641C.065 - “Clinical practice of counseling alcohol and drug abusers” defined.
641C.065 “Clinical practice of counseling alcohol and drug abusers” defined.
1. “Clinical practice of counseling alcohol and drug abusers” means:
(a) The application of counseling to reduce or eliminate the habitual use of alcohol or other drugs, other than any maintenance dosage of a narcotic or habit-forming drug administered pursuant to chapter 453 of NRS; and
(b) The identification, evaluation and diagnosis of and treatment for a mental illness when a person with mental illness is also an alcoholic or abuser of drugs.
2. The term does not include:
(a) The diagnosis or treatment of a psychotic disorder; or
(b) The use of a psychological or psychometric assessment test to determine intelligence, personality, aptitude and interests.
(Added to NRS by 2007, 3063)