Sec. 20-195m. Definitions.
Sec. 20-195m. Definitions. As used in subsection (c) of section 19a-14, section
19a-18, sections 20-195n to 20-195q, inclusive, and this section:
(1) "Licensed clinical social worker" means a person who has been licensed pursuant to this chapter;
(2) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Public Health;
(3) "Department" means the Department of Public Health; and
(4) "Clinical social work" means the application, by persons trained in social work,
of established principles of psychosocial development, behavior, psychopathology, unconscious motivation, interpersonal relationships and environmental stress to the evaluation, assessment, diagnosis and treatment of biopsychosocial dysfunction, disability
and impairment, including mental, emotional, behavioral, developmental and addictive
disorders, of individuals, couples, families or groups. Clinical social work includes, but
is not limited to, counseling, psychotherapy, behavior modification and mental health
consultation.
(P.A. 85-531, S. 1; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-116, S. 1; 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58.)
History: P.A. 93-381 replaced department and commissioner of health services with department and commissioner of
public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-116 changed "certified independent" to "licensed
clinical" social worker and defined "clinical social work"; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public
Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995.