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(i) an associate marriage and family therapist;
(j) a clinical mental health counselor; or
(k) an associate clinical mental health counselor.
(7) "Mental illness" means a mental or emotional condition defined in an approved diagnostic and
statistical manual for mental disorders generally recognized in the professions of mental health
therapy listed under Subsection (6).
(8) "Practice of mental health therapy" means the treatment or prevention of mental illness,
whether in person or remotely, including:
(a) conducting a professional evaluation of an individual's condition of mental health, mental
illness, or emotional disorder;
(b) establishing a diagnosis in accordance with established written standards generally
recognized in the professions of mental health therapy listed under Subsection (6);
(c) prescribing a plan for the prevention or treatment of a condition of mental illness or emotional
disorder; and
(d) engaging in the conduct of professional intervention, including psychotherapy by the
application of established methods and procedures generally recognized in the professions of
mental health therapy listed under Subsection (6).
(9)
(a) "Practice of psychology" includes:
(i) the practice of mental health therapy by means of observation, description, evaluation,
interpretation, intervention, and treatment to effect modification of human behavior by the
application of generally recognized professional psychological principles, methods, and
procedures for the purpose of preventing, treating, or eliminating mental or emotional illness
or dysfunction, the symptoms of any of these, or maladaptive behavior;
(ii) the observation, description, evaluation, interpretation, or modification of human behavior
by the application of generally recognized professional principles, methods, or procedures
requiring the education, training, and clinical experience of a psychologist, for the purpose
of assessing, diagnosing, preventing, or eliminating symptomatic, maladaptive, or undesired
behavior and of enhancing interpersonal relationships, work and life adjustment, personal
effectiveness, behavioral health, and mental health;
(iii) psychological testing and the evaluation or assessment of personal characteristics such as
intelligence, personality, abilities, interests, aptitudes, and neuropsychological functioning;
(iv) counseling, marriage and family therapy, psychoanalysis, psychotherapy, hypnosis, and
behavior analysis and therapy;
(v) diagnosis and treatment of mental and emotional disorders of disability, alcoholism and
substance abuse, disorders of habit or conduct, and the psychological aspects of physical
illness, accident, injury, or disability; and
(vi) psychoeducational evaluation, therapy, remediation, and consultation.
(b) An individual practicing psychology may provide services to individuals, couples, families,
groups of individuals, members of the public, and individuals or groups within organizations or
institutions.
(10) "Remotely" means communicating via Internet, telephone, or other electronic means that
facilitate real-time audio or visual interaction between individuals when they are not physically
present in the same room at the same time.
(11) "Unlawful conduct" is as defined in Sections 58-1-501 and 58-61-501.
(12) "Unprofessional conduct" is as defined in Sections 58-1-501 and 58-61-502, and may be
further defined by division rule.