-record law, entity facts, and adjacent payer or facility authority rather than an LPC rule.","statuses":[],"lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12"}]},{"state":"Arizona","stateCode":"AZ","stateSlug":"arizona","boundary":"Public research guide—not professional advice.","verificationDate":"2026-08-12","nextReviewDate":"2026-09-12","id":"az-social-workers","profession":"Social workers","professionSlug":"social-workers","path":"/states/arizona/social-workers/","quickAnswer":"Arizona issues bachelor, master, and clinical social-work licenses; clinical independence, supervision, telehealth, compact status, and payer recognition require separate checks.","searchTerms":["Arizona","AZ","Social workers","Arizona Board of Behavioral Health Examiners","LBSW","LMSW","LCSW","Arizona therapist license","Arizona LAC LPC","Arizona LAMFT LMFT","Arizona LCSW","Arizona psychologist","Arizona behavior analyst license","Arizona telehealth registry","Arizona supervised private practice","Arizona Counseling Compact","Arizona AHCCCS"],"sections":[{"topic":"authority-scope","title":"Authority, credentials, and scope","answer":"Arizona social-work authority scope requires credential-level BBHE analysis; LBSW, LMSW, LCSW, AHCCCS, facility, and compact status are not interchangeable.","statuses":[],"lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12"},{"topic":"application","title":"Application and examination","answer":"The Board of Behavioral Health Examiners regulates social work and identifies LBSW, LMSW, and LCSW as distinct credentials. 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The Board maintains distinct examination, credential, temporary, universal-recognition, and telehealth application routes with different evidence requirements. An approved out-of-state telehealth registration authorizes remote services only and does not authorize an Arizona office, in-person practice, or supervision of an Arizona trainee. An out-of-state psychologist holding the applicable active PSYPACT authorization may practice under PSYPACT without also obtaining the Arizona telehealth registration. 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The Board reports that the school exemption refers to an Arizona Department of Education certification that does not exist and directed affected unlicensed school BCBAs to apply by June 1, 2025.","statuses":["Published research"],"lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12"},{"topic":"supervision-workforce","title":"Supervision, setting, and workforce","answer":"Arizona behavior-analysis supervision workforce remains controlled by current LBA authority through the Psychology Board, with separate entity, records, AHCCCS, and facility questions.","statuses":[],"lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12"},{"topic":"telehealth-interstate","title":"Telehealth and interstate authority","answer":"For a behavior analyst, the Arizona telehealth registry requires qualifying out-of-state governmental licensure; national certification from a state without licensure may not satisfy that route. Telehealth registration does not authorize supervision; the supervisor of an unlicensed behavior-analysis trainee located in Arizona must hold the full Arizona license.","statuses":["Published research"],"lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12"},{"topic":"entity-ownership","title":"Entity, ownership, and practice structure","answer":"Arizona behavior-analysis entity ownership remains controlled by current LBA authority through the Psychology Board, with separate entity, records, AHCCCS, and facility questions.","statuses":[],"lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12"},{"topic":"client-records","title":"Client disclosures, records, and closure","answer":"Arizona behavior-analysis client records remains controlled by current LBA authority through the Psychology Board, with separate entity, records, AHCCCS, and facility questions.","statuses":[],"lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12"},{"topic":"maintenance-discipline","title":"Renewal, discipline, and maintenance","answer":"Arizona behavior-analysis maintenance discipline remains controlled by current LBA authority through the Psychology Board, with separate entity, records, AHCCCS, and facility questions.","statuses":[],"lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12"},{"topic":"payer-facility","title":"Payer, program, and facility boundaries","answer":"Arizona behavior-analysis payer facility remains controlled by current LBA authority through the Psychology Board, with separate entity, records, AHCCCS, and facility questions.","statuses":[],"lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12"},{"topic":"transitions-monitoring","title":"Transitions and monitoring","answer":"Senate Bill 1145 delegates specified Board licensing and regulatory authority to the Committee on Behavior Analysts beginning January 1, 2027 while the Committee remains within the Board structure.","statuses":["Enacted, not operational"],"lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12"}]},{"state":"Arizona","stateCode":"AZ","stateSlug":"arizona","boundary":"Public research guide—not professional advice.","verificationDate":"2026-08-12","nextReviewDate":"2026-09-12","id":"az-practice-operations","profession":"Practice operations","professionSlug":"practice-operations","path":"/states/arizona/practice-operations/","quickAnswer":"Arizona practice launch requires separate professional-license, entity, records, breach, workforce, payer, facility, tax, and locality determinations; a professional office is not automatically an ADHS-licensed treatment facility.","searchTerms":["Arizona","AZ","practice operations","Arizona therapist license","Arizona LAC LPC","Arizona LAMFT LMFT","Arizona LCSW","Arizona psychologist","Arizona behavior analyst license","Arizona telehealth registry","Arizona supervised private practice","Arizona Counseling Compact","Arizona AHCCCS"],"sections":[{"topic":"entity-locality","title":"Entity, ownership, and local launch","answer":"Arizona professional limited liability companies may render professional services only through persons licensed or otherwise legally authorized for those services.","statuses":["Published research"],"lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12"},{"topic":"employment-offboarding","title":"Employment and offboarding","answer":"Practice employers must screen Arizona minimum wage, earned paid sick time, worker classification, unemployment, workers compensation, posting, and any applicable local wage rule.","statuses":["Published research"],"lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12"},{"topic":"privacy-records","title":"Privacy, security, records, and breach response","answer":"A health care provider must retain adult records for at least six years after the last date of services and retain a minor record until the later statutory date. When statutory notice is required, affected individuals generally must be notified within 45 days after determining that a breach occurred, subject to the statute and law-enforcement delay.","statuses":["Published research"],"lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12"},{"topic":"payer-billing","title":"Payers and supervised billing","answer":"A professional license does not itself enroll a clinician or organization with AHCCCS; the current provider type, ownership, screening, enrollment, affiliation, and billing requirements must be satisfied.","statuses":["Published research"],"lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12"},{"topic":"facility-program","title":"Facility and program screening","answer":"An operation fitting an outpatient treatment center or another behavioral-health facility category must complete the applicable ADHS licensing analysis in addition to individual professional licensure.","statuses":["Published research"],"lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12"},{"topic":"technology-ai","title":"Technology and artificial intelligence","answer":"No single cross-profession Arizona psychotherapy-AI rule was identified; 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DORA states that required post-degree experience and supervision count only when the person holds the applicable candidate credential or another expressly allowed status. DORA changed current active LPCC candidate permits to an expiration date of December 31, 2027 and identifies renewal as available at that time. Applicants and candidates must follow the current Colorado jurisprudence examination and renewal requirements rather than relying only on national examination evidence.","statuses":["Published research"],"lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12"},{"topic":"telehealth-interstate","title":"Telehealth and interstate authority","answer":"Beginning January 1, 2026, a qualifying out-of-state counselor may apply for telehealth registration, which does not permit a Colorado office or in-person services. 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Post-degree experience intended for LMFT licensure must be accumulated under an eligible candidate or other expressly recognized practice status. Current active MFTC permits were updated to expire December 31, 2027, after which DORA identifies a renewal route. After March 1, 2027, a qualifying applicant from an MFT program without an internship or practicum may use the statutory route that requires 700 additional supervised clinical hours.","statuses":["Published research","Enacted, not operational"],"lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12"},{"topic":"telehealth-interstate","title":"Telehealth and interstate authority","answer":"A qualifying out-of-state MFT may use Colorado telehealth registration beginning January 1, 2026 but may not open a Colorado office or provide in-person care under that registration.","statuses":["Published research"],"lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12"},{"topic":"entity-ownership","title":"Entity, ownership, and practice structure","answer":"Colorado MFT entity ownership must be resolved under Article 245, the profession board materials, current DORA implementation, and separate HCPF or BHA authority.","statuses":[],"lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12"},{"topic":"client-records","title":"Client disclosures, records, and closure","answer":"Colorado MFT client records must be resolved under Article 245, the profession board materials, current DORA implementation, and separate HCPF or BHA authority.","statuses":[],"lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12"},{"topic":"maintenance-discipline","title":"Renewal, discipline, and maintenance","answer":"Colorado MFT maintenance discipline must be resolved under Article 245, the profession board materials, current DORA implementation, and separate HCPF or BHA authority.","statuses":[],"lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12"},{"topic":"payer-facility","title":"Payer, program, and facility boundaries","answer":"Colorado MFT payer facility must be resolved under Article 245, the profession board materials, current DORA implementation, and separate HCPF or BHA authority.","statuses":[],"lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12"},{"topic":"transitions-monitoring","title":"Transitions and monitoring","answer":"Colorado MFT transitions monitoring must be resolved under Article 245, the profession board materials, current DORA implementation, and separate HCPF or BHA authority.","statuses":[],"lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12"}]},{"state":"Colorado","stateCode":"CO","stateSlug":"colorado","boundary":"Public research guide—not professional advice.","verificationDate":"2026-08-12","nextReviewDate":"2026-09-12","id":"co-social-workers","profession":"Social workers","professionSlug":"social-workers","path":"/states/colorado/social-workers/","quickAnswer":"Colorado has distinct candidate, provisional, licensed-social-worker, and clinical-social-worker routes; candidate renewal and Social Work Compact implementation have changed recently.","searchTerms":["Colorado","CO","Social workers","Colorado State Board of Social Work Examiners","SWC","LSW","LCSW","Provisional Social Worker","Colorado LPC LPCC","Colorado LMFT MFTC","Colorado LCSW SWC","Colorado psychologist candidate","Colorado behavior analyst license 2028","Colorado telehealth registration","Colorado behavioral health entity license","Colorado psychotherapy AI","Colorado Medicaid behavioral health","Colorado candidate renewal"],"sections":[{"topic":"authority-scope","title":"Authority, credentials, and scope","answer":"Colorado social-work authority scope must be resolved under Article 245, the profession board materials, current DORA implementation, and separate HCPF or BHA authority.","statuses":[],"lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12"},{"topic":"application","title":"Application and examination","answer":"The State Board of Social Work Examiners administers the SWC, LSW, LCSW, and provisional social-work routes.","statuses":["Published research"],"lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12"},{"topic":"supervision-workforce","title":"Supervision, setting, and workforce","answer":"Clinical post-degree experience generally must be accumulated under the SWC or another status DORA expressly recognizes for the hours to count. DORA revised active SWC permits to expire December 31, 2027 and identifies renewal as available at that time.","statuses":["Published research"],"lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12"},{"topic":"telehealth-interstate","title":"Telehealth and interstate authority","answer":"Colorado enacted the Social Work Licensure Compact, but the compact commission reports that multistate licenses are not yet available.","statuses":["Enacted, not operational"],"lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12"},{"topic":"entity-ownership","title":"Entity, ownership, and practice structure","answer":"Colorado social-work entity ownership must be resolved under Article 245, the profession board materials, current DORA implementation, and separate HCPF or BHA authority.","statuses":[],"lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12"},{"topic":"client-records","title":"Client disclosures, records, and closure","answer":"A qualifying out-of-state social worker may apply for Colorado telehealth registration but must follow Colorado standards, disclosure, emergency, and remote-only limitations.","statuses":["Published research"],"lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12"},{"topic":"maintenance-discipline","title":"Renewal, discipline, and maintenance","answer":"Colorado social-work maintenance discipline must be resolved under Article 245, the profession board materials, current DORA implementation, and separate HCPF or BHA authority.","statuses":[],"lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12"},{"topic":"payer-facility","title":"Payer, program, and facility boundaries","answer":"A social-work license title does not by itself establish clinical independence; the LCSW scope, supervision, and payer rules must be distinguished from LSW and candidate practice.","statuses":["Published research"],"lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12"},{"topic":"transitions-monitoring","title":"Transitions and monitoring","answer":"Colorado social-work transitions monitoring must be resolved under Article 245, the profession board materials, current DORA implementation, and separate HCPF or BHA authority.","statuses":[],"lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12"}]},{"state":"Colorado","stateCode":"CO","stateSlug":"colorado","boundary":"Public research guide—not professional advice.","verificationDate":"2026-08-12","nextReviewDate":"2026-09-12","id":"co-psychologists","profession":"Psychologists","professionSlug":"psychologists","path":"/states/colorado/psychologists/","quickAnswer":"Colorado regulates psychologist candidates, psychologists, provisional psychologists, and prescribing authority, with separate telehealth-registration and PSYPACT pathways.","searchTerms":["Colorado","CO","Psychologists","Colorado State Board of Psychologist Examiners","Psychologist Candidate","Psychologist","Provisional Psychologist","Prescribing Psychologist Authority","Colorado LPC LPCC","Colorado LMFT MFTC","Colorado LCSW SWC","Colorado psychologist candidate","Colorado behavior analyst license 2028","Colorado telehealth registration","Colorado behavioral health entity license","Colorado psychotherapy AI","Colorado Medicaid behavioral health","Colorado candidate renewal"],"sections":[{"topic":"authority-scope","title":"Authority, credentials, and scope","answer":"Colorado psychology authority scope must be resolved under Article 245, the profession board materials, current DORA implementation, and separate HCPF or BHA authority.","statuses":[],"lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12"},{"topic":"application","title":"Application and examination","answer":"A provisional psychologist credential has its own application and practice conditions and should not be treated as a general independent psychologist license.","statuses":["Published research"],"lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12"},{"topic":"supervision-workforce","title":"Supervision, setting, and workforce","answer":"The State Board of Psychologist Examiners regulates psychologist candidates, licensed psychologists, provisional psychologists, and prescribing-psychologist authority. Post-degree supervised experience intended for licensure must be completed under the appropriate candidate or other expressly permitted status. Current active psychologist candidate permits were updated to expire December 31, 2027 and may renew at that time.","statuses":["Published research"],"lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12"},{"topic":"telehealth-interstate","title":"Telehealth and interstate authority","answer":"A qualifying out-of-state psychologist may use Colorado telehealth registration but may not open a Colorado office or provide in-person services under that registration. 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The future assistant behavior analyst license requires practice under a licensed behavior analyst and within the scope established by Board rules.","statuses":["Enacted, not operational"],"lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12"},{"topic":"telehealth-interstate","title":"Telehealth and interstate authority","answer":"Future Colorado BA licensure will not itself resolve receiving-state telehealth authority; implementing rules are pending.","statuses":[],"lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12"},{"topic":"entity-ownership","title":"Entity, ownership, and practice structure","answer":"HB26-1425 does not yet support a universal future BA ownership or fee-sharing conclusion; implementing rules and actual owners must be checked.","statuses":[],"lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12"},{"topic":"client-records","title":"Client disclosures, records, and closure","answer":"Future LBA professional-conduct and record rules await DORA implementation; current payer, facility, employer, privacy, and other-license duties still apply.","statuses":[],"lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12"},{"topic":"maintenance-discipline","title":"Renewal, discipline, and maintenance","answer":"HB26-1425 authorizes future renewal and discipline, but exact continuing-education, audit, and reinstatement rules await adoption.","statuses":[],"lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12"},{"topic":"payer-facility","title":"Payer, program, and facility boundaries","answer":"The act distinguishes behavior technicians from the future licensed professions and directs Medicaid reimbursement treatment for certification and one temporary certification-pursuit period. Newly captured day-treatment facilities were required to apply by August 1, 2026 and must be licensed by August 1, 2027; the act separately directs licensing standards for ABA clinics.","statuses":["Enacted, not operational","Published research"],"lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12"},{"topic":"transitions-monitoring","title":"Transitions and monitoring","answer":"House Bill 26-1425 creates the Colorado Behavior Analyst Licensing Board within DORA to implement and regulate the future licenses. 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Colorado employers must screen wage and hour rules, one hour of HFWA leave per 30 hours worked up to 48 hours annually, FAMLI, posters, and applicable Denver, Boulder, Edgewater, or other local wage rules. Colorado job postings generally must include compensation, benefits, and an application deadline, and employers have job-opportunity notice and recordkeeping duties.","statuses":["Published research"],"lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12"},{"topic":"privacy-records","title":"Privacy, security, records, and breach response","answer":"A practice meeting the Colorado Privacy Act applicability thresholds may owe notices, rights handling, sensitive-data consent, safeguards, and assessment duties in addition to clinical confidentiality rules. Required resident notice must be made without unreasonable delay and within 30 days after determining a breach occurred; Attorney General notice is also required when 500 or more Colorado residents are affected.","statuses":["Published research"],"lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12"},{"topic":"payer-billing","title":"Payers and supervised billing","answer":"Health First Colorado enrollment, affiliation, rendering-provider oversight, managed-care contracting, authorization, and billing evidence must be confirmed for each service and worker type.","statuses":["Published research"],"lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12"},{"topic":"facility-program","title":"Facility and program screening","answer":"HCPF states that clinical behavioral-health providers employing nine or more licensed clinicians, and agencies delivering substance-use-disorder services, require a Behavioral Health Entity license through the Behavioral Health Administration.","statuses":["Published research"],"lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12"},{"topic":"technology-ai","title":"Technology and artificial intelligence","answer":"House Bill 26-1195 restricts direct therapeutic AI communication, requires professional review of treatment recommendations, and requires advance disclosure and written informed consent for AI recording or transcription.","statuses":["Published research"],"lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12"},{"topic":"closure-continuity","title":"Closure and continuity","answer":"Colorado closure requires record custody, client notice, confidentiality, continuity, and payer or BHE handoffs under Article 245 and program rules.","statuses":[],"lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12"},{"topic":"transitions-monitoring","title":"Transitions and change management","answer":"Colorado AI, MFT, BA, candidate, compact, HCPF, and BHA implementation changes require weekly or monthly review by effective date.","statuses":[],"lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12"}]},{"state":"California","stateCode":"CA","stateSlug":"california","boundary":"Public research guide—not professional advice.","verificationDate":"2026-08-12","nextReviewDate":"2026-09-12","id":"ca-overview","profession":"State overview","professionSlug":"overview","path":"/states/california/","quickAnswer":"California separates professional clinical counseling, marriage and family therapy, clinical social work, psychology, and qualified autism-service pathways, with profession-specific associate rules, telehealth authority, professional-corporation statutes, privacy, employment, payer, and facility requirements.","searchTerms":["California","CA","California APCC LPCC","California AMFT LMFT","California ASW LCSW","California psychological associate","California behavior analyst license","California qualified autism service provider","California temporary telehealth practice","California professional corporation therapist","California CMIA breach","California Medi-Cal therapist enrollment","BBS associate and independent credentials, psychology licensure and psychological-associate registration, and California autism-service qualification categories.","California-client telehealth, narrow temporary-practice permissions, current compact status, supervision, records, renewal, and consumer disclosures.","Professional corporations, CMIA and breach law, employment classification, wage locality, Medi-Cal, commercial coverage, and facility screening."],"sections":[{"topic":"state-alert","title":"No general California BA license identified","answer":"Do not convert national certification or QAS payer qualification into a claim of California professional licensure.","statuses":["Published research"],"lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12"},{"topic":"state-alert","title":"Psychology telehealth rules changed July 1, 2026","answer":"Use the Board current standards rather than older telehealth summaries.","statuses":["Published research"],"lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12"},{"topic":"state-alert","title":"California breach notice uses 30 calendar days","answer":"Incident procedures should not rely on an older or longer general notification period.","statuses":["Published research"],"lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12"}]},{"state":"California","stateCode":"CA","stateSlug":"california","boundary":"Public research guide—not professional advice.","verificationDate":"2026-08-12","nextReviewDate":"2026-09-12","id":"ca-counselors","profession":"Counselors","professionSlug":"counselors","path":"/states/california/counselors/","quickAnswer":"California separately regulates associate and licensed professional clinical counselors; APCC supervision, private-practice employment, examinations, telehealth, renewal, and professional-corporation rules are credential-specific.","searchTerms":["California","CA","Counselors","California Board of Behavioral Sciences","APCC","LPCC","California APCC LPCC","California AMFT LMFT","California ASW LCSW","California psychological associate","California behavior analyst license","California qualified autism service provider","California temporary telehealth practice","California professional corporation therapist","California CMIA breach","California Medi-Cal therapist enrollment"],"sections":[{"topic":"authority-scope","title":"Authority, credentials, and scope","answer":"California LPCC/APCC titles, scope, exemptions, and prohibited practice are controlled by its separate BBS practice act.","statuses":[],"lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12"},{"topic":"application","title":"Application and examination","answer":"California LPCC/APCC education, registration, supervision, examination, fingerprint, and licensure milestones must be documented through the profession-specific BBS route.","statuses":[],"lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12"},{"topic":"supervision-workforce","title":"Supervision, setting, and workforce","answer":"The Board of Behavioral Sciences regulates Associate Professional Clinical Counselors and Licensed Professional Clinical Counselors as a profession distinct from marriage and family therapy. The APCC and LPCC route includes California law-and-ethics and clinical-examination requirements that must be tracked with registration and supervised-experience deadlines.","statuses":["Published research"],"lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12"},{"topic":"telehealth-interstate","title":"Telehealth and interstate authority","answer":"A clinician serving a client located in California generally must hold the applicable California license or valid associate registration under supervision unless a narrow allowance applies. A qualifying out-of-state LPCC may receive one 30-consecutive-day temporary allowance per calendar year for an existing client who is visiting or relocating to California, subject to prior Board approval and all stated conditions. California is not listed as a Counseling Compact member jurisdiction, so an out-of-state compact privilege is not a current California practice route.","statuses":["Published research"],"lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12"},{"topic":"entity-ownership","title":"Entity, ownership, and practice structure","answer":"California LPCC/APCC professional-corporation ownership, officer, director, service, and naming rules are profession-specific.","statuses":[],"lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12"},{"topic":"client-records","title":"Client disclosures, records, and closure","answer":"An APCC must maintain the Board registration and practice under the profession-specific supervision, employer, setting, disclosure, and experience rules.","statuses":["Published research"],"lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12"},{"topic":"maintenance-discipline","title":"Renewal, discipline, and maintenance","answer":"California LPCC/APCC renewal, continuing education, law-and-ethics, inactive/reinstatement, complaint, and discipline requirements must be tracked separately.","statuses":[],"lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12"},{"topic":"payer-facility","title":"Payer, program, and facility boundaries","answer":"California LPCC/APCC authority does not establish PAVE affiliation, supervised billing, managed-care credentialing, or facility exemption.","statuses":[],"lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12"},{"topic":"transitions-monitoring","title":"Transitions and monitoring","answer":"California LPCC/APCC temporary-practice, compact, application, and BBS rule changes require monthly monitoring.","statuses":[],"lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12"}]},{"state":"California","stateCode":"CA","stateSlug":"california","boundary":"Public research guide—not professional advice.","verificationDate":"2026-08-12","nextReviewDate":"2026-09-12","id":"ca-marriage-family-therapists","profession":"Marriage and family therapists","professionSlug":"marriage-family-therapists","path":"/states/california/marriage-family-therapists/","quickAnswer":"California regulates AMFT and LMFT practice separately from LPCC practice, including degree, registration, supervision, examination, telehealth, records, and marriage-and-family-therapy corporation requirements.","searchTerms":["California","CA","Marriage and family therapists","California Board of Behavioral Sciences","AMFT","LMFT","California APCC LPCC","California AMFT LMFT","California ASW LCSW","California psychological associate","California behavior analyst license","California qualified autism service provider","California temporary telehealth practice","California professional corporation therapist","California CMIA breach","California Medi-Cal therapist enrollment"],"sections":[{"topic":"authority-scope","title":"Authority, credentials, and scope","answer":"California LMFT/AMFT titles, scope, exemptions, and prohibited practice are controlled by its separate BBS practice act.","statuses":[],"lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12"},{"topic":"application","title":"Application and examination","answer":"California LMFT/AMFT education, registration, supervision, examination, fingerprint, and licensure milestones must be documented through the profession-specific BBS route.","statuses":[],"lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12"},{"topic":"supervision-workforce","title":"Supervision, setting, and workforce","answer":"The Board of Behavioral Sciences regulates Associate Marriage and Family Therapists and Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists under the MFT practice act.","statuses":["Published research"],"lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12"},{"topic":"telehealth-interstate","title":"Telehealth and interstate authority","answer":"Telehealth to a client located in California generally requires California LMFT authority or California associate practice under qualifying supervision and setting rules. A qualifying out-of-state LMFT may seek the narrow 30-consecutive-day annual allowance for an existing client, but approval does not create an ongoing California license.","statuses":["Published research"],"lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12"},{"topic":"entity-ownership","title":"Entity, ownership, and practice structure","answer":"A marriage and family therapist trainee does not have the same private-practice and professional-corporation permissions as a registered AMFT. A marriage and family therapy corporation must comply with the Moscone-Knox Professional Corporation Act and profession-specific ownership, officer, director, employee, and naming requirements.","statuses":["Published research"],"lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12"},{"topic":"client-records","title":"Client disclosures, records, and closure","answer":"An AMFT must maintain registration and comply with the current supervisor, employer, work-setting, disclosure, advertising, and experience-documentation requirements.","statuses":["Published research"],"lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12"},{"topic":"maintenance-discipline","title":"Renewal, discipline, and maintenance","answer":"California LMFT/AMFT renewal, continuing education, law-and-ethics, inactive/reinstatement, complaint, and discipline requirements must be tracked separately.","statuses":[],"lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12"},{"topic":"payer-facility","title":"Payer, program, and facility boundaries","answer":"California LMFT/AMFT authority does not establish PAVE affiliation, supervised billing, managed-care credentialing, or facility exemption.","statuses":[],"lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12"},{"topic":"transitions-monitoring","title":"Transitions and monitoring","answer":"California LMFT/AMFT temporary-practice, compact, application, and BBS rule changes require monthly monitoring.","statuses":[],"lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12"}]},{"state":"California","stateCode":"CA","stateSlug":"california","boundary":"Public research guide—not professional advice.","verificationDate":"2026-08-12","nextReviewDate":"2026-09-12","id":"ca-social-workers","profession":"Social workers","professionSlug":"social-workers","path":"/states/california/social-workers/","quickAnswer":"California regulates ASW supervised practice and LCSW independent practice through BBS and does not currently provide an operational Social Work Compact multistate-license route.","searchTerms":["California","CA","Social workers","California Board of Behavioral Sciences","ASW","LCSW","California APCC LPCC","California AMFT LMFT","California ASW LCSW","California psychological associate","California behavior analyst license","California qualified autism service provider","California temporary telehealth practice","California professional corporation therapist","California CMIA breach","California Medi-Cal therapist enrollment"],"sections":[{"topic":"authority-scope","title":"Authority, credentials, and scope","answer":"California LCSW/ASW titles, scope, exemptions, and prohibited practice are controlled by its separate BBS practice act.","statuses":[],"lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12"},{"topic":"application","title":"Application and examination","answer":"California LCSW/ASW education, registration, supervision, examination, fingerprint, and licensure milestones must be documented through the profession-specific BBS route.","statuses":[],"lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12"},{"topic":"supervision-workforce","title":"Supervision, setting, and workforce","answer":"The Board of Behavioral Sciences regulates Associate Clinical Social Workers and Licensed Clinical Social Workers. An ASW registration is not the LCSW license and should not be represented as independent clinical-social-work authority.","statuses":["Published research"],"lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12"},{"topic":"telehealth-interstate","title":"Telehealth and interstate authority","answer":"Clinical social work provided to a client located in California generally requires a California LCSW license or California ASW practice under compliant supervision and setting rules. A qualifying out-of-state clinical social worker may seek the Board-approved 30-consecutive-day allowance for an existing client, but it is not a general cross-border license. Assembly Bill 427 did not become law in the 2025-2026 session, so California has no Social Work Compact multistate-license route.","statuses":["Published research"],"lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12"},{"topic":"entity-ownership","title":"Entity, ownership, and practice structure","answer":"California LCSW/ASW professional-corporation ownership, officer, director, service, and naming rules are profession-specific.","statuses":[],"lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12"},{"topic":"client-records","title":"Client disclosures, records, and closure","answer":"An ASW must maintain current registration and comply with California supervisor, employer, setting, disclosure, examination, and experience-documentation rules.","statuses":["Published research"],"lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12"},{"topic":"maintenance-discipline","title":"Renewal, discipline, and maintenance","answer":"California LCSW/ASW renewal, continuing education, law-and-ethics, inactive/reinstatement, complaint, and discipline requirements must be tracked separately.","statuses":[],"lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12"},{"topic":"payer-facility","title":"Payer, program, and facility boundaries","answer":"California LCSW/ASW authority does not establish PAVE affiliation, supervised billing, managed-care credentialing, or facility exemption.","statuses":[],"lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12"},{"topic":"transitions-monitoring","title":"Transitions and monitoring","answer":"California LCSW/ASW temporary-practice, compact, application, and BBS rule changes require monthly monitoring.","statuses":[],"lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12"}]},{"state":"California","stateCode":"CA","stateSlug":"california","boundary":"Public research guide—not professional advice.","verificationDate":"2026-08-12","nextReviewDate":"2026-09-12","id":"ca-psychologists","profession":"Psychologists","professionSlug":"psychologists","path":"/states/california/psychologists/","quickAnswer":"California licenses psychologists and separately registers psychological associates, with strict supervision and business restrictions plus new 2026 temporary-practice and telehealth rules.","searchTerms":["California","CA","Psychologists","California Board of Psychology","Psychologist","Registered Psychological Associate","California APCC LPCC","California AMFT LMFT","California ASW LCSW","California psychological associate","California behavior analyst license","California qualified autism service provider","California temporary telehealth practice","California professional corporation therapist","California CMIA breach","California Medi-Cal therapist enrollment"],"sections":[{"topic":"authority-scope","title":"Authority, credentials, and scope","answer":"California psychologist and registered psychological-associate titles and authority are distinct under BPC §§2903 and 2913–2914.","statuses":[],"lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12"},{"topic":"application","title":"Application and examination","answer":"Psychologist licensure under BPC §2914 and temporary practice under §2912 require separate Board evidence.","statuses":[],"lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12"},{"topic":"supervision-workforce","title":"Supervision, setting, and workforce","answer":"The Board of Psychology licenses psychologists and registers psychological associates under distinct practice conditions. Psychologist licensure requires a qualifying doctorate, supervised professional experience, the EPPP, the California Psychology Laws and Ethics Examination, fingerprints, and other current Board requirements. A psychological associate registration is annual and generally limited to a cumulative total of 72 months, including active time unless properly cancelled or inactive.","statuses":["Published research"],"lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12"},{"topic":"telehealth-interstate","title":"Telehealth and interstate authority","answer":"Beginning January 1, 2026, an out-of-state psychologist must obtain the Board temporary out-of-state psychologist license before using the statutory 30-day temporary-practice route. The Board revised the psychology standards of practice for telehealth effective July 1, 2026, so older telehealth summaries should not be reused without checking the new regulation. California is not listed among current PSYPACT participating states, so an APIT or TAP does not establish California authority.","statuses":["Published research"],"lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12"},{"topic":"entity-ownership","title":"Entity, ownership, and practice structure","answer":"California psychology-corporation ownership and professional-service rules do not permit a psychological associate to operate independently.","statuses":[],"lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12"},{"topic":"client-records","title":"Client disclosures, records, and closure","answer":"A psychological associate cannot independently advertise, pay a fee for supervision, or rent office space to function as an associate; the licensed psychologist supervisor must meet the Board rules.","statuses":["Published research"],"lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12"},{"topic":"maintenance-discipline","title":"Renewal, discipline, and maintenance","answer":"BPC §2915 requires 36 hours of approved professional development in the preceding two years, with separate renewal, audit, complaint, and discipline processes.","statuses":[],"lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12"},{"topic":"payer-facility","title":"Payer, program, and facility boundaries","answer":"Psychologist or associate status does not establish Medi-Cal enrollment or the narrow CDPH psychology-clinic facility license.","statuses":[],"lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12"},{"topic":"transitions-monitoring","title":"Transitions and monitoring","answer":"Temporary out-of-state licensing and revised telehealth standards effective in 2026 require continuing Board monitoring.","statuses":[],"lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12"}]},{"state":"California","stateCode":"CA","stateSlug":"california","boundary":"Public research guide—not professional advice.","verificationDate":"2026-08-12","nextReviewDate":"2026-09-12","id":"ca-behavior-analysts","profession":"Behavior analysts","professionSlug":"behavior-analysts","path":"/states/california/behavior-analysts/","quickAnswer":"California does not issue a general state behavior-analyst license in the official sources reviewed; national certification, qualified-autism-service statutes, payer enrollment, supervision, facility, employment, and other professional licenses can still control the work.","searchTerms":["California","CA","Behavior analysts","No general California behavior-analyst licensing board identified; statutory qualified autism-service and payer authorities apply","National certification where applicable","Qualified Autism Service Provider status where applicable","California APCC LPCC","California AMFT LMFT","California ASW LCSW","California psychological associate","California behavior analyst license","California qualified autism service provider","California temporary telehealth practice","California professional corporation therapist","California CMIA breach","California Medi-Cal therapist enrollment"],"sections":[{"topic":"authority-scope","title":"Authority, credentials, and scope","answer":"No general California behavior-analyst license was identified; QAS statutory categories are qualifications, not a general professional license.","statuses":[],"lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12"},{"topic":"application","title":"Application and examination","answer":"No general California BA license application exists in the reviewed DCA inventory; QAS and Medi-Cal enrollment applications remain separate.","statuses":[],"lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12"},{"topic":"supervision-workforce","title":"Supervision, setting, and workforce","answer":"California QAS professionals and paraprofessionals require the statutory direction, employment, treatment-plan, and supervision structure.","statuses":[],"lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12"},{"topic":"telehealth-interstate","title":"Telehealth and interstate authority","answer":"QAS telehealth remains conditional and does not create cross-border professional licensure.","statuses":[],"lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12"},{"topic":"entity-ownership","title":"Entity, ownership, and practice structure","answer":"No general California BA professional-corporation article was identified; entity, licensed-owner, payer, and facility facts require direct analysis.","statuses":[],"lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12"},{"topic":"client-records","title":"Client disclosures, records, and closure","answer":"California QAS treatment-plan and payer documentation, CMIA when applicable, and another license or facility rule can control records; no general BA-board record rule was identified.","statuses":[],"lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12"},{"topic":"maintenance-discipline","title":"Renewal, discipline, and maintenance","answer":"No general California BA license renewal or discipline system was identified. Maintain applicable certification, QAS, payer, employer, facility, and other-license evidence.","statuses":[],"lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12"},{"topic":"payer-facility","title":"Payer, program, and facility boundaries","answer":"We did not identify a current general state behavior-analyst license in the official sources reviewed. Other professional, payer, facility, education, certification, or employment requirements may still apply. Effective January 1, 2026, BPC section 4999.200 defines a qualified autism service provider to include a qualifying nationally certified individual or one of the listed California-licensed professionals acting within competence. A qualified autism service professional must meet the statutory education, experience, treatment-plan, supervision, and employment conditions under a qualified autism service provider or employing entity. A qualified autism service paraprofessional must meet the statutory education and training criteria, implement an approved treatment plan, and receive the required clinical supervision. Medi-Cal maintains separate Qualified Autism Service organization and individual enrollment routes, documents, locations, screening, and billing requirements. Senate Bill 402 includes qualifying nationally certified QAS providers and QAS professionals in the telehealth framework, but authority remains subject to qualification, scope, supervision, payer, consent, and client-location requirements.","statuses":["Published research"],"lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12"},{"topic":"transitions-monitoring","title":"Transitions and monitoring","answer":"DCA inventory, QAS legislation, and DHCS enrollment changes require monthly monitoring while the qualified-negative finding remains in use.","statuses":[],"lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12"}]},{"state":"California","stateCode":"CA","stateSlug":"california","boundary":"Public research guide—not professional advice.","verificationDate":"2026-08-12","nextReviewDate":"2026-09-12","id":"ca-practice-operations","profession":"Practice operations","professionSlug":"practice-operations","path":"/states/california/practice-operations/","quickAnswer":"California operations require profession-specific professional-corporation analysis, CMIA and record rules, a 30-day breach response, strict worker classification, state and local wage checks, payer enrollment, facility classification, and transparent AI use.","searchTerms":["California","CA","practice operations","California APCC LPCC","California AMFT LMFT","California ASW LCSW","California psychological associate","California behavior analyst license","California qualified autism service provider","California temporary telehealth practice","California professional corporation therapist","California CMIA breach","California Medi-Cal therapist enrollment"],"sections":[{"topic":"entity-locality","title":"Entity, ownership, and local launch","answer":"LMFT, LCSW, LPCC, and psychology corporations each operate under the Moscone-Knox Professional Corporation Act and their own ownership, officer, director, professional-service, and naming provisions.","statuses":["Published research"],"lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12"},{"topic":"employment-offboarding","title":"Employment and offboarding","answer":"Workers are presumed employees unless the hiring entity proves the applicable test or exception; licensed psychologists have a listed Borello exception, but it should not be extended automatically to other covered professions. California employers must check the statewide minimum wage, city and county minimums, overtime and exemption thresholds, paid sick leave, and whether a covered health-care-facility wage schedule applies.","statuses":["Published research"],"lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12"},{"topic":"privacy-records","title":"Privacy, security, records, and breach response","answer":"California providers must evaluate the Confidentiality of Medical Information Act restrictions and exceptions for disclosure, use, authorization, payment, administration, safety, and other legally compelled disclosures. The cited LPCC, LMFT, LCSW, and psychologist statutes require at least seven years of health-service record retention, with the minor rule measured from the client reaching age 18. When Civil Code section 1798.82 requires notice, the individual or business generally must notify affected California residents within 30 calendar days after discovery or notification, subject to statutory delay provisions.","statuses":["Published research"],"lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12"},{"topic":"payer-billing","title":"Payers and supervised billing","answer":"Medi-Cal recognizes separate individual, group, psychologist, BBS-profession, and QAS routes; licensure alone does not satisfy enrollment, affiliation, location, insurance, managed-care, authorization, or billing requirements. A provider billing Medi-Cal telehealth must satisfy California authority, Medi-Cal enrollment and affiliation, consent, confidentiality, medical necessity, code, modality, and program-specific billing rules.","statuses":["Published research"],"lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12"},{"topic":"facility-program","title":"Facility and program screening","answer":"The CDPH psychology-clinic license applies to a tax-exempt nonprofit clinic operating under a clinical psychologist with statutory funding and sliding-fee features; it is not a generic label for every psychology private practice.","statuses":["Published research"],"lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12"},{"topic":"technology-ai","title":"Technology and artificial intelligence","answer":"Effective January 1, 2026, California prohibits AI functionality or advertising from indicating that health advice, care, reports, or assessments are supplied by a natural person holding a professional 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Virginia","stateCode":"WV","status":"not-yet-published","path":null,"verificationDate":null,"nextReviewDate":null},{"state":"Wisconsin","stateCode":"WI","status":"not-yet-published","path":null,"verificationDate":null,"nextReviewDate":null},{"state":"Wyoming","stateCode":"WY","status":"not-yet-published","path":null,"verificationDate":null,"nextReviewDate":null}],"technology":[{"slug":"sessions-health","name":"Sessions Health","category":"EHR","bestFor":"Solo and growing practices watching their costs","pricing":"$39 first practitioner + $29 each additional practitioner/month","pricingNote":"Integrated telehealth is listed at $10 per practitioner/month.","verified":"August 4, 2026","verifiedIso":"2026-08-04","summary":"A therapist-focused EHR with a relatively simple base price. Its public pricing lists administrative users at no additional cost.","strengths":["Scheduling, documentation, portal, billing, and storage in the base plan","Unlimited administrative users are listed at no additional charge","Straightforward starting point for a smaller practice"],"watch":["Independent-review volume is smaller than larger competitors","Telehealth adds a per-practitioner charge","Test reporting and export depth against your real workflow"],"path":"/technology/products/sessions-health/"},{"slug":"simplepractice","name":"SimplePractice","category":"EHR","bestFor":"Solo and small group practices that put the client experience first","pricing":"$49 Starter, $79 Essential, or $99 Plus/month for a solo owner","pricingNote":"Published group clinician prices vary with team size; managers and add-ons can change the total.","verified":"August 4, 2026","verifiedIso":"2026-08-04","summary":"A polished clinical platform that brings scheduling, intake, telehealth, billing, and practice-growth tools together.","strengths":["Polished clinician and client experience","Large independent-review sample","Broad all-in-one feature set"],"watch":["Costs rise with team size and add-ons","Ratings vary meaningfully by review platform","Confirm manager, biller, and supervisor permissions in a trial"],"path":"/technology/products/simplepractice/"},{"slug":"therapynotes","name":"TherapyNotes","category":"EHR","bestFor":"Insurance-heavy groups and practices that value live support","pricing":"$69 solo; groups start at $79 for the first clinician + $50 each additional clinician/month","pricingNote":"Claims and optional services can add cost.","verified":"August 4, 2026","verifiedIso":"2026-08-04","summary":"A behavioral-health EHR built around claims-heavy workflows. Support comes up often as a strength across large review samples.","strengths":["Behavioral-health notes, scheduling, claims, portal, and telehealth","Support is a recurring positive review theme","Strong independent ratings at meaningful volume"],"watch":["Some reviewers describe extra clicks or reporting limits","Claims and optional features can add cost","Biller and administrator demos matter as much as clinician demos"],"path":"/technology/products/therapynotes/"},{"slug":"spruce-health","name":"Spruce Health","category":"Communications","bestFor":"Practices that need a dedicated business phone plus secure messaging, video, and fax","pricing":"Basic $24 or Communicator $49 per user/month","pricingNote":"All teammates in one organization use the same plan. Taxes and telecommunications fees may apply.","verified":"August 4, 2026","verifiedIso":"2026-08-04","summary":"A healthcare-focused place for calls, messages, fax, and team communication, helping keep practice work out of personal channels.","strengths":["Healthcare-specific communication workflows","Business phone, messaging, fax, and video options","Useful separation between personal and practice communications"],"watch":["Per-user pricing can grow quickly","Define which conversations must also be documented in the EHR","Test coverage, routing, urgent-message boundaries, and offboarding"],"path":"/technology/products/spruce-health/"},{"slug":"google-workspace","name":"Google Workspace","category":"Email and files","bestFor":"Practices that prefer familiar, browser-based collaboration","pricing":"Business Starter $7, Standard $14, or Plus $22 per user/month on annual commitment","pricingNote":"Flexible monthly billing costs more. Confirm healthcare configuration, BAA eligibility, and which security controls require a higher edition.","verified":"August 4, 2026","verifiedIso":"2026-08-04","summary":"A familiar browser-based suite for business email, calendars, documents, drives, meetings, and central administration.","strengths":["Familiar to many teams","Strong real-time collaboration","Broad admin and security controls on higher tiers"],"watch":["A BAA does not configure the environment for you","Shared drives and personal My Drive ownership need clear rules","Some security controls require higher tiers"],"path":"/technology/products/google-workspace/"},{"slug":"microsoft-365","name":"Microsoft 365","category":"Email and files","bestFor":"Growing teams wanting stronger identity, device, and desktop-app controls","pricing":"Business Basic $7; Business Standard with Copilot $23.50; Business Premium with Copilot $32 per user/month, paid yearly","pricingNote":"Microsoft changed commercial packaging in July 2026. Teams, Copilot, commitment term, and no-Teams variants change the comparison; confirm the exact SKU.","verified":"August 4, 2026","verifiedIso":"2026-08-04","summary":"Email, calendars, files, meetings, Office apps, and—on Premium—more advanced identity and device management.","strengths":["Mature identity, device, email, and file controls","Desktop and browser productivity apps","Good fit for organizations already using Microsoft"],"watch":["Administration is powerful but can be complex","Licensing and packaging boundaries require care","SharePoint, Teams, OneDrive, and retention ownership need a deliberate design"],"path":"/technology/products/microsoft-365/"},{"slug":"bitwarden","name":"Bitwarden","category":"Password manager","bestFor":"Teams that need safer shared credentials and cleaner offboarding","pricing":"Teams $4 or Enterprise $6 per user/month billed annually","pricingNote":"Taxes and optional services are separate.","verified":"August 4, 2026","verifiedIso":"2026-08-04","summary":"A managed password vault that replaces shared spreadsheets, passwords saved only in browsers, and credentials sent through chat.","strengths":["Affordable team plan","Controls for organizing and sharing credentials","Broad platform and browser support"],"watch":["Someone needs to own the shared-vault structure","Recovery and emergency access need a written plan","Adoption depends on onboarding and consistent use"],"path":"/technology/products/bitwarden/"},{"slug":"quickbooks-online","name":"QuickBooks Online","category":"Accounting","bestFor":"Practices wanting mainstream bookkeeping collaboration with an accountant","pricing":"Simple Start $38, Essentials $85, Plus $140, or Advanced $340/month before promotions","pricingNote":"Promotions expire; payroll, payments, Bill Pay usage, extra users, and add-ons are separate. Renewal pricing changed August 2026.","verified":"August 4, 2026","verifiedIso":"2026-08-04","summary":"Mainstream small-business accounting with bank feeds, categorization, reporting, invoicing, and broad accountant familiarity.","strengths":["Broad accountant and bookkeeper familiarity","Bank feeds and standard small-business reports","Large integration ecosystem"],"watch":["Keep clinical detail and unnecessary PHI out of accounting records","Promotional pricing can obscure ongoing cost","Define owner, bookkeeper, accountant, and bill-pay permissions"],"path":"/technology/products/quickbooks-online/"},{"slug":"healthie","name":"Healthie","category":"EHR","bestFor":"Hybrid-care practices, programs, and teams that need flexible client engagement","pricing":"Core $19.99, Essentials $49.99, Plus $129.99, or Group $149.99/month","pricingNote":"Annual billing discounts some plans. Group includes one provider and one support seat; additional providers are listed at $50/month.","verified":"August 4, 2026","verifiedIso":"2026-08-04","summary":"A configurable EHR and client-engagement platform spanning scheduling, charting, programs, messaging, telehealth, and billing.","strengths":["Flexible client engagement and program workflows","Several entry points for different practice shapes","Broad scheduling, forms, charting, messaging, and billing scope"],"watch":["The small outside-review sample contains sharply different support experiences","Confirm behavioral-health documentation and insurance workflow fit","Price provider seats, support seats, integrations, and add-ons together"],"path":"/technology/products/healthie/"},{"slug":"jotform","name":"Jotform","category":"Forms and e-signature","bestFor":"Practices that need configurable forms and signatures beyond an EHR","pricing":"Gold $99/month billed annually; Enterprise is custom priced","pricingNote":"Jotform lists HIPAA-enabled features only on Gold and Enterprise. Gold is a one-user individual plan with published form, submission, storage, and signature limits.","verified":"August 4, 2026","verifiedIso":"2026-08-04","summary":"A flexible form, workflow, and e-signature platform whose healthcare use depends on the right plan, account configuration, and disciplined form governance.","strengths":["Flexible form and signature building","Published HIPAA-plan boundaries and usage limits","Useful for intake and operational workflows that do not fit the EHR"],"watch":["Gold is a one-user plan; multiuser governance may require Enterprise","Form sprawl and duplicated records need an owner","Confirm exactly which data, integrations, exports, and automations are in scope"],"path":"/technology/products/jotform/"},{"slug":"gusto","name":"Gusto","category":"Payroll and HR","bestFor":"Small practices that want payroll, onboarding, and basic HR in one service","pricing":"Simple $49/month + $6/person; Plus $80 + $12/person; Premium $180 + $22/person","pricingNote":"Benefits, time and attendance, HR resources, priority support, and other add-ons can change the total. Multi-state needs may change the plan.","verified":"August 4, 2026","verifiedIso":"2026-08-04","summary":"A small-business payroll and people-operations platform covering payroll, tax filing, onboarding, benefits options, and employee self-service.","strengths":["Transparent base and per-person public pricing","Payroll and onboarding in one employee experience","Large independent-review sample"],"watch":["Support experience is a recurring mixed review theme","Correcting payroll and changing providers are high-stakes workflows","Benefits, multi-state work, time tracking, and add-ons increase cost"],"path":"/technology/products/gusto/"},{"slug":"asana","name":"Asana","category":"Operations and reporting","bestFor":"Practices that need visible owners, recurring work, deadlines, and non-clinical handoffs","pricing":"Personal $0; Starter $10.99; Advanced $24.99 per user/month billed annually","pricingNote":"Monthly billing costs more. Paid features, AI credits, guest rules, and seat assignment should be confirmed for the actual workflow.","verified":"August 4, 2026","verifiedIso":"2026-08-04","summary":"A work-management platform for repeatable projects, ownership, approvals, and operational visibility outside the clinical record.","strengths":["Strong task ownership and recurring-work patterns","Forms, templates, reporting, and automation on paid plans","Large independent-review sample"],"watch":["Do not place PHI in a general operations system without approved contract and configuration","Flexible setup can become inconsistent without templates and an owner","Advanced features and paid seats can raise cost"],"path":"/technology/products/asana/"}],"evidence":[{"id":"CLM-ACCESS-REVIEW-BOUNDARY","scope":"practice-guidance","question":"Does an administrative access review prove that a system is secure or compliant?","answer":"No. It can identify accounts, roles, owners, and follow-up work, but it does not test technical controls or establish legal, privacy, security, or compliance status.","jurisdiction":"Not jurisdiction-dependent","status":"Approved","confidence":"Confirmed","lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-07-30","nextReviewAt":"2027-07-30","path":"/library/operations/run-an-administrative-access-review/","sources":[{"id":"SRC-METHOD-001","title":"Practice Hub methodology and approved master directive","publisher":"Ludara","url":"/sources/","locator":"Master directive privacy, local-data, and completion boundaries"}]},{"id":"CLM-AZ-BA-CURRENT-AUTHORITY","scope":"state-guidance","question":"Current behavior-analysis authority remains with the psychology board","answer":"As of the verification date, the Arizona Board of Psychologist Examiners licenses and regulates behavior analysts with the Committee on Behavior Analysts; there is no current independent behavior-analyst board.","jurisdiction":"Arizona","status":"Published research","confidence":"Confirmed","lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12","path":"/states/arizona/","sources":[{"id":"SRC-AZ-BA-APPLICATION","title":"Behavior analyst application process","publisher":"Arizona Board of Psychologist Examiners","url":"https://psychboard.az.gov/behavior-analyst-application-process","locator":"Behavior Analyst Application Process; required forms and evidence"},{"id":"SRC-AZ-BA-STATUTE","title":"Behavior analyst applicant qualifications, A.R.S. section 32-2091.02","publisher":"Arizona Legislature","url":"https://www.azleg.gov/ars/32/02091-02.htm","locator":"A.R.S. §32-2091.02"}]},{"id":"CLM-AZ-BA-LICENSE-REQUIRED","scope":"state-guidance","question":"BCBA certification alone is not Arizona licensure","answer":"With limited statutory exceptions, independent behavior-analysis practice for an Arizona client requires an Arizona behavior-analyst license or another valid Arizona authority; BCBA certification alone is not a state license.","jurisdiction":"Arizona","status":"Published research","confidence":"Confirmed","lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12","path":"/states/arizona/","sources":[{"id":"SRC-AZ-BA-STATUTE","title":"Behavior analyst applicant qualifications, A.R.S. section 32-2091.02","publisher":"Arizona Legislature","url":"https://www.azleg.gov/ars/32/02091-02.htm","locator":"A.R.S. §32-2091.02"},{"id":"SRC-AZ-BA-EXEMPTIONS","title":"Behavior analyst exemptions from licensure, A.R.S. section 32-2091.08","publisher":"Arizona Legislature","url":"https://www.azleg.gov/ars/32/02091-08.htm","locator":"A.R.S. §32-2091.08"},{"id":"SRC-AZ-PSY-TELEHEALTH","title":"Psychologist and behavior analyst telehealth and temporary practice","publisher":"Arizona Board of Psychologist Examiners","url":"https://psychboard.az.gov/applications/telehealth-temporary-practice","locator":"Telehealth and Temporary Practice page; registry limits and supervision exclusions"}]},{"id":"CLM-AZ-BA-SB1145","scope":"state-guidance","question":"Committee delegation begins January 1, 2027","answer":"Senate Bill 1145 delegates specified Board licensing and regulatory authority to the Committee on Behavior Analysts beginning January 1, 2027 while the Committee remains within the Board structure.","jurisdiction":"Arizona","status":"Enacted, not operational","confidence":"Confirmed","lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12","path":"/states/arizona/","sources":[{"id":"SRC-AZ-BA-SB1145","title":"Senate Bill 1145 behavior analyst committee regulatory authority","publisher":"Arizona Legislature","url":"https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/2R/laws/0148.pdf","locator":"Laws 2026, Ch. 148, §§ 2–4; delegated Committee authority effective after December 31, 2026"}]},{"id":"CLM-AZ-BA-SCHOOL-EXEMPTION","scope":"state-guidance","question":"The stated school exemption cannot presently be attained","answer":"The Board reports that the school exemption refers to an Arizona Department of Education certification that does not exist and directed affected unlicensed school BCBAs to apply by June 1, 2025.","jurisdiction":"Arizona","status":"Published research","confidence":"Confirmed","lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12","path":"/states/arizona/","sources":[{"id":"SRC-AZ-BA-SCHOOL","title":"Notice to Arizona Board Certified Behavior Analysts","publisher":"Arizona Board of Psychologist Examiners","url":"https://psychboard.az.gov/news/notice-arizona-board-certified-behavior-analysts-bcbas","locator":"Board notice to Arizona BCBAs; school-exemption implementation statement"}]},{"id":"CLM-AZ-BA-SUPERVISION","scope":"state-guidance","question":"Full Arizona licensure is required for trainee supervision","answer":"Telehealth registration does not authorize supervision; the supervisor of an unlicensed behavior-analysis trainee located in Arizona must hold the full Arizona license.","jurisdiction":"Arizona","status":"Published research","confidence":"Confirmed","lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12","path":"/states/arizona/","sources":[{"id":"SRC-AZ-PSY-TELEHEALTH","title":"Psychologist and behavior analyst telehealth and temporary practice","publisher":"Arizona Board of Psychologist Examiners","url":"https://psychboard.az.gov/applications/telehealth-temporary-practice","locator":"Telehealth and Temporary Practice page; registry limits and supervision exclusions"}]},{"id":"CLM-AZ-BA-TELEHEALTH","scope":"state-guidance","question":"Out-of-state registry requires a governmental license","answer":"For a behavior analyst, the Arizona telehealth registry requires qualifying out-of-state governmental licensure; national certification from a state without licensure may not satisfy that route.","jurisdiction":"Arizona","status":"Published research","confidence":"Confirmed","lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12","path":"/states/arizona/","sources":[{"id":"SRC-AZ-PSY-TELEHEALTH","title":"Psychologist and behavior analyst telehealth and temporary practice","publisher":"Arizona Board of Psychologist Examiners","url":"https://psychboard.az.gov/applications/telehealth-temporary-practice","locator":"Telehealth and Temporary Practice page; registry limits and supervision exclusions"}]},{"id":"CLM-AZ-COUN-AUTHORITY","scope":"state-guidance","question":"Counselor regulator and credentials","answer":"The Board of Behavioral Health Examiners regulates professional counseling and issues the Licensed Associate Counselor and Licensed Professional Counselor credentials.","jurisdiction":"Arizona","status":"Published research","confidence":"Confirmed","lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12","path":"/states/arizona/","sources":[{"id":"SRC-AZ-BBHE","title":"Board of Behavioral Health Examiners frequently asked questions","publisher":"Arizona Board of Behavioral Health Examiners","url":"https://bbhe.az.gov/about/faq","locator":"FAQ sections for licensure, supervision, renewal, and complaints"}]},{"id":"CLM-AZ-COUN-COMPACT","scope":"state-guidance","question":"Counseling Compact is operational but route-specific","answer":"Arizona has launched Counseling Compact privileges for eligible independently licensed LPCs, but available destination states and eligibility must be checked in the live system.","jurisdiction":"Arizona","status":"Published research","confidence":"Confirmed","lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12","path":"/states/arizona/","sources":[{"id":"SRC-AZ-COUNSELING-COMPACT","title":"Counseling Compact implementation in Arizona","publisher":"Arizona Board of Behavioral Health Examiners","url":"https://bbhe.az.gov/counseling-compact","locator":"Counseling Compact page; eligibility and live privilege instructions"}]},{"id":"CLM-AZ-COUN-ENDORSEMENT","scope":"state-guidance","question":"Endorsement is a separate application route","answer":"Arizona provides a statutory endorsement route, but applicants must satisfy the current eligibility and application requirements rather than relying only on an out-of-state license.","jurisdiction":"Arizona","status":"Published research","confidence":"Confirmed","lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12","path":"/states/arizona/","sources":[{"id":"SRC-AZ-BBHE-ENDORSEMENT","title":"Licensure by endorsement requirements, A.R.S. section 32-3274","publisher":"Arizona Legislature","url":"https://www.azleg.gov/ars/32/03274.htm","locator":"A.R.S. §32-3274"}]},{"id":"CLM-AZ-COUN-INDEPENDENCE","scope":"state-guidance","question":"Associate and independent practice differ","answer":"An LAC is not the independent LPC credential; supervision, scope, advertising, and practice-setting rules must be checked before assigning independent work.","jurisdiction":"Arizona","status":"Published research","confidence":"Confirmed","lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12","path":"/states/arizona/","sources":[{"id":"SRC-AZ-BBHE-RULES","title":"Arizona Administrative Code Title 4 Chapter 6","publisher":"Arizona Secretary of State","url":"https://apps.azsos.gov/public_services/Title_04/4-06.pdf","locator":"AAC Title 4 Chapter 6 and A.R.S. §§32-3251, 32-3271–3274, 32-3281–3286"}]},{"id":"CLM-AZ-COUN-PRIVATE-PRACTICE","scope":"state-guidance","question":"Supervised private practice requires approval","answer":"A non-independent counselor may use supervised private practice only under the Board-approved structure, including ownership, supervision, location, disclosure, reporting, and training conditions.","jurisdiction":"Arizona","status":"Published research","confidence":"Confirmed","lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12","path":"/states/arizona/","sources":[{"id":"SRC-AZ-BBHE-PRIVATE","title":"Supervised private practice requirements","publisher":"Arizona Board of Behavioral Health Examiners","url":"https://bbhe.az.gov/clinical-supervision/supervised-private-practice","locator":"Supervised Private Practice page; approval, ownership, disclosure, training, and reporting sections"}]},{"id":"CLM-AZ-COUN-TELEHEALTH","scope":"state-guidance","question":"Client location controls Arizona authority","answer":"An out-of-state counselor serving a client located in Arizona generally needs Arizona authority through licensure, an applicable exception, the telehealth registry, or an available compact privilege.","jurisdiction":"Arizona","status":"Published research","confidence":"Confirmed","lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12","path":"/states/arizona/","sources":[{"id":"SRC-AZ-TELEHEALTH","title":"Out-of-state telehealth registry requirements, A.R.S. section 36-3606","publisher":"Arizona Legislature","url":"https://www.azleg.gov/ars/36/03606.htm","locator":"A.R.S. §36-3606"},{"id":"SRC-AZ-COUNSELING-COMPACT","title":"Counseling Compact implementation in Arizona","publisher":"Arizona Board of Behavioral Health Examiners","url":"https://bbhe.az.gov/counseling-compact","locator":"Counseling Compact page; eligibility and live privilege instructions"}]},{"id":"CLM-AZ-MFT-AUTHORITY","scope":"state-guidance","question":"Marriage and family therapist credentials","answer":"The Board of Behavioral Health Examiners regulates marriage and family therapy and issues LAMFT and LMFT credentials.","jurisdiction":"Arizona","status":"Published research","confidence":"Confirmed","lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12","path":"/states/arizona/","sources":[{"id":"SRC-AZ-BBHE","title":"Board of Behavioral Health Examiners frequently asked questions","publisher":"Arizona Board of Behavioral Health Examiners","url":"https://bbhe.az.gov/about/faq","locator":"FAQ sections for licensure, supervision, renewal, and complaints"}]},{"id":"CLM-AZ-MFT-BUSINESS-TRAINING","scope":"state-guidance","question":"Business-operations training is current","answer":"Beginning January 1, 2026, both the supervised licensee and supervisor must document three clock hours of behavioral-health business-operations training for supervised private practice.","jurisdiction":"Arizona","status":"Published research","confidence":"Confirmed","lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12","path":"/states/arizona/","sources":[{"id":"SRC-AZ-BBHE-PRIVATE","title":"Supervised private practice requirements","publisher":"Arizona Board of Behavioral Health Examiners","url":"https://bbhe.az.gov/clinical-supervision/supervised-private-practice","locator":"Supervised Private Practice page; approval, ownership, disclosure, training, and reporting sections"}]},{"id":"CLM-AZ-MFT-ENDORSEMENT","scope":"state-guidance","question":"Out-of-state licensure does not self-execute","answer":"An out-of-state marriage and family therapist must use an Arizona application route or a valid statutory exception before practicing for an Arizona client.","jurisdiction":"Arizona","status":"Published research","confidence":"Confirmed","lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12","path":"/states/arizona/","sources":[{"id":"SRC-AZ-BBHE-ENDORSEMENT","title":"Licensure by endorsement requirements, A.R.S. section 32-3274","publisher":"Arizona Legislature","url":"https://www.azleg.gov/ars/32/03274.htm","locator":"A.R.S. §32-3274"},{"id":"SRC-AZ-TELEHEALTH","title":"Out-of-state telehealth registry requirements, A.R.S. section 36-3606","publisher":"Arizona Legislature","url":"https://www.azleg.gov/ars/36/03606.htm","locator":"A.R.S. §36-3606"}]},{"id":"CLM-AZ-MFT-INDEPENDENCE","scope":"state-guidance","question":"LAMFT is a supervised credential","answer":"The associate credential does not itself establish independent-practice authority; current supervision and setting requirements must be documented.","jurisdiction":"Arizona","status":"Published research","confidence":"Confirmed","lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12","path":"/states/arizona/","sources":[{"id":"SRC-AZ-BBHE-RULES","title":"Arizona Administrative Code Title 4 Chapter 6","publisher":"Arizona Secretary of State","url":"https://apps.azsos.gov/public_services/Title_04/4-06.pdf","locator":"AAC Title 4 Chapter 6 and A.R.S. §§32-3251, 32-3271–3274, 32-3281–3286"}]},{"id":"CLM-AZ-MFT-NO-MFT-COMPACT","scope":"state-guidance","question":"Counseling Compact does not supply an LMFT privilege","answer":"The Arizona Counseling Compact route is for eligible professional counselors and should not be presented as authority for an LMFT or LAMFT.","jurisdiction":"Arizona","status":"Published research","confidence":"Confirmed","lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12","path":"/states/arizona/","sources":[{"id":"SRC-AZ-COUNSELING-COMPACT","title":"Counseling Compact implementation in Arizona","publisher":"Arizona Board of Behavioral Health Examiners","url":"https://bbhe.az.gov/counseling-compact","locator":"Counseling Compact page; eligibility and live privilege instructions"},{"id":"SRC-AZ-TELEHEALTH","title":"Out-of-state telehealth registry requirements, A.R.S. section 36-3606","publisher":"Arizona Legislature","url":"https://www.azleg.gov/ars/36/03606.htm","locator":"A.R.S. §36-3606"}]},{"id":"CLM-AZ-MFT-PRIVATE-PRACTICE","scope":"state-guidance","question":"Supervised private practice is conditional","answer":"Board approval and the supervised-private-practice conditions apply when an eligible LAMFT seeks to own the supervised practice.","jurisdiction":"Arizona","status":"Published research","confidence":"Confirmed","lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12","path":"/states/arizona/","sources":[{"id":"SRC-AZ-BBHE-PRIVATE","title":"Supervised private practice requirements","publisher":"Arizona Board of Behavioral Health Examiners","url":"https://bbhe.az.gov/clinical-supervision/supervised-private-practice","locator":"Supervised Private Practice page; approval, ownership, disclosure, training, and reporting sections"}]},{"id":"CLM-AZ-OPS-BREACH","scope":"state-guidance","question":"Arizona breach notice has a 45-day outside deadline","answer":"When statutory notice is required, affected individuals generally must be notified within 45 days after determining that a breach occurred, subject to the statute and law-enforcement delay.","jurisdiction":"Arizona","status":"Published research","confidence":"Confirmed","lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12","path":"/states/arizona/","sources":[{"id":"SRC-AZ-BREACH","title":"Data-breach notification requirements, A.R.S. section 18-552","publisher":"Arizona Legislature","url":"https://www.azleg.gov/ars/18/00552.htm","locator":"A.R.S. §18-552(E) and regulator-reporting thresholds"}]},{"id":"CLM-AZ-OPS-EMPLOYMENT","scope":"state-guidance","question":"Employment rules include statewide and local layers","answer":"Practice employers must screen Arizona minimum wage, earned paid sick time, worker classification, unemployment, workers compensation, posting, and any applicable local wage rule.","jurisdiction":"Arizona","status":"Published research","confidence":"Confirmed","lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12","path":"/states/arizona/","sources":[{"id":"SRC-AZ-LABOR","title":"Arizona minimum wage and paid sick time","publisher":"Industrial Commission of Arizona","url":"https://www.azica.gov/labor-minimum-wage-main-page","locator":"Minimum Wage and Earned Paid Sick Time sections"}]},{"id":"CLM-AZ-OPS-ENTITY","scope":"state-guidance","question":"Professional entities must use licensed people for professional services","answer":"Arizona professional limited liability companies may render professional services only through persons licensed or otherwise legally authorized for those services.","jurisdiction":"Arizona","status":"Published research","confidence":"Confirmed","lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12","path":"/states/arizona/","sources":[{"id":"SRC-AZ-ENTITY","title":"Professional limited liability company restrictions, A.R.S. section 29-4105","publisher":"Arizona Legislature","url":"https://www.azleg.gov/ars/29/04105.htm","locator":"A.R.S. §29-4105"}]},{"id":"CLM-AZ-OPS-FACILITY","scope":"state-guidance","question":"Service model can trigger facility licensure","answer":"An operation fitting an outpatient treatment center or another behavioral-health facility category must complete the applicable ADHS licensing analysis in addition to individual professional licensure.","jurisdiction":"Arizona","status":"Published research","confidence":"Confirmed","lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12","path":"/states/arizona/","sources":[{"id":"SRC-AZ-FACILITY","title":"Outpatient treatment center license application","publisher":"Arizona Department of Health Services","url":"https://www.azdhs.gov/documents/licensing/medical-facilities/forms/outpatient-treatment-center.pdf","locator":"Outpatient Treatment Center application and service-classification instructions"}]},{"id":"CLM-AZ-OPS-PAYER","scope":"state-guidance","question":"AHCCCS enrollment is separate from licensure","answer":"A professional license does not itself enroll a clinician or organization with AHCCCS; the current provider type, ownership, screening, enrollment, affiliation, and billing requirements must be satisfied.","jurisdiction":"Arizona","status":"Published research","confidence":"Confirmed","lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12","path":"/states/arizona/","sources":[{"id":"SRC-AZ-AHCCCS","title":"AHCCCS Provider Enrollment Policy Manual","publisher":"Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System","url":"https://pepm.azahcccs.gov/PEPM/Introduction/Home.htm","locator":"Provider Enrollment Policy Manual; provider type, ownership, screening, and affiliation chapters"}]},{"id":"CLM-AZ-OPS-RECORDS","scope":"state-guidance","question":"Arizona sets health-record retention periods","answer":"A health care provider must retain adult records for at least six years after the last date of services and retain a minor record until the later statutory date.","jurisdiction":"Arizona","status":"Published research","confidence":"Confirmed","lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12","path":"/states/arizona/","sources":[{"id":"SRC-AZ-RECORDS","title":"Health-record retention requirements, A.R.S. section 12-2297","publisher":"Arizona Legislature","url":"https://www.azleg.gov/ars/12/02297.htm","locator":"A.R.S. §12-2297"}]},{"id":"CLM-AZ-PSY-APPLICATION","scope":"state-guidance","question":"Application routes are not interchangeable","answer":"The Board maintains distinct examination, credential, temporary, universal-recognition, and telehealth application routes with different evidence requirements.","jurisdiction":"Arizona","status":"Published research","confidence":"Confirmed","lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12","path":"/states/arizona/","sources":[{"id":"SRC-AZ-PSY-BOARD","title":"Psychologist applications and licensure routes","publisher":"Arizona Board of Psychologist Examiners","url":"https://psychboard.az.gov/applications/psychologist-applications","locator":"Psychologist Applications page; examination, credential, temporary, and universal-recognition routes"}]},{"id":"CLM-AZ-PSY-AUTHORITY","scope":"state-guidance","question":"Psychology regulator","answer":"The Arizona Board of Psychologist Examiners licenses and regulates psychologists under the Psychology Practice Act.","jurisdiction":"Arizona","status":"Published research","confidence":"Confirmed","lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12","path":"/states/arizona/","sources":[{"id":"SRC-AZ-PSY-BOARD","title":"Psychologist applications and licensure routes","publisher":"Arizona Board of Psychologist Examiners","url":"https://psychboard.az.gov/applications/psychologist-applications","locator":"Psychologist Applications page; examination, credential, temporary, and universal-recognition routes"}]},{"id":"CLM-AZ-PSY-LICENSE","scope":"state-guidance","question":"Independent psychology practice requires authority","answer":"An individual must satisfy the Arizona licensure requirements before independently practicing psychology unless a specific exception or interstate route applies.","jurisdiction":"Arizona","status":"Published research","confidence":"Confirmed","lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12","path":"/states/arizona/","sources":[{"id":"SRC-AZ-PSY-STATUTE","title":"Psychologist licensure requirements, A.R.S. section 32-2071","publisher":"Arizona Legislature","url":"https://www.azleg.gov/ars/32/02071.htm","locator":"A.R.S. §32-2071"}]},{"id":"CLM-AZ-PSY-PSYPACT","scope":"state-guidance","question":"PSYPACT can replace registry authority for an eligible holder","answer":"An out-of-state psychologist holding the applicable active PSYPACT authorization may practice under PSYPACT without also obtaining the Arizona telehealth registration.","jurisdiction":"Arizona","status":"Published research","confidence":"Confirmed","lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12","path":"/states/arizona/","sources":[{"id":"SRC-AZ-PSYPACT","title":"Arizona PSYPACT authority, A.R.S. section 32-2087","publisher":"Arizona Legislature","url":"https://www.azleg.gov/ars/32/02087.htm","locator":"A.R.S. §32-2087"},{"id":"SRC-AZ-PSY-TELEHEALTH","title":"Psychologist and behavior analyst telehealth and temporary practice","publisher":"Arizona Board of Psychologist Examiners","url":"https://psychboard.az.gov/applications/telehealth-temporary-practice","locator":"Telehealth and Temporary Practice page; registry limits and supervision exclusions"}]},{"id":"CLM-AZ-PSY-SUPERVISION","scope":"state-guidance","question":"Registry authority does not include supervision","answer":"A psychologist must hold the full Arizona license, rather than only telehealth registration, to supervise an unlicensed psychology trainee located in Arizona.","jurisdiction":"Arizona","status":"Published research","confidence":"Confirmed","lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12","path":"/states/arizona/","sources":[{"id":"SRC-AZ-PSY-TELEHEALTH","title":"Psychologist and behavior analyst telehealth and temporary practice","publisher":"Arizona Board of Psychologist Examiners","url":"https://psychboard.az.gov/applications/telehealth-temporary-practice","locator":"Telehealth and Temporary Practice page; registry limits and supervision exclusions"}]},{"id":"CLM-AZ-PSY-TELEHEALTH","scope":"state-guidance","question":"Telehealth registry is not a license","answer":"An approved out-of-state telehealth registration authorizes remote services only and does not authorize an Arizona office, in-person practice, or supervision of an Arizona trainee.","jurisdiction":"Arizona","status":"Published research","confidence":"Confirmed","lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12","path":"/states/arizona/","sources":[{"id":"SRC-AZ-PSY-TELEHEALTH","title":"Psychologist and behavior analyst telehealth and temporary practice","publisher":"Arizona Board of Psychologist Examiners","url":"https://psychboard.az.gov/applications/telehealth-temporary-practice","locator":"Telehealth and Temporary Practice page; registry limits and supervision exclusions"}]},{"id":"CLM-AZ-SW-AUTHORITY","scope":"state-guidance","question":"Social-work regulator and credentials","answer":"The Board of Behavioral Health Examiners regulates social work and identifies LBSW, LMSW, and LCSW as distinct credentials.","jurisdiction":"Arizona","status":"Published research","confidence":"Confirmed","lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12","path":"/states/arizona/","sources":[{"id":"SRC-AZ-BBHE","title":"Board of Behavioral Health Examiners frequently asked questions","publisher":"Arizona Board of Behavioral Health Examiners","url":"https://bbhe.az.gov/about/faq","locator":"FAQ sections for licensure, supervision, renewal, and complaints"}]},{"id":"CLM-AZ-SW-CLINICAL-SCOPE","scope":"state-guidance","question":"Credential level changes practice authority","answer":"A social-work credential title alone is not enough to infer clinical independence; the applicable scope and supervision provisions must be matched to the credential.","jurisdiction":"Arizona","status":"Published research","confidence":"Confirmed","lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12","path":"/states/arizona/","sources":[{"id":"SRC-AZ-BBHE-RULES","title":"Arizona Administrative Code Title 4 Chapter 6","publisher":"Arizona Secretary of State","url":"https://apps.azsos.gov/public_services/Title_04/4-06.pdf","locator":"AAC Title 4 Chapter 6 and A.R.S. §§32-3251, 32-3271–3274, 32-3281–3286"}]},{"id":"CLM-AZ-SW-COMPACT-NOT-LIVE","scope":"state-guidance","question":"Social Work Compact licenses are not yet available","answer":"Arizona enacted the Social Work Licensure Compact, but the compact commission reports that multistate licenses are not yet available.","jurisdiction":"Arizona","status":"Enacted, not operational","confidence":"Confirmed","lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12","path":"/states/arizona/","sources":[{"id":"SRC-AZ-SOCIAL-WORK-COMPACT","title":"Social Work Licensure Compact enactment, A.R.S. section 32-3295","publisher":"Arizona Legislature","url":"https://www.azleg.gov/ars/32/03295.htm","locator":"A.R.S. §32-3295"},{"id":"SRC-AZ-SW-COMPACT-STATUS","title":"Social Work Licensure Compact implementation status","publisher":"Social Work Licensure Compact Commission","url":"https://swcompact.org/news2/","locator":"Commission news page; multistate-license availability status"}]},{"id":"CLM-AZ-SW-ENDORSEMENT","scope":"state-guidance","question":"Endorsement requires Arizona approval","answer":"Arizona law provides an endorsement route, but the Board must approve the application before the credential supplies Arizona practice authority.","jurisdiction":"Arizona","status":"Published research","confidence":"Confirmed","lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12","path":"/states/arizona/","sources":[{"id":"SRC-AZ-BBHE-ENDORSEMENT","title":"Licensure by endorsement requirements, A.R.S. section 32-3274","publisher":"Arizona Legislature","url":"https://www.azleg.gov/ars/32/03274.htm","locator":"A.R.S. §32-3274"}]},{"id":"CLM-AZ-SW-PRIVATE-PRACTICE","scope":"state-guidance","question":"Supervised private practice has a controlled route","answer":"An eligible non-independent social worker may own a supervised private practice only under the Board approval, supervisor, ownership, disclosure, location, and reporting conditions.","jurisdiction":"Arizona","status":"Published research","confidence":"Confirmed","lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12","path":"/states/arizona/","sources":[{"id":"SRC-AZ-BBHE-PRIVATE","title":"Supervised private practice requirements","publisher":"Arizona Board of Behavioral Health Examiners","url":"https://bbhe.az.gov/clinical-supervision/supervised-private-practice","locator":"Supervised Private Practice page; approval, ownership, disclosure, training, and reporting sections"}]},{"id":"CLM-AZ-SW-TELEHEALTH","scope":"state-guidance","question":"Out-of-state telehealth needs Arizona authority","answer":"Serving a client located in Arizona by telehealth generally requires Arizona licensure, a registry approval, or another applicable legal route.","jurisdiction":"Arizona","status":"Published research","confidence":"Confirmed","lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12","path":"/states/arizona/","sources":[{"id":"SRC-AZ-TELEHEALTH","title":"Out-of-state telehealth registry requirements, A.R.S. section 36-3606","publisher":"Arizona Legislature","url":"https://www.azleg.gov/ars/36/03606.htm","locator":"A.R.S. §36-3606"}]},{"id":"CLM-CA-BA-MEDICAID-QAS","scope":"state-guidance","question":"Medi-Cal QAS enrollment is separate from professional licensure","answer":"Medi-Cal maintains separate Qualified Autism Service organization and individual enrollment routes, documents, locations, screening, and billing requirements.","jurisdiction":"California","status":"Published research","confidence":"Confirmed","lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12","path":"/states/california/","sources":[{"id":"SRC-CA-QAS-MEDICAL","title":"Qualified Autism Service provider enrollment information","publisher":"California Department of Health Care Services","url":"https://www.dhcs.ca.gov/providers-partners/qualified-autism-service-qas-provider-organization-and-individual-application-information/","locator":"QAS organization and individual application sections in PAVE"},{"id":"SRC-CA-QAS-FAQ","title":"Behavioral Health Treatment provider enrollment frequently asked questions","publisher":"California Department of Health Care Services","url":"https://www.dhcs.ca.gov/services/medi-cal-resources/behavioral-health-treatment-frequently-asked-questions-provider-enrollment/","locator":"Behavioral Health Treatment enrollment FAQ; QAS roles and affiliation"}]},{"id":"CLM-CA-BA-NEGATIVE-LICENSE","scope":"state-guidance","question":"No current general state behavior-analyst license identified","answer":"We did not identify a current general state behavior-analyst license in the official sources reviewed. Other professional, payer, facility, education, certification, or employment requirements may still apply.","jurisdiction":"California","status":"Published research","confidence":"Qualified","lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12","path":"/states/california/","sources":[{"id":"SRC-CA-DCA-BOARDS","title":"Department of Consumer Affairs boards and bureaus","publisher":"California Department of Consumer Affairs","url":"https://www.dca.ca.gov/about_us/entities.shtml","locator":"Complete DCA boards and bureaus inventory, searched August 12, 2026"},{"id":"SRC-CA-SB402","title":"Qualified autism service provider definitions, BPC sections 4999.200 through 4999.202","publisher":"California Legislature","url":"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displayText.xhtml?article=&chapter=17.&division=2.&lawCode=BPC&part=&title=","locator":"BPC §§4999.200 et seq.; QAS provider, professional, paraprofessional, and telehealth provisions"}]},{"id":"CLM-CA-BA-QAS-PARAPROFESSIONAL","scope":"state-guidance","question":"Paraprofessional services require a treatment and supervision structure","answer":"A qualified autism service paraprofessional must meet the statutory education and training criteria, implement an approved treatment plan, and receive the required clinical supervision.","jurisdiction":"California","status":"Published research","confidence":"Confirmed","lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12","path":"/states/california/","sources":[{"id":"SRC-CA-SB402","title":"Qualified autism service provider definitions, BPC sections 4999.200 through 4999.202","publisher":"California Legislature","url":"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displayText.xhtml?article=&chapter=17.&division=2.&lawCode=BPC&part=&title=","locator":"BPC §§4999.200 et seq.; 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renewal, inactive, retired, and address actions"}]},{"id":"CLM-CA-COUN-NO-COMPACT","scope":"state-guidance","question":"California has no current Counseling Compact privilege","answer":"California is not listed as a Counseling Compact member jurisdiction, so an out-of-state compact privilege is not a current California practice route.","jurisdiction":"California","status":"Published research","confidence":"Confirmed","lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12","path":"/states/california/","sources":[{"id":"SRC-CA-COUNSELING-COMPACT","title":"Counseling Compact jurisdiction map","publisher":"Counseling Compact Commission","url":"https://counselingcompact.gov/map/","locator":"Jurisdiction map; California membership status"}]},{"id":"CLM-CA-COUN-TELEHEALTH","scope":"state-guidance","question":"A California client generally requires California authority","answer":"A clinician serving a client located in California generally must hold the applicable California license or valid associate registration under supervision unless a narrow allowance applies.","jurisdiction":"California","status":"Published research","confidence":"Confirmed","lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12","path":"/states/california/","sources":[{"id":"SRC-CA-BBS-TELEHEALTH","title":"Guide to providing mental health services across state lines","publisher":"California Board of Behavioral Sciences","url":"https://www.bbs.ca.gov/pdf/publications/provide_mh_svs.pdf","locator":"Guide sections on client location and California authority"}]},{"id":"CLM-CA-COUN-TEMPORARY","scope":"state-guidance","question":"Out-of-state temporary practice is narrow","answer":"A qualifying out-of-state LPCC may receive one 30-consecutive-day temporary allowance per calendar year for an existing client who is visiting or relocating to California, subject to prior Board approval and all stated conditions.","jurisdiction":"California","status":"Published research","confidence":"Confirmed","lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12","path":"/states/california/","sources":[{"id":"SRC-CA-BBS-TEMPORARY","title":"Temporary practice allowance frequently asked questions","publisher":"California Board of Behavioral Sciences","url":"https://www.bbs.ca.gov/licensees/temporary_practice_allowance_faqs.pdf","locator":"Temporary Practice Allowance FAQ; 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multistate license availability"}]},{"id":"CLM-CO-SW-TELEHEALTH","scope":"state-guidance","question":"Colorado offers out-of-state telehealth registration","answer":"A qualifying out-of-state social worker may apply for Colorado telehealth registration but must follow Colorado standards, disclosure, emergency, and remote-only limitations.","jurisdiction":"Colorado","status":"Published research","confidence":"Confirmed","lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12","path":"/states/colorado/","sources":[{"id":"SRC-CO-TELEHEALTH","title":"Out-of-state telehealth providers frequently asked questions","publisher":"Colorado Division of Professions and Occupations","url":"https://dpo.colorado.gov/CustomerService/TelehealthFAQ","locator":"Telehealth FAQ sections on registration, remote-only scope, office prohibition, and supervision"}]},{"id":"CLM-CONTINUITY-INVENTORY-BOUNDARY","scope":"practice-guidance","question":"Does a practice continuity inventory prove that operations can continue through an outage?","answer":"No. The inventory records systems, owners, dependencies, recovery evidence, and open questions; continuity depends on tested procedures, current access, and appropriate professional review.","jurisdiction":"Not jurisdiction-dependent","status":"Approved","confidence":"Confirmed","lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-07-30","nextReviewAt":"2027-07-30","path":"/library/operations/keep-a-practice-continuity-inventory/","sources":[{"id":"SRC-METHOD-001","title":"Practice Hub methodology and approved master directive","publisher":"Ludara","url":"/sources/","locator":"Master directive local-first and continuity boundaries"}]},{"id":"CLM-DE-BA-BAAUTISM","scope":"state-guidance","question":"Autism-provider standards","answer":"Delaware autism-service rules separately use professional licensure, BACB certification, technician credentials, supervision, training, and disqualification requirements.","jurisdiction":"Delaware","status":"Published research","confidence":"Confirmed","lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12","path":"/states/delaware/","sources":[{"id":"SRC-DE-BA-AUTISM","title":"Autism Services Provider Standards","publisher":"Delaware Department of Health and Social Services","url":"https://regulations.delaware.gov/api/AdminCode/title16/2102/82212204-27ec-4750-b4b5-68c8d3821979","locator":"16 Del. 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Code 1585, qualification provisions"}]},{"id":"CLM-DE-BA-BANEGATIVE","scope":"state-guidance","question":"No general behavior-analyst license identified","answer":"We did not identify a current general state behavior-analyst license in the official sources reviewed. Other professional, payer, facility, education, certification, or employment requirements may still apply.","jurisdiction":"Delaware","status":"Published research","confidence":"Qualified","lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12","path":"/states/delaware/","sources":[{"id":"SRC-DE-MH-BOARD","title":"Board of Mental Health and Chemical Dependency Professionals","publisher":"Delaware Division of Professional Regulation","url":"https://dpr.delaware.gov/boards/profcounselors/","locator":"DPR profession inventory; no behavior-analysis board or general BA application route listed"}]},{"id":"CLM-DE-BA-BASCHOOL","scope":"state-guidance","question":"Public-school certificate","answer":"A behavior analyst providing behavior-analytic services in a Delaware public school generally needs the School Behavior Analyst Standard Certificate unless a stated educator exception applies.","jurisdiction":"Delaware","status":"Published research","confidence":"Confirmed","lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12","path":"/states/delaware/","sources":[{"id":"SRC-DE-BA-SCHOOL","title":"School Behavior Analyst Standard Certificate","publisher":"Delaware Department of Education","url":"https://archive.regulations.delaware.gov/AdminCode/title14/1500/1585.shtml","locator":"14 Del. 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Code 1585, applicability and issuance provisions"}]},{"id":"CLM-DE-COUN-COUNALT","scope":"state-guidance","question":"Alternative supervisor form","answer":"Effective July 11, 2026, an applicant choosing an approved supervisor from another profession must complete the Board’s alternative professional supervisor form.","jurisdiction":"Delaware","status":"Published research","confidence":"Confirmed","lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12","path":"/states/delaware/","sources":[{"id":"SRC-DE-COUN","title":"Professional Counselor of Mental Health Licensure","publisher":"Delaware Division of Professional Regulation","url":"https://dpr.delaware.gov/boards/profcounselors/newlicense/","locator":"Alternative Professional Supervisor form instruction, “Effective July 11, 2026”"}]},{"id":"CLM-DE-COUN-COUNAUTH","scope":"state-guidance","question":"LACMH and LPCMH","answer":"The Board issues the supervised associate counselor of mental health credential and the professional counselor of mental health license.","jurisdiction":"Delaware","status":"Published research","confidence":"Confirmed","lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12","path":"/states/delaware/","sources":[{"id":"SRC-DE-COUN-REG","title":"Board of Mental Health and Chemical Dependency Professionals Rules","publisher":"Delaware Registrar of Regulations","url":"https://regulations.delaware.gov/api/AdminCode/title24/3000/3f78c9b3-61ac-4c84-a189-60a9d0d8aba9","locator":"24 Del. 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C. §3013A; compact effective April 18, 2022"}]},{"id":"CLM-DE-COUN-COUNHOURS","scope":"state-guidance","question":"Post-master experience","answer":"The LPCMH examination route requires 3,200 hours over at least two and no more than four consecutive years, including 1,600 hours under direct clinical supervision.","jurisdiction":"Delaware","status":"Published research","confidence":"Confirmed","lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12","path":"/states/delaware/","sources":[{"id":"SRC-DE-COUN-REG","title":"Board of Mental Health and Chemical Dependency Professionals Rules","publisher":"Delaware Registrar of Regulations","url":"https://regulations.delaware.gov/api/AdminCode/title24/3000/3f78c9b3-61ac-4c84-a189-60a9d0d8aba9","locator":"§§2.2–2.4, supervised-experience totals and duration"}]},{"id":"CLM-DE-COUN-COUNRECORDS","scope":"state-guidance","question":"Counselor closure and records","answer":"Covered practice closure requires 30-day notice, a 45-day request window, at least seven-year retention before confidential disposal, and a qualifying custodian.","jurisdiction":"Delaware","status":"Published research","confidence":"Confirmed","lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12","path":"/states/delaware/","sources":[{"id":"SRC-DE-MH-LAW","title":"Chapter 30: Mental Health and Chemical Dependency Professionals","publisher":"Delaware General Assembly","url":"https://delcode.delaware.gov/title24/c030/sc01/index.html","locator":"24 Del. C. §§3019–3020"}]},{"id":"CLM-DE-COUN-COUNRENEW","scope":"state-guidance","question":"Counselor renewal and continuing education","answer":"LPCMH renewal is biennial on September 30 of even years and requires 40 continuing-education hours, including three ethics and three inclusion, equity, and diversity hours.","jurisdiction":"Delaware","status":"Published research","confidence":"Confirmed","lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12","path":"/states/delaware/","sources":[{"id":"SRC-DE-COUN-REG","title":"Board of Mental Health and Chemical Dependency Professionals Rules","publisher":"Delaware Registrar of Regulations","url":"https://regulations.delaware.gov/api/AdminCode/title24/3000/3f78c9b3-61ac-4c84-a189-60a9d0d8aba9","locator":"§§12.1–12.3"}]},{"id":"CLM-DE-COUN-COUNSUP","scope":"state-guidance","question":"Direct supervision","answer":"The experience route includes 100 face-to-face supervision hours, with limits on group supervision and live-video supervision.","jurisdiction":"Delaware","status":"Published research","confidence":"Confirmed","lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12","path":"/states/delaware/","sources":[{"id":"SRC-DE-COUN-REG","title":"Board of Mental Health and Chemical Dependency Professionals Rules","publisher":"Delaware Registrar of Regulations","url":"https://regulations.delaware.gov/api/AdminCode/title24/3000/3f78c9b3-61ac-4c84-a189-60a9d0d8aba9","locator":"§§2.3–2.4, direct supervision requirements"}]},{"id":"CLM-DE-MFT-MFTASSOC","scope":"state-guidance","question":"Supervised associate practice","answer":"An LAMFT is the supervised credential and does not have the same independent-practice status as an LMFT.","jurisdiction":"Delaware","status":"Published research","confidence":"Confirmed","lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12","path":"/states/delaware/","sources":[{"id":"SRC-DE-COUN-REG","title":"Board of Mental Health and Chemical Dependency Professionals Rules","publisher":"Delaware Registrar of Regulations","url":"https://regulations.delaware.gov/api/AdminCode/title24/3000/3f78c9b3-61ac-4c84-a189-60a9d0d8aba9","locator":"§6.0, LAMFT supervised-practice requirements"}]},{"id":"CLM-DE-MFT-MFTAUTH","scope":"state-guidance","question":"LAMFT and LMFT","answer":"The Board issues separate associate marriage and family therapist and marriage and family therapist licenses.","jurisdiction":"Delaware","status":"Published research","confidence":"Confirmed","lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12","path":"/states/delaware/","sources":[{"id":"SRC-DE-COUN-REG","title":"Board of Mental Health and Chemical Dependency Professionals Rules","publisher":"Delaware Registrar of Regulations","url":"https://regulations.delaware.gov/api/AdminCode/title24/3000/3f78c9b3-61ac-4c84-a189-60a9d0d8aba9","locator":"24 Del. 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Code 3000 §§5.0–6.0"}]},{"id":"CLM-DE-MFT-MFTRECIP","scope":"state-guidance","question":"Reciprocity is an application route","answer":"An out-of-state license holder must use the Board’s reciprocity process and provide the required verifications; an out-of-state license alone is not Delaware authority.","jurisdiction":"Delaware","status":"Published research","confidence":"Confirmed","lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12","path":"/states/delaware/","sources":[{"id":"SRC-DE-COUN-REG","title":"Board of Mental Health and Chemical Dependency Professionals Rules","publisher":"Delaware Registrar of Regulations","url":"https://regulations.delaware.gov/api/AdminCode/title24/3000/3f78c9b3-61ac-4c84-a189-60a9d0d8aba9","locator":"§5.3, reciprocity requirements"}]},{"id":"CLM-DE-MFT-MFTRECORDS","scope":"state-guidance","question":"MFT closure and records","answer":"Covered practice closure requires 30-day notice, a 45-day request window, at least seven-year retention before confidential disposal, and a qualifying custodian.","jurisdiction":"Delaware","status":"Published research","confidence":"Confirmed","lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12","path":"/states/delaware/","sources":[{"id":"SRC-DE-MH-LAW","title":"Chapter 30: Mental Health and Chemical Dependency Professionals","publisher":"Delaware General Assembly","url":"https://delcode.delaware.gov/title24/c030/sc01/index.html","locator":"24 Del. C. §§3019–3020"}]},{"id":"CLM-DE-MFT-MFTRENEW","scope":"state-guidance","question":"MFT renewal and continuing education","answer":"LMFT renewal follows the Board’s biennial cycle and 40-hour continuing-education requirement; LAMFT status remains supervised.","jurisdiction":"Delaware","status":"Published research","confidence":"Confirmed","lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12","path":"/states/delaware/","sources":[{"id":"SRC-DE-COUN-REG","title":"Board of Mental Health and Chemical Dependency Professionals Rules","publisher":"Delaware Registrar of Regulations","url":"https://regulations.delaware.gov/api/AdminCode/title24/3000/3f78c9b3-61ac-4c84-a189-60a9d0d8aba9","locator":"§12.0"}]},{"id":"CLM-DE-MFT-MFTTELE","scope":"state-guidance","question":"Telehealth registration route","answer":"An eligible out-of-state MFT may use Delaware’s interstate telehealth registration only after meeting Chapter 60 and Board registration requirements.","jurisdiction":"Delaware","status":"Published research","confidence":"Confirmed","lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12","path":"/states/delaware/","sources":[{"id":"SRC-DE-TELE-LAW","title":"Chapter 60 Telehealth and Telemedicine","publisher":"Delaware General Assembly","url":"https://delcode.delaware.gov/title24/c060/index.html","locator":"24 Del. C. Chapter 60, interstate telehealth registration eligibility and restrictions"}]},{"id":"CLM-DE-OPS-OPSBREACH","scope":"state-guidance","question":"Sixty-day breach deadline","answer":"Covered Delaware residents generally must be notified without unreasonable delay and no later than 60 days after determination of a qualifying breach, with Attorney General notice when more than 500 residents are notified.","jurisdiction":"Delaware","status":"Published research","confidence":"Confirmed","lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12","path":"/states/delaware/","sources":[{"id":"SRC-DE-BREACH","title":"Computer Security Breaches","publisher":"Delaware General Assembly","url":"https://delcode.delaware.gov/title6/c012b/index.html","locator":"6 Del. C. §12B-102(a)–(i)"}]},{"id":"CLM-DE-OPS-OPSBUSINESS","scope":"state-guidance","question":"State and local business licensing","answer":"Entity formation does not replace Delaware’s general business-license process or city and town licensing, zoning, occupancy, and home-office review.","jurisdiction":"Delaware","status":"Published research","confidence":"Confirmed","lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12","path":"/states/delaware/","sources":[{"id":"SRC-DE-BUSINESS","title":"Business First Steps","publisher":"State of Delaware","url":"https://firststeps.delaware.gov/","locator":"Business First Steps “Register your business” and license-check workflow"}]},{"id":"CLM-DE-OPS-OPSCLOSURE","scope":"state-guidance","question":"Profession-specific closure and continuity","answer":"Closure duties differ by profession and include notice, client access, record custody, confidential retention and disposal, continuity, and payer or program handoff.","jurisdiction":"Delaware","status":"Published research","confidence":"Confirmed","lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12","path":"/states/delaware/","sources":[{"id":"SRC-DE-MH-LAW","title":"Chapter 30: Mental Health and Chemical Dependency Professionals","publisher":"Delaware General Assembly","url":"https://delcode.delaware.gov/title24/c030/sc01/index.html","locator":"24 Del. C. §§3019–3020"},{"id":"SRC-DE-SW-LAW","title":"Chapter 39 Board of Social Work Examiners","publisher":"Delaware General Assembly","url":"https://delcode.delaware.gov/title24/c039/index.html","locator":"24 Del. C. §§3921–3922"},{"id":"SRC-DE-PSY-LAW","title":"Chapter 35: Board of Examiners of Psychologists","publisher":"Delaware General Assembly","url":"https://delcode.delaware.gov/title24/c035/sc03/index.html","locator":"24 Del. C. §§3533–3534"}]},{"id":"CLM-DE-OPS-OPSENTITY","scope":"state-guidance","question":"Professional corporation limits","answer":"A Delaware professional corporation may render its stated professional service only through legally authorized practitioners, and its shares are restricted to individuals authorized for the same professional service.","jurisdiction":"Delaware","status":"Published research","confidence":"Confirmed","lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12","path":"/states/delaware/","sources":[{"id":"SRC-DE-ENTITY","title":"Professional Service Corporation Act","publisher":"Delaware General Assembly","url":"https://delcode.delaware.gov/title8/c006/index.html","locator":"8 Del. C. §§603, 608–609, and 615–617"}]},{"id":"CLM-DE-OPS-OPSFACILITY","scope":"state-guidance","question":"DSAMH program boundary","answer":"A covered substance-use, co-occurring, or affiliated behavioral-health program may require DSAMH licensure or certification in addition to individual professional licenses.","jurisdiction":"Delaware","status":"Published research","confidence":"Confirmed","lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12","path":"/states/delaware/","sources":[{"id":"SRC-DE-DSAMH","title":"Behavioral Health Provider Policies and Resources","publisher":"Delaware Department of Health and Social Services","url":"https://dhss.delaware.gov/dsamh/division-of-substance-abuse-and-mental-health/provider-policies-and-resources/","locator":"Provider policies and resources licensing and certification headings"}]},{"id":"CLM-DE-OPS-OPSMEDICAID","scope":"state-guidance","question":"DMAP and MCO steps","answer":"Delaware Medicaid screening and enrollment, MCO network contracting, provider type, taxonomy, and each practice location must be confirmed separately.","jurisdiction":"Delaware","status":"Published research","confidence":"Confirmed","lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12","path":"/states/delaware/","sources":[{"id":"SRC-DE-MEDICAID","title":"Delaware Medicaid Provider Enrollment","publisher":"Delaware Department of Health and Social Services","url":"https://medicaid.dhss.delaware.gov/Default.aspx?TabId=477","locator":"Provider enrollment and managed-care provider headings"}]},{"id":"CLM-DE-OPS-OPSPAID","scope":"state-guidance","question":"Paid Leave is operational","answer":"Delaware Paid Leave became fully operational January 1, 2026; most employers with at least ten Delaware employees participate at the coverage level assigned by employer size.","jurisdiction":"Delaware","status":"Published research","confidence":"Confirmed","lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12","path":"/states/delaware/","sources":[{"id":"SRC-DE-PAID-LEAVE","title":"Delaware Paid Leave","publisher":"Delaware Department of Labor","url":"https://labor.delaware.gov/delaware-paid-leave/","locator":"Employer eligibility and January 1, 2026 benefits start headings"}]},{"id":"CLM-DE-OPS-OPSPRIVACY","scope":"state-guidance","question":"Privacy thresholds and data exclusions","answer":"The Delaware Personal Data Privacy Act applies at statutory processing thresholds and excludes specified HIPAA protected health information rather than every data set held by a health practice.","jurisdiction":"Delaware","status":"Published research","confidence":"Confirmed","lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12","path":"/states/delaware/","sources":[{"id":"SRC-DE-PRIVACY","title":"Delaware Personal Data Privacy Act","publisher":"Delaware General Assembly","url":"https://delcode.delaware.gov/title6/c012d/index.html","locator":"6 Del. 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§18-301(a)—(c)"}]},{"id":"CLM-MD-PSY-DISCLOSURE","scope":"state-guidance","question":"Client-facing operations","answer":"Telepsychology and in-person practice must identify the actual credential and responsible licensee and document consent, privacy, emergency planning, records, fees, termination, and complaint routes.","jurisdiction":"Maryland","status":"Published research","confidence":"Confirmed","lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12","path":"/states/maryland/","sources":[{"id":"SRC-MD-PSY-TELE","title":"COMAR 10.36.10 Telepsychology","publisher":"Maryland Division of State Documents","url":"https://regs.maryland.gov/us/md/exec/comar/10.36.10","locator":"COMAR 10.36.10.03—.06"}]},{"id":"CLM-MD-PSY-MAINTENANCE","scope":"state-guidance","question":"Renewal and discipline","answer":"Psychologist and psychology-associate renewal, continuing education, audit, inactive/reinstatement, and discipline requirements must be checked separately.","jurisdiction":"Maryland","status":"Published research","confidence":"Confirmed","lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12","path":"/states/maryland/","sources":[{"id":"SRC-MD-PSY-RENEWAL","title":"Psychology license and registration renewal information","publisher":"Maryland Board of Examiners of Psychologists","url":"https://health.maryland.gov/psych/Pages/renewal.aspx","locator":"“Licensed Psychologists,” “Psychology Associates,” and “Continuing Education” sections"},{"id":"SRC-MD-PSY-LAW","title":"Health Occupations Title 18 psychologist and associate authority","publisher":"Maryland General Assembly","url":"https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Statute_Web/gho/gho.pdf","locator":"Health Occupations §§18-309—18-318"}]},{"id":"CLM-MD-PSY-PSYPACT","scope":"state-guidance","question":"Interstate psychology","answer":"Telepsychology requires Maryland authority when either party is physically in Maryland unless another lawful route, including a valid PSYPACT privilege, applies; a discretionary statutory waiver is not a general exception.","jurisdiction":"Maryland","status":"Published research","confidence":"Confirmed","lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12","path":"/states/maryland/","sources":[{"id":"SRC-MD-PSY-TELE","title":"COMAR 10.36.10 Telepsychology","publisher":"Maryland Division of State Documents","url":"https://regs.maryland.gov/us/md/exec/comar/10.36.10","locator":"COMAR 10.36.10.03—.06"},{"id":"SRC-MD-PSYPACT-LAW","title":"Health Occupations §18-3A-01 Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact","publisher":"Maryland General Assembly","url":"https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Laws/StatuteText?article=gho&section=18-3A-01","locator":"Health Occupations §18-3A-01, Articles III—V"},{"id":"SRC-MD-PSY-LAW","title":"Health Occupations Title 18 psychologist and associate authority","publisher":"Maryland General Assembly","url":"https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Statute_Web/gho/gho.pdf","locator":"Health Occupations §18-301(e)"}]},{"id":"CLM-MD-SW-APPLICATION","scope":"state-guidance","question":"Level-specific application route","answer":"Education, examination, criminal-history, application, and supervised-experience evidence must match the LBSW, LMSW, LCSW, or LCSW-C level sought.","jurisdiction":"Maryland","status":"Published research","confidence":"Confirmed","lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12","path":"/states/maryland/","sources":[{"id":"SRC-MD-SW-LAW","title":"Health Occupations Title 19 and social-work regulations index","publisher":"Maryland Board of Social Work Examiners","url":"https://health.maryland.gov/bswe/Pages/regulation.aspx","locator":"Health Occupations §§19-302—19-309 and COMAR 10.42.01"},{"id":"SRC-MD-SW-BOARD","title":"Board of Social Work Examiners","publisher":"Maryland Department of Health","url":"https://health.maryland.gov/bswe/Pages/default.aspx","locator":"Board homepage “Licensing Webpage” and “New License Online Portal” links"}]},{"id":"CLM-MD-SW-AUTHORITY","scope":"state-guidance","question":"Credential ladder","answer":"Maryland administers LBSW, LMSW, LCSW, and LCSW-C levels with different scope, supervision, and independent-practice consequences.","jurisdiction":"Maryland","status":"Published research","confidence":"Confirmed","lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12","path":"/states/maryland/","sources":[{"id":"SRC-MD-SW-LAW","title":"Health Occupations Title 19 and social-work regulations index","publisher":"Maryland Board of Social Work Examiners","url":"https://health.maryland.gov/bswe/Pages/regulation.aspx","locator":"Health Occupations §§19-101 and 19-301"}]},{"id":"CLM-MD-SW-CLINICAL","scope":"state-guidance","question":"Clinical independence","answer":"Do not infer independent clinical authority from the words social worker; verify the exact credential, Board-approved supervisor, setting, and independent-practice approval where applicable.","jurisdiction":"Maryland","status":"Published research","confidence":"Confirmed","lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12","path":"/states/maryland/","sources":[{"id":"SRC-MD-SW-LAW","title":"Health Occupations Title 19 and social-work regulations index","publisher":"Maryland Board of Social Work Examiners","url":"https://health.maryland.gov/bswe/Pages/regulation.aspx","locator":"Health Occupations §§19-101 and 19-301; COMAR 10.42.08"}]},{"id":"CLM-MD-SW-COMPACT","scope":"state-guidance","question":"Interstate pathways","answer":"Full licensure, teletherapy authority, and a future compact license are separate pathways; the Board reported no definite compact issuance date and estimated nine to twelve months.","jurisdiction":"Maryland","status":"Enacted, not operational","confidence":"Qualified","lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12","path":"/states/maryland/","sources":[{"id":"SRC-MD-SW-COMPACT-LAW","title":"Chapter 10 — Interstate 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authority.","jurisdiction":"Maryland","status":"Open implementation issue","confidence":"Confirmed","lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12","path":"/states/maryland/","sources":[{"id":"SRC-MD-SW-BOARD","title":"Board of Social Work Examiners","publisher":"Maryland Department of Health","url":"https://health.maryland.gov/bswe/Pages/default.aspx","locator":"Board homepage “ASWB Exam Changes 2026” and “Social Work Compact” sections"}]},{"id":"CLM-MD-SW-MAINTENANCE","scope":"state-guidance","question":"Renewal and continuing education","answer":"Social-work renewal, continuing education, inactive/reactivation, and public discipline must be verified for the exact license; the 2026 renewal adds the Board-posted structural-racism attestation.","jurisdiction":"Maryland","status":"Published research","confidence":"Confirmed","lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12","path":"/states/maryland/","sources":[{"id":"SRC-MD-SW-LAW","title":"Health Occupations 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practices under the supervision requirements that apply to the assistant credential.","jurisdiction":"North Carolina","status":"Published research","confidence":"Confirmed","lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12","path":"/states/north-carolina/","sources":[{"id":"SRC-NC-BA-RULE","title":"21 NCAC 05: Behavior Analyst Licensure Board","publisher":"North Carolina Behavior Analyst Licensure Board","url":"https://ncbehavioranalystboard.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/chapter-05-rules.pdf","locator":"21 NCAC 05 .0401"}]},{"id":"CLM-NC-BA-LBA","scope":"state-guidance","question":"Behavior Analyst license","answer":"A qualifying applicant may obtain the Licensed Behavior Analyst credential through the statutory and Board application route.","jurisdiction":"North Carolina","status":"Published research","confidence":"Confirmed","lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12","path":"/states/north-carolina/","sources":[{"id":"SRC-NC-BA-STATUTE","title":"Behavior 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process.","jurisdiction":"North Carolina","status":"Published research","confidence":"Confirmed","lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12","path":"/states/north-carolina/","sources":[{"id":"SRC-NC-BA-RULE","title":"21 NCAC 05: Behavior Analyst Licensure Board","publisher":"North Carolina Behavior Analyst Licensure Board","url":"https://ncbehavioranalystboard.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/chapter-05-rules.pdf","locator":"21 NCAC 05 .0203, .0301, and .0601"}]},{"id":"CLM-NC-BA-TELEHEALTH","scope":"state-guidance","question":"Electronic services occur in both locations","answer":"Behavior-analysis practice occurs at the provider and client locations; the provider must be licensed or exempt in both, and electronic delivery does not change Article 43 duties.","jurisdiction":"North Carolina","status":"Published 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Counselors","publisher":"North Carolina Board of Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselors","url":"https://www.ncblcmhc.org/assets/lawsandcodes/NCBLCMHC_Administrative_Rules%28NCACTitle21Chapter53%29.pdf","locator":"21 NCAC 53 .0701–.0702"}]},{"id":"CLM-NC-COUN-COMPACT","scope":"state-guidance","question":"Compact enactment is not automatic authority","answer":"North Carolina enacted the Counseling Compact, but a practitioner must confirm that the relevant states are live and that a privilege has actually been issued before relying on compact authority.","jurisdiction":"North Carolina","status":"Open implementation issue","confidence":"Qualified","lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12","path":"/states/north-carolina/","sources":[{"id":"SRC-NC-COUN-COMPACT","title":"Counseling Compact","publisher":"North Carolina General Assembly","url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/ByArticle/Chapter_90/Article_24A.html","locator":"Article 24A operative 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use the Board licensure route unless the Board publishes another authority.","jurisdiction":"North Carolina","status":"Published research","confidence":"Qualified","lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12","path":"/states/north-carolina/","sources":[{"id":"SRC-NC-MFT-STATUTE","title":"Marriage and Family Therapy Licensure Act","publisher":"North Carolina General Assembly","url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/ByArticle/Chapter_90/Article_18C.html","locator":"Article 18C and current Board application inventory; no compact route identified"}]},{"id":"CLM-NC-MFT-LICENSE","scope":"state-guidance","question":"Separate MFT license","answer":"Marriage and family therapy has its own statutory license and regulator rather than using the clinical mental health counselor credential.","jurisdiction":"North Carolina","status":"Published research","confidence":"Confirmed","lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12","path":"/states/north-carolina/","sources":[{"id":"SRC-NC-MFT-STATUTE","title":"Marriage and Family Therapy Licensure Act","publisher":"North Carolina General Assembly","url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/ByArticle/Chapter_90/Article_18C.html","locator":"G.S. 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an individual professional license does not answer the facility question.","jurisdiction":"North Carolina","status":"Published research","confidence":"Confirmed","lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12","path":"/states/north-carolina/","sources":[{"id":"SRC-NC-FACILITY","title":"How to establish a mental health, developmental disability, or substance use facility","publisher":"North Carolina Division of Health Service Regulation","url":"https://info.ncdhhs.gov/dhsr/mhlcs/establish.html","locator":"“How to Establish” steps and service-category licensure route under Chapter 122C"}]},{"id":"CLM-NC-OPS-LOCALITY","scope":"state-guidance","question":"Local launch overlay","answer":"The actual address must be screened for local zoning, occupancy, home-occupation, signage, and business-license requirements before launch.","jurisdiction":"North Carolina","status":"Published research","confidence":"Confirmed","lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12","path":"/states/north-carolina/","sources":[{"id":"SRC-NC-ENTITY-SW","title":"Professional corporations and limited liability companies","publisher":"North Carolina Social Work Certification and Licensure Board","url":"https://www.ncswboard.gov/professional-corp-llc/","locator":"Professional entity route; locality determination remains address-specific"}]},{"id":"CLM-NC-OPS-PAYER","scope":"state-guidance","question":"Medicaid and managed-care routing","answer":"North Carolina Medicaid enrollment, managed-care or LME-MCO participation, service definitions, ABA policy, telehealth billing, and supervised-clinician billing require separate current-policy checks.","jurisdiction":"North Carolina","status":"Published research","confidence":"Qualified","lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12","path":"/states/north-carolina/","sources":[{"id":"SRC-NC-MEDICAID","title":"North Carolina Medicaid","publisher":"North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services","url":"https://medicaid.ncdhhs.gov/","locator":"Provider enrollment, clinical coverage policies, and managed-care or Tailored Plan service routes"}]},{"id":"CLM-NC-OPS-PRIVACY","scope":"state-guidance","question":"State breach duties","answer":"North Carolina breach law requires affected-person and Attorney General analysis in addition to any HIPAA or profession-specific confidentiality duties.","jurisdiction":"North Carolina","status":"Published research","confidence":"Confirmed","lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12","path":"/states/north-carolina/","sources":[{"id":"SRC-NC-PRIVACY","title":"Security breach notice requirements","publisher":"North Carolina General Assembly","url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_75/GS_75-65.html","locator":"G.S. §75-65 definitions, notice, Attorney General reporting, and exceptions"}]},{"id":"CLM-NC-PSY-APPLICATION","scope":"state-guidance","question":"Psychologist and LPA applications","answer":"Psychologist and LPA education, exam, experience, supervision, and health-services-provider routes differ; independent LPA authority requires Board approval.","jurisdiction":"North Carolina","status":"Published research","confidence":"Confirmed","lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12","path":"/states/north-carolina/","sources":[{"id":"SRC-NC-PSY-STATUTE","title":"North Carolina Psychology Practice Act","publisher":"North Carolina General Assembly","url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/ByArticle/Chapter_90/Article_18G.html","locator":"G.S. §§90-270.5–90-270.7"}]},{"id":"CLM-NC-PSY-BA-OVERLAP","scope":"state-guidance","question":"Behavior-analysis overlap","answer":"Because psychology authority and the separate behavior-analyst statute can both touch behavior analysis, scope and exemption conclusions must be tied to the practitioner credential and actual service.","jurisdiction":"North Carolina","status":"Published research","confidence":"Qualified","lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12","path":"/states/north-carolina/","sources":[{"id":"SRC-NC-PSY-STATUTE","title":"North Carolina Psychology Practice Act","publisher":"North Carolina General Assembly","url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/ByArticle/Chapter_90/Article_18G.html","locator":"Article 18G scope and exemption provisions read with Article 43 exemptions"}]},{"id":"CLM-NC-PSY-ENTITY","scope":"state-guidance","question":"Psychology professional entity registration","answer":"Board certification is required before operation and Secretary of State filing; 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continuing-education hours, at least nine Category A and three legal or ethics hours; documentation is retained seven years.","jurisdiction":"North Carolina","status":"Published research","confidence":"Confirmed","lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12","path":"/states/north-carolina/","sources":[{"id":"SRC-NC-PSY-CE","title":"Psychology Continuing Education Rules","publisher":"North Carolina Psychology Board","url":"https://www.ncpsychologyboard.org/Office/cerules.htm","locator":"21 NCAC 54 .2104 and Board documentation FAQ"}]},{"id":"CLM-NC-SW-APPLICATION","scope":"state-guidance","question":"Social-work credential application","answer":"CSW, CMSW, and CSWM certification and LCSWA and LCSW licensing use distinct education, exam, clinical experience, and supervision evidence.","jurisdiction":"North Carolina","status":"Published 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No separate state continuing-education subchapter was identified in Chapter 42B.","jurisdiction":"New Jersey","status":"Published research","confidence":"Confirmed","lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12","path":"/states/new-jersey/","sources":[{"id":"SRC-NJ-BA-RULE","title":"N.J.A.C. 13:42B Board of Applied Behavior Analyst Examiners","publisher":"New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs","url":"https://www.njconsumeraffairs.gov/abae/Pages/regulations.aspx","locator":"N.J.A.C. 13:42B-3.1 through 3.3 and 4.1 through 4.6"}]},{"id":"CLM-NJ-BA-PAYER","scope":"state-guidance","question":"Setting exemptions do not create general authority","answer":"Time-limited DDD and Early Intervention exemptions are setting-specific; payer, school, facility, certification, or employment status does not create unrestricted licensure.","jurisdiction":"New Jersey","status":"Published research","confidence":"Confirmed","lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12","path":"/states/new-jersey/","sources":[{"id":"SRC-NJ-BA-RULE","title":"N.J.A.C. 13:42B Board of Applied Behavior Analyst Examiners","publisher":"New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs","url":"https://www.njconsumeraffairs.gov/abae/Pages/regulations.aspx","locator":"N.J.A.C. 13:42B-1.1(b)10 through 12"}]},{"id":"CLM-NJ-BA-RECORDS","scope":"state-guidance","question":"Business practices and records","answer":"Behavior analysts must follow Chapter 42B duties for records, confidentiality, client access, advertising, fees, termination, record custody, and business practices.","jurisdiction":"New Jersey","status":"Published research","confidence":"Confirmed","lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12","path":"/states/new-jersey/","sources":[{"id":"SRC-NJ-BA-RULE","title":"N.J.A.C. 13:42B Board of Applied Behavior Analyst Examiners","publisher":"New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs","url":"https://www.njconsumeraffairs.gov/abae/Pages/regulations.aspx","locator":"N.J.A.C. 13:42B-6.1 through 6.9"}]},{"id":"CLM-NJ-BA-SUP","scope":"state-guidance","question":"LaBA supervision","answer":"LaBA practice requires LBA supervision, compliant supervisor training, documented meetings, records, and reporting required by Subchapter 5.","jurisdiction":"New Jersey","status":"Published research","confidence":"Confirmed","lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12","path":"/states/new-jersey/","sources":[{"id":"SRC-NJ-BA-RULE","title":"N.J.A.C. 13:42B Board of Applied Behavior Analyst Examiners","publisher":"New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs","url":"https://www.njconsumeraffairs.gov/abae/Pages/regulations.aspx","locator":"N.J.A.C. 13:42B-5.1 through 5.3"}]},{"id":"CLM-NJ-BA-TELE","scope":"state-guidance","question":"ABA telehealth","answer":"An LBA or LaBA located in New Jersey or serving a client located in New Jersey must hold a Board license and comply with identity, consent, standard of care, records, privacy, and emergency requirements without expanding scope.","jurisdiction":"New Jersey","status":"Published research","confidence":"Confirmed","lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12","path":"/states/new-jersey/","sources":[{"id":"SRC-NJ-BA-RULE","title":"N.J.A.C. 13:42B Board of Applied Behavior Analyst Examiners","publisher":"New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs","url":"https://www.njconsumeraffairs.gov/abae/Pages/regulations.aspx","locator":"N.J.A.C. 13:42B-7.1 through 7.5"},{"id":"SRC-NJ-TELE-LAW","title":"New Jersey telemedicine and telehealth statute","publisher":"New Jersey Legislature","url":"https://pub.njleg.gov/bills/2016/PL17/117_.HTM","locator":"N.J.S.A. 45:1-62 and 45:1-63"}]},{"id":"CLM-NJ-COUN-APP","scope":"state-guidance","question":"LAC and LPC application sequence","answer":"Applicants must satisfy the education, examination, application, fee, and level-specific requirements, and obtain LAC authority before counting the supervised experience used for LPC licensure.","jurisdiction":"New Jersey","status":"Published research","confidence":"Confirmed","lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12","path":"/states/new-jersey/","sources":[{"id":"SRC-NJ-COUN-RULE","title":"N.J.A.C. 13:34 Professional Counselors","publisher":"New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs","url":"https://www.njconsumeraffairs.gov/pc/Pages/regulations.aspx","locator":"N.J.A.C. 13:34-11.1 through 11.5"},{"id":"SRC-NJ-COUN-FAQ","title":"Professional Counselor Frequently Asked Questions","publisher":"New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs","url":"https://www.njconsumeraffairs.gov/pc/Pages/FAQ.aspx","locator":"FAQ “When can I begin accumulating the supervised experience required for LPC licensure?”"}]},{"id":"CLM-NJ-COUN-AUTH","scope":"state-guidance","question":"LAC and LPC authority","answer":"The Committee regulates professional counseling; LAC is a supervised associate credential and LPC is the independent professional counselor credential.","jurisdiction":"New Jersey","status":"Published research","confidence":"Confirmed","lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12","path":"/states/new-jersey/","sources":[{"id":"SRC-NJ-COUN-RULE","title":"N.J.A.C. 13:34 Professional Counselors","publisher":"New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs","url":"https://www.njconsumeraffairs.gov/pc/Pages/regulations.aspx","locator":"N.J.A.C. 13:34-10.1 and 13:34-10.2"}]},{"id":"CLM-NJ-COUN-COMPACT","scope":"state-guidance","question":"Compact enacted but not live in New Jersey","answer":"New Jersey has joined the Counseling Compact, but the Commission’s current application page does not list New Jersey among jurisdictions issuing or receiving privileges.","jurisdiction":"New Jersey","status":"Enacted, not operational","confidence":"Qualified","lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12","path":"/states/new-jersey/","sources":[{"id":"SRC-NJ-COUN-COMPACT-LAW","title":"P.L.2023, Chapter 324 — Counseling Compact","publisher":"New Jersey Legislature","url":"https://pub.njleg.gov/Bills/2022/PL23/324_.PDF","locator":"P.L.2023, c.324, Section 2; 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applicants with 30 additional counseling graduate credits may use the rule’s 3,000-hour option. LAC practice remains supervised under an approved plan.","jurisdiction":"New Jersey","status":"Published research","confidence":"Confirmed","lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12","path":"/states/new-jersey/","sources":[{"id":"SRC-NJ-COUN-RULE","title":"N.J.A.C. 13:34 Professional Counselors","publisher":"New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs","url":"https://www.njconsumeraffairs.gov/pc/Pages/regulations.aspx","locator":"N.J.A.C. 13:34-11.3 and 13:34-13.1 through 13.3"},{"id":"SRC-NJ-COUN-FAQ","title":"Professional Counselor Frequently Asked Questions","publisher":"New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs","url":"https://www.njconsumeraffairs.gov/pc/Pages/FAQ.aspx","locator":"FAQ application answer, Experience Requirement Options A and B"}]},{"id":"CLM-NJ-COUN-TELE","scope":"state-guidance","question":"Telehealth authority","answer":"A counselor located in New Jersey or serving a client located in New Jersey must hold the applicable Committee license unless a specific statutory exception or operational compact privilege applies, and must satisfy identity, location, standard-of-care, records, and emergency duties.","jurisdiction":"New Jersey","status":"Published research","confidence":"Confirmed","lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12","path":"/states/new-jersey/","sources":[{"id":"SRC-NJ-COUN-RULE","title":"N.J.A.C. 13:34 Professional Counselors","publisher":"New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs","url":"https://www.njconsumeraffairs.gov/pc/Pages/regulations.aspx","locator":"N.J.A.C. 13:34-32.1 through 32.7"},{"id":"SRC-NJ-TELE-LAW","title":"New Jersey telemedicine and telehealth statute","publisher":"New Jersey Legislature","url":"https://pub.njleg.gov/bills/2016/PL17/117_.HTM","locator":"N.J.S.A. 45:1-62 and 45:1-63"}]},{"id":"CLM-NJ-MFT-APP","scope":"state-guidance","question":"Level-specific application route","answer":"LAMFT and LMFT applicants must satisfy the degree, coursework, practicum, examination, application, fee, and experience evidence required for the credential sought.","jurisdiction":"New Jersey","status":"Published research","confidence":"Confirmed","lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12","path":"/states/new-jersey/","sources":[{"id":"SRC-NJ-MFT-RULE","title":"N.J.A.C. 13:34 Marriage and Family Therapists","publisher":"New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs","url":"https://www.njconsumeraffairs.gov/mft/Pages/regulations.aspx","locator":"N.J.A.C. 13:34-2.2 through 2.5"}]},{"id":"CLM-NJ-MFT-AUTH","scope":"state-guidance","question":"LAMFT and LMFT authority","answer":"The Board separately licenses associate and independent marriage and family therapists; an LAMFT may not practice independently, receive a professional fee directly, or advertise independent practice.","jurisdiction":"New Jersey","status":"Published 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counseling, and the LMFT route uses 4,500 hours with specified client-contact, work, and supervision components.","jurisdiction":"New Jersey","status":"Published research","confidence":"Confirmed","lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12","path":"/states/new-jersey/","sources":[{"id":"SRC-NJ-MFT-RULE","title":"N.J.A.C. 13:34 Marriage and Family Therapists","publisher":"New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs","url":"https://www.njconsumeraffairs.gov/mft/Pages/regulations.aspx","locator":"N.J.A.C. 13:34-2.3 and 3.1 through 3.4"},{"id":"SRC-NJ-MFT-FAQ","title":"Marriage and Family Therapy Frequently Asked Questions","publisher":"New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs","url":"https://www.njconsumeraffairs.gov/mft/Pages/FAQ.aspx","locator":"FAQ supervision-plan and 4,500-hour answers"}]},{"id":"CLM-NJ-MFT-TELE","scope":"state-guidance","question":"Telehealth authority and standard","answer":"An LMFT or LAMFT located in New Jersey or serving a client located in New Jersey must hold Board authority and comply with client-location, identity, consent, records, standard-of-care, and emergency requirements.","jurisdiction":"New Jersey","status":"Published research","confidence":"Confirmed","lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12","path":"/states/new-jersey/","sources":[{"id":"SRC-NJ-TELE-LAW","title":"New Jersey telemedicine and telehealth statute","publisher":"New Jersey Legislature","url":"https://pub.njleg.gov/bills/2016/PL17/117_.HTM","locator":"N.J.S.A. 45:1-62 and 45:1-63"},{"id":"SRC-NJ-MFT-RULE","title":"N.J.A.C. 13:34 Marriage and Family Therapists","publisher":"New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs","url":"https://www.njconsumeraffairs.gov/mft/Pages/regulations.aspx","locator":"N.J.A.C. 13:34-6A.1 through 6A.7"}]},{"id":"CLM-NJ-OPS-CLOSURE","scope":"state-guidance","question":"Closure and record custody","answer":"Closure requires a profession-specific record-custody and notice plan, client and payer handoffs, emergency continuity, secure access termination, final wages, and complaint routing.","jurisdiction":"New Jersey","status":"Published research","confidence":"Confirmed","lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12","path":"/states/new-jersey/","sources":[{"id":"SRC-NJ-COUN-RULE","title":"N.J.A.C. 13:34 Professional Counselors","publisher":"New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs","url":"https://www.njconsumeraffairs.gov/pc/Pages/regulations.aspx","locator":"N.J.A.C. 13:34-18.1 through 18.6"},{"id":"SRC-NJ-PRIVACY","title":"New Jersey Data Privacy Act","publisher":"New Jersey Legislature","url":"https://pub.njleg.gov/Bills/2022/PL23/266_.HTM","locator":"N.J.S.A. 56:8-166.12"}]},{"id":"CLM-NJ-OPS-EMPLOYMENT","scope":"state-guidance","question":"Pay transparency, sick leave, and offboarding","answer":"Covered employers must map pay-transparency and earned-sick-leave duties and preserve credential, record-custody, notice, wage, benefit, and access evidence during offboarding.","jurisdiction":"New Jersey","status":"Published research","confidence":"Confirmed","lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12","path":"/states/new-jersey/","sources":[{"id":"SRC-NJ-PAY","title":"Pay and Benefits Transparency","publisher":"New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development","url":"https://www.nj.gov/labor/myworkrights/wages/pay-transparency/","locator":"“Who is covered” and “What must be included in job postings” sections"},{"id":"SRC-NJ-SICK","title":"Earned Sick Leave","publisher":"New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development","url":"https://www.nj.gov/labor/myworkrights/leave-benefits/sick-leave/","locator":"“For employers” eligibility, accrual, use, notice, and recordkeeping sections"}]},{"id":"CLM-NJ-OPS-ENTITY","scope":"state-guidance","question":"Profession-specific ownership, telehealth organization, and locality","answer":"Professional-entity ownership and multidisciplinary combinations must be checked against the entity statute and each board’s rules. An organization primarily administering telemedicine or telehealth must also address the Department of Health annual registration and reporting rule, followed by address-specific business, zoning, occupancy, and home-office review.","jurisdiction":"New Jersey","status":"Published research","confidence":"Confirmed","lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12","path":"/states/new-jersey/","sources":[{"id":"SRC-NJ-ENTITY","title":"Professional Service Corporation Act Amendment","publisher":"New Jersey Legislature","url":"https://pub.njleg.gov/bills/2014/PL14/79_.HTM","locator":"P.L.2014, c.79, sections 1 and 2"},{"id":"SRC-NJ-TELE-LAW","title":"New Jersey telemedicine and telehealth statute","publisher":"New Jersey Legislature","url":"https://pub.njleg.gov/bills/2016/PL17/117_.HTM","locator":"N.J.S.A. 45:1-61 definition of “telemedicine or telehealth organization” and 45:1-64(a)—(d)"}]},{"id":"CLM-NJ-OPS-OPSFACILITY","scope":"state-guidance","question":"Program versus private practice","answer":"New Jersey adopted N.J.A.C. 8:43K for outpatient and integrated care facility licensing in 2026, with related N.J.A.C. 8:43E and 8:121 amendments; the actual service model controls applicability.","jurisdiction":"New Jersey","status":"Published research","confidence":"Confirmed","lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12","path":"/states/new-jersey/","sources":[{"id":"SRC-NJ-FACILITY","title":"2026 outpatient and integrated care facility licensing adoption","publisher":"New Jersey Department of Health","url":"https://www.nj.gov/health/legal/rules/notice-of-rule-adoption/","locator":"58 N.J.R. 1311(b), April 6, 2026 adoption: N.J.A.C. 8:43K, 8:43E, and 8:121"}]},{"id":"CLM-NJ-OPS-PAYER","scope":"state-guidance","question":"FamilyCare enrollment and MCO contracting","answer":"FamilyCare enrollment and screening do not establish an MCO network contract; provider, rendering-clinician, location, supervision, service, coding, and telehealth billing rules must be confirmed separately.","jurisdiction":"New Jersey","status":"Published research","confidence":"Confirmed","lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12","path":"/states/new-jersey/","sources":[{"id":"SRC-NJ-MEDICAID","title":"New Jersey FamilyCare Provider Overview","publisher":"New Jersey Department of Human Services","url":"https://www.nj.gov/humanservices/dmahs/providers-stakeholders/overview/","locator":"Provider enrollment and managed-care organization sections"}]},{"id":"CLM-NJ-OPS-PRIVACY","scope":"state-guidance","question":"Data-level privacy and breach analysis","answer":"The NJDPA excludes specified HIPAA-regulated information rather than every health-practice activity, and a covered breach must be reported to State Police before notice to affected customers.","jurisdiction":"New Jersey","status":"Published 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record duties.","jurisdiction":"New Jersey","status":"Published research","confidence":"Qualified","lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12","path":"/states/new-jersey/","sources":[{"id":"SRC-NJ-PRIVACY","title":"New Jersey Data Privacy Act","publisher":"New Jersey Legislature","url":"https://pub.njleg.gov/Bills/2022/PL23/266_.HTM","locator":"N.J.S.A. 56:8-166.5, 56:8-166.6, and 56:8-166.12"}]},{"id":"CLM-NJ-OPS-TRANS","scope":"state-guidance","question":"Monitor ABA sunsets, compact launches, and 2026 facility rules","answer":"The distinct ABA exemption sunsets, non-operational compact routes, PSYPACT conflict, and newly adopted facility rules require scheduled and event-driven monitoring.","jurisdiction":"New Jersey","status":"Open implementation issue","confidence":"Qualified","lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12","path":"/states/new-jersey/","sources":[{"id":"SRC-NJ-BA-RULE","title":"N.J.A.C. 13:42B Board of Applied Behavior Analyst 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Code §§47.11–47.16"}]},{"id":"CLM-PA-SW-SWAUTH","scope":"state-guidance","question":"Three license levels","answer":"The Board issues LBSW, LSW, and LCSW licenses and applies different qualifications and practice authority to each level.","jurisdiction":"Pennsylvania","status":"Published research","confidence":"Confirmed","lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12","path":"/states/pennsylvania/","sources":[{"id":"SRC-PA-SW-RULE","title":"Chapter 47 Social Work Board Regulations","publisher":"Pennsylvania Code and Bulletin","url":"https://www.pacodeandbulletin.gov/Display/pacode?d=reduce&file=%2Fsecure%2Fpacode%2Fdata%2F049%2Fchapter47%2Fchap47toc.html","locator":"49 Pa. Code §§47.11–47.13"}]},{"id":"CLM-PA-SW-SWCLINICAL","scope":"state-guidance","question":"Clinical credential","answer":"The LCSW is the license associated with clinical social-work practice, including the qualifying supervised clinical-experience pathway.","jurisdiction":"Pennsylvania","status":"Published research","confidence":"Confirmed","lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12","path":"/states/pennsylvania/","sources":[{"id":"SRC-PA-SW-RULE","title":"Chapter 47 Social Work Board Regulations","publisher":"Pennsylvania Code and Bulletin","url":"https://www.pacodeandbulletin.gov/Display/pacode?d=reduce&file=%2Fsecure%2Fpacode%2Fdata%2F049%2Fchapter47%2Fchap47toc.html","locator":"49 Pa. Code §§47.12–47.13"}]},{"id":"CLM-PA-SW-SWCOMPACT","scope":"state-guidance","question":"No current compact authority identified","answer":"Pennsylvania compact proposals and Board discussion do not constitute an enacted and operational Social Work Licensure Compact pathway.","jurisdiction":"Pennsylvania","status":"Open implementation issue","confidence":"Qualified","lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12","path":"/states/pennsylvania/","sources":[{"id":"SRC-PA-COMPACTS","title":"Health Care Licensure Compacts","publisher":"Pennsylvania Department of State","url":"https://www.pa.gov/agencies/dos/resources/professional-licensing-resources/health-care-licensure-compacts","locator":"“Social Work Licensure Compact” section and current implementation status"}]},{"id":"CLM-PA-SW-SWENTITY","scope":"state-guidance","question":"Social-work professional corporation","answer":"A social-work professional corporation requires permitted owners, Board filing and name approval, and required updates.","jurisdiction":"Pennsylvania","status":"Published research","confidence":"Confirmed","lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12","path":"/states/pennsylvania/","sources":[{"id":"SRC-PA-ENTITY-SW","title":"Social Work Professional Corporations","publisher":"Pennsylvania Code and Bulletin","url":"https://www.pacodeandbulletin.gov/Display/pacode?d=reduce&file=%2Fsecure%2Fpacode%2Fdata%2F049%2Fchapter47%2Fs47.21.html","locator":"49 Pa. Code §47.21(a)–(e) and §47.22"}]},{"id":"CLM-PA-SW-SWRECORDS","scope":"state-guidance","question":"Social-work client records","answer":"Social-work confidentiality, service-record content, continuity, and retention rules apply to the actual custodian alongside MHPA, HIPAA, and program law.","jurisdiction":"Pennsylvania","status":"Published research","confidence":"Confirmed","lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12","path":"/states/pennsylvania/","sources":[{"id":"SRC-PA-SW-RULE","title":"Chapter 47 Social Work Board Regulations","publisher":"Pennsylvania Code and Bulletin","url":"https://www.pacodeandbulletin.gov/Display/pacode?d=reduce&file=%2Fsecure%2Fpacode%2Fdata%2F049%2Fchapter47%2Fchap47toc.html","locator":"49 Pa. Code §§47.72 and 47.78"}]},{"id":"CLM-PA-SW-SWRENEW","scope":"state-guidance","question":"Social-work renewal and discipline","answer":"Renewal, inactive or reactivation status, continuing education, audit, and professional-conduct requirements are credential-specific.","jurisdiction":"Pennsylvania","status":"Published research","confidence":"Confirmed","lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12","path":"/states/pennsylvania/","sources":[{"id":"SRC-PA-SW-RULE","title":"Chapter 47 Social Work Board Regulations","publisher":"Pennsylvania Code and Bulletin","url":"https://www.pacodeandbulletin.gov/Display/pacode?d=reduce&file=%2Fsecure%2Fpacode%2Fdata%2F049%2Fchapter47%2Fchap47toc.html","locator":"49 Pa. Code §§47.15, 47.31–47.42, and 47.71–47.80"}]},{"id":"CLM-PA-SW-SWSUP","scope":"state-guidance","question":"Supervisor standards","answer":"Supervised clinical experience must satisfy the Board’s supervisor-qualification, documentation, and experience rules rather than an employer title alone.","jurisdiction":"Pennsylvania","status":"Published research","confidence":"Confirmed","lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12","path":"/states/pennsylvania/","sources":[{"id":"SRC-PA-SW-RULE","title":"Chapter 47 Social Work Board Regulations","publisher":"Pennsylvania Code and Bulletin","url":"https://www.pacodeandbulletin.gov/Display/pacode?d=reduce&file=%2Fsecure%2Fpacode%2Fdata%2F049%2Fchapter47%2Fchap47toc.html","locator":"49 Pa. Code §47.12c and related supervised-clinical-experience provisions"}]},{"id":"CLM-SC-BA-FAILED-BILL","scope":"state-guidance","question":"Prior licensure bill was not enacted","answer":"H.3731 proposed behavior analyst and assistant behavior analyst licensure, but its official history shows only introduction and committee referral in the 2021-2022 session; proposal text is not current law.","jurisdiction":"South Carolina","status":"Published research","confidence":"Confirmed","lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12","path":"/states/south-carolina/","sources":[{"id":"SRC-SC-BA-BILL","title":"H.3731 behavior analyst licensure proposal and history","publisher":"South Carolina Legislature","url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=3731&session=124","locator":"H.3731 (2021–2022) official history: introduction and committee referral only"}]},{"id":"CLM-SC-BA-MEDICAID","scope":"state-guidance","question":"Medicaid qualification is separate","answer":"SCDHHS autism-provider materials use BCBA and BCaBA qualifications, but payer recognition or national certification is not a South Carolina professional license.","jurisdiction":"South Carolina","status":"Published research","confidence":"Confirmed","lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12","path":"/states/south-carolina/","sources":[{"id":"SRC-SC-BA-MEDICAID","title":"Autism spectrum disorder provider resources","publisher":"South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services","url":"https://www.scdhhs.gov/resources/programs-and-initiatives/autism-spectrum-disorder-services/providers/provider-resources","locator":"Current autism provider qualification sections for BCBA and BCaBA"}]},{"id":"CLM-SC-BA-MONITOR","scope":"state-guidance","question":"Negative finding requires monitoring","answer":"Because licensure proposals and service-specific rules can change, the LLR board inventory, current Title 40, SCDHHS provider rules, and new legislation should be checked before reliance.","jurisdiction":"South Carolina","status":"Published research","confidence":"Qualified","lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12","path":"/states/south-carolina/","sources":[{"id":"SRC-SC-LLR-DIRECTORY","title":"Professional and occupational licensing boards","publisher":"South Carolina Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation","url":"https://llr.sc.gov/","locator":"Current LLR profession inventory"}]},{"id":"CLM-SC-BA-NEGATIVE","scope":"state-guidance","question":"No general state BA license identified","answer":"We did not identify a current general state behavior-analyst license in the official sources reviewed. Other professional, payer, facility, education, certification, or employment requirements may still apply.","jurisdiction":"South Carolina","status":"Published research","confidence":"Qualified","lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12","path":"/states/south-carolina/","sources":[{"id":"SRC-SC-LLR-DIRECTORY","title":"Professional and occupational licensing boards","publisher":"South Carolina Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation","url":"https://llr.sc.gov/","locator":"Current LLR profession and board inventory; no general BA board or application listed"}]},{"id":"CLM-SC-BA-NO-ASSISTANT","scope":"state-guidance","question":"No general assistant license identified","answer":"The current LLR profession inventory does not provide a general state Licensed Assistant Behavior Analyst application or verification route.","jurisdiction":"South Carolina","status":"Published research","confidence":"Qualified","lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12","path":"/states/south-carolina/","sources":[{"id":"SRC-SC-LLR-DIRECTORY","title":"Professional and occupational licensing boards","publisher":"South Carolina Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation","url":"https://llr.sc.gov/","locator":"Current LLR profession and application inventory"}]},{"id":"CLM-SC-COUN-APPLICATION","scope":"state-guidance","question":"Counselor application route","answer":"LPC Associate and LPC use distinct education, examination, background, supervision, experience, and application evidence.","jurisdiction":"South Carolina","status":"Published research","confidence":"Confirmed","lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12","path":"/states/south-carolina/","sources":[{"id":"SRC-SC-COUN-REG","title":"Chapter 36: Counselors and Marriage and Family Therapists","publisher":"South Carolina Legislature","url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/coderegs/Chapter%2036.pdf","locator":"Chapter 36 credential-specific education, examination, and supervision provisions"}]},{"id":"CLM-SC-COUN-ASSOCIATE","scope":"state-guidance","question":"Associate supervision","answer":"An LPC Associate practices under the Board supervision route and should not be treated as independently licensed.","jurisdiction":"South Carolina","status":"Published research","confidence":"Confirmed","lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12","path":"/states/south-carolina/","sources":[{"id":"SRC-SC-COUN-REG","title":"Chapter 36: Counselors and Marriage and Family Therapists","publisher":"South Carolina Legislature","url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/coderegs/Chapter%2036.pdf","locator":"Reg. 36-05 and 36-06"}]},{"id":"CLM-SC-COUN-COMPACT","scope":"state-guidance","question":"Counseling Compact is not yet live for South Carolina","answer":"South Carolina enacted and joined the Counseling Compact, but the Compact Commission currently marks South Carolina as not live; no compact practice should begin until a privilege is issued.","jurisdiction":"South Carolina","status":"Enacted, not operational","confidence":"Confirmed","lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12","path":"/states/south-carolina/","sources":[{"id":"SRC-SC-COMPACT-LAW","title":"Act 189 — Professional Counseling Compact Act","publisher":"South Carolina Legislature","url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/bills/610.htm","locator":"Act 189 of 2024, effective May 21, 2024"},{"id":"SRC-SC-COMPACT-STATUS","title":"Counseling Compact state implementation status","publisher":"Counseling Compact Commission","url":"https://counselingcompact.gov/state-contact-information/","locator":"South Carolina jurisdiction row, “not live” implementation status"}]},{"id":"CLM-SC-COUN-LICENSE","scope":"state-guidance","question":"Professional counselor license","answer":"South Carolina regulates professional counseling and protected counselor titles under Title 40, Chapter 75.","jurisdiction":"South Carolina","status":"Published research","confidence":"Confirmed","lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12","path":"/states/south-carolina/","sources":[{"id":"SRC-SC-COUN-CODE","title":"Title 40 Chapter 75: Professional Counselors and Marriage and Family Therapists","publisher":"South Carolina Legislature","url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t40c075.php","locator":"S.C. Code §§40-75-20, 40-75-30, and 40-75-100"}]},{"id":"CLM-SC-COUN-LPC-ONLY","scope":"state-guidance","question":"Compact profession boundary","answer":"The Counseling Compact is a professional-counselor route and should not be extended to LMFT, social work, psychology, or behavior-analysis credentials.","jurisdiction":"South Carolina","status":"Published research","confidence":"Confirmed","lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12","path":"/states/south-carolina/","sources":[{"id":"SRC-SC-COMPACT-STATUS","title":"Counseling Compact state implementation status","publisher":"Counseling Compact Commission","url":"https://counselingcompact.gov/state-contact-information/","locator":"Compact profession definition and South Carolina jurisdiction row"}]},{"id":"CLM-SC-COUN-RECORDS","scope":"state-guidance","question":"Counselor disclosure and confidentiality","answer":"Counselor confidentiality and privilege and the professional disclosure statement apply to client information; custody and retention also depend on the actual setting.","jurisdiction":"South Carolina","status":"Published research","confidence":"Confirmed","lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12","path":"/states/south-carolina/","sources":[{"id":"SRC-SC-COUN-CODE","title":"Title 40 Chapter 75: Professional Counselors and Marriage and Family Therapists","publisher":"South Carolina Legislature","url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t40c075.php","locator":"S.C. Code §§40-75-190 and 40-75-270"}]},{"id":"CLM-SC-COUN-RENEWAL","scope":"state-guidance","question":"Counselor continuing education","answer":"Biennial renewal requires 40 Board-approved hours: 33 profession-related, one suicide assessment, treatment and management hour, and six ethics hours.","jurisdiction":"South Carolina","status":"Published research","confidence":"Confirmed","lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12","path":"/states/south-carolina/","sources":[{"id":"SRC-SC-COUN-REG","title":"Chapter 36: Counselors and Marriage and Family Therapists","publisher":"South Carolina Legislature","url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/coderegs/Chapter%2036.pdf","locator":"Reg. 36-16(1)"}]},{"id":"CLM-SC-COUN-TELEHEALTH-REG","scope":"state-guidance","question":"Out-of-state telehealth registration","answer":"A qualifying out-of-state professional counselor located outside South Carolina may use the Board behavioral telehealth registration route, which does not authorize in-person practice or a South Carolina office.","jurisdiction":"South Carolina","status":"Published research","confidence":"Confirmed","lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12","path":"/states/south-carolina/","sources":[{"id":"SRC-SC-COUN-TELEHEALTH","title":"Behavioral telehealth registration","publisher":"South Carolina Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation","url":"https://www.llr.sc.gov/cou/pub.aspx","locator":"Behavioral telehealth registration eligibility and restrictions on in-person service and a South Carolina office"}]},{"id":"CLM-SC-MFT-APPLICATION","scope":"state-guidance","question":"MFT application route","answer":"LMFT Associate and LMFT use distinct education, examination, supervision, experience, and application evidence.","jurisdiction":"South Carolina","status":"Published research","confidence":"Confirmed","lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12","path":"/states/south-carolina/","sources":[{"id":"SRC-SC-COUN-REG","title":"Chapter 36: Counselors and Marriage and Family Therapists","publisher":"South Carolina Legislature","url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/coderegs/Chapter%2036.pdf","locator":"Chapter 36 MFT credential and supervisor provisions"}]},{"id":"CLM-SC-MFT-ASSOCIATE","scope":"state-guidance","question":"LMFT Associate supervision","answer":"An LMFT Associate may practice only under the supervision route accepted by the Board.","jurisdiction":"South Carolina","status":"Published research","confidence":"Confirmed","lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12","path":"/states/south-carolina/","sources":[{"id":"SRC-SC-COUN-REG","title":"Chapter 36: Counselors and Marriage and Family Therapists","publisher":"South Carolina Legislature","url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/coderegs/Chapter%2036.pdf","locator":"Reg. 36-08 and 36-09"}]},{"id":"CLM-SC-MFT-LICENSE","scope":"state-guidance","question":"Distinct LMFT license","answer":"The combined Board separately licenses marriage and family therapists under the LMFT credential rather than the LPC credential.","jurisdiction":"South Carolina","status":"Published research","confidence":"Confirmed","lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12","path":"/states/south-carolina/","sources":[{"id":"SRC-SC-COUN-CODE","title":"Title 40 Chapter 75: Professional Counselors and Marriage and Family Therapists","publisher":"South Carolina Legislature","url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t40c075.php","locator":"S.C. Code §§40-75-20, 40-75-30, and 40-75-110"}]},{"id":"CLM-SC-MFT-NO-COUN-COMPACT","scope":"state-guidance","question":"Counseling Compact does not cover LMFT","answer":"An LMFT cannot rely on the Counseling Compact merely because the combined Board regulates both professions.","jurisdiction":"South Carolina","status":"Published research","confidence":"Qualified","lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12","path":"/states/south-carolina/","sources":[{"id":"SRC-SC-COMPACT-STATUS","title":"Counseling Compact state implementation status","publisher":"Counseling Compact Commission","url":"https://counselingcompact.gov/state-contact-information/","locator":"Counseling Compact profession definition"}]},{"id":"CLM-SC-MFT-RECORDS","scope":"state-guidance","question":"MFT disclosure and confidentiality","answer":"MFT confidentiality and privilege and the professional disclosure statement apply to client information; custody and retention also depend on the setting.","jurisdiction":"South Carolina","status":"Published research","confidence":"Confirmed","lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12","path":"/states/south-carolina/","sources":[{"id":"SRC-SC-COUN-CODE","title":"Title 40 Chapter 75: Professional Counselors and Marriage and Family Therapists","publisher":"South Carolina Legislature","url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t40c075.php","locator":"S.C. Code §§40-75-190 and 40-75-270"}]},{"id":"CLM-SC-MFT-RENEWAL","scope":"state-guidance","question":"MFT continuing education","answer":"Biennial renewal requires 40 Board-approved hours: 33 profession-related, one suicide assessment, treatment and management hour, and six ethics hours.","jurisdiction":"South Carolina","status":"Published research","confidence":"Confirmed","lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12","path":"/states/south-carolina/","sources":[{"id":"SRC-SC-COUN-REG","title":"Chapter 36: Counselors and Marriage and Family Therapists","publisher":"South Carolina Legislature","url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/coderegs/Chapter%2036.pdf","locator":"Reg. 36-16(1)"}]},{"id":"CLM-SC-MFT-SUPERVISOR","scope":"state-guidance","question":"Supervisor status is separate","answer":"Supervising an LMFT Associate requires satisfaction of the Board supervisor requirements rather than independent LMFT licensure alone.","jurisdiction":"South Carolina","status":"Published research","confidence":"Confirmed","lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12","path":"/states/south-carolina/","sources":[{"id":"SRC-SC-COUN-REG","title":"Chapter 36: Counselors and Marriage and Family Therapists","publisher":"South Carolina Legislature","url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/coderegs/Chapter%2036.pdf","locator":"Chapter 36 LMFT supervisor qualification provisions"}]},{"id":"CLM-SC-MFT-TELEHEALTH-REG","scope":"state-guidance","question":"Out-of-state telehealth registration","answer":"A qualifying out-of-state LMFT located outside South Carolina may apply for behavioral telehealth registration, subject to the statutory restrictions on in-person services and a South Carolina office.","jurisdiction":"South Carolina","status":"Published research","confidence":"Confirmed","lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12","path":"/states/south-carolina/","sources":[{"id":"SRC-SC-COUN-TELEHEALTH","title":"Behavioral telehealth registration","publisher":"South Carolina Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation","url":"https://www.llr.sc.gov/cou/pub.aspx","locator":"Behavioral telehealth registration eligibility and restrictions on in-person service and a South Carolina office"}]},{"id":"CLM-SC-OPS-EMPLOYMENT","scope":"state-guidance","question":"Wage and workforce setup","answer":"Covered employers must give specified hire notice, give seven-day notice of specified changes, and retain wage records for three years; classification, insurance, supervision, and offboarding remain separate.","jurisdiction":"South Carolina","status":"Published research","confidence":"Confirmed","lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12","path":"/states/south-carolina/","sources":[{"id":"SRC-SC-EMPLOYMENT-LAW","title":"Payment of Wages Act","publisher":"South Carolina Legislature","url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t41c010.php","locator":"S.C. Code §§41-10-20 and 41-10-30"}]},{"id":"CLM-SC-OPS-ENTITY","scope":"state-guidance","question":"Entity and professional ownership","answer":"Secretary of State formation does not determine whether a profession permits the selected entity, owners, name, multidisciplinary arrangement, or fee-sharing model.","jurisdiction":"South Carolina","status":"Published research","confidence":"Confirmed","lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12","path":"/states/south-carolina/","sources":[{"id":"SRC-SC-ENTITY","title":"Online filings for business entities","publisher":"South Carolina Secretary of State","url":"https://www.sos.sc.gov/online-filings/business-entities","locator":"Business entity formation route; Title 33 Chapter 19 professional-corporation overlay"}]},{"id":"CLM-SC-OPS-FACILITY","scope":"state-guidance","question":"Facility and program screen","answer":"DPH facility licensure depends on the service model; chemical-dependency services can trigger outpatient facility rules, while crisis, residential, and hospital services have separate categories.","jurisdiction":"South Carolina","status":"Published research","confidence":"Confirmed","lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12","path":"/states/south-carolina/","sources":[{"id":"SRC-SC-FACILITY","title":"Health care facility licensing","publisher":"South Carolina Department of Public Health","url":"https://dph.sc.gov/professionals/healthcare-quality/healthcare-facility-licensing","locator":"Healthcare Facility Licensing facility-type inventory"}]},{"id":"CLM-SC-OPS-LOCALITY","scope":"state-guidance","question":"Local business licenses","answer":"South Carolina has no single statewide general business license; cities and counties administer local business licensing and may require more than one jurisdictional check.","jurisdiction":"South Carolina","status":"Published research","confidence":"Confirmed","lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12","path":"/states/south-carolina/","sources":[{"id":"SRC-SC-LOCALITY","title":"South Carolina business licenses","publisher":"South Carolina Business One Stop","url":"https://www.scbos.sc.gov/business-compliance/licenses/business-license","locator":"Business License Standardization and jurisdiction lookup headings"}]},{"id":"CLM-SC-OPS-MEDICAID-2026","scope":"state-guidance","question":"2026 behavioral-health manual update","answer":"SCDHHS published RBHS and licensed-independent-practitioner manual changes effective July 1, 2026, making prior manual summaries unsafe for current billing.","jurisdiction":"South Carolina","status":"Published research","confidence":"Confirmed","lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12","path":"/states/south-carolina/","sources":[{"id":"SRC-SC-MEDICAID-UPDATE","title":"Updates to rehabilitative behavioral health and licensed independent practitioner manuals","publisher":"South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services","url":"https://www.scdhhs.gov/communications/updates-rehabilitative-behavioral-health-services-and-licensed-independent","locator":"July 1, 2026 effective date and RBHS/LIP manual-change notice"}]},{"id":"CLM-SC-OPS-PAYER","scope":"state-guidance","question":"Date-of-service Medicaid manual","answer":"South Carolina Medicaid behavioral-health requirements must be matched to the provider type, service, managed-care arrangement, and manual version in effect on the date of service.","jurisdiction":"South Carolina","status":"Published research","confidence":"Confirmed","lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12","path":"/states/south-carolina/","sources":[{"id":"SRC-SC-MEDICAID-MANUALS","title":"South Carolina Medicaid provider manuals","publisher":"South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services","url":"https://www.scdhhs.gov/providers/provider-manual-list-0","locator":"Provider Manual List, current manual and archive links"}]},{"id":"CLM-SC-OPS-PRIVACY","scope":"state-guidance","question":"State breach reporting","answer":"South Carolina breach response can require resident notice and, when 1,000 or more South Carolina residents are notified, notice to the Department of Consumer Affairs and nationwide consumer reporting agencies.","jurisdiction":"South Carolina","status":"Published research","confidence":"Confirmed","lastFactCheckedAt":"2026-08-12","nextReviewAt":"2026-09-12","path":"/states/south-carolina/","sources":[{"id":"SRC-SC-PRIVACY-LAW","title":"Section 39-1-90: Security Breach Notice","publisher":"South Carolina Legislature","url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t39c001.php","locator":"S.C. 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Choosing Build a clearer team now keeps the People filter visible, moves the matching six resources into view, and supports Back and normal open-in-new-tab behavior.","actionNeeded":"None","affectedResources":["Guidance","People and team operations","Client Operations","Money basics","Technology"],"path":"/updates/guidance-topics-made-easier-to-browse/"},{"id":"CHG-2026-013","title":"Guide worksheets made editable and vendor homepage previews refreshed","summary":"Every published guide now includes an editable device-local finish worksheet, and all twelve technology profiles show a current screenshot of the hero section from the vendor’s official homepage.","classification":"Informational","effectiveAt":"2026-08-08","userImpact":"Owners can type into the finish worksheet, keep a draft in the same browser, print it, or download plain-text notes. 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