Nev. Admin. Code § 641A.Sec. 1

Current through October 11, 2024
Section 641A.Sec. 1 - NEW
1. Informed written consent provided pursuant to NRS 641A.297 for the use of a recording of the provision of mental health services by a marriage and family therapist or clinical professional counselor to a client in a training activity must be in substantially the following form:

DRAFT OF INFORMED CONSENT

Agency/Practitioner Name

Informed Consent to Record Therapy Sessions via

Electro-Mechanical or Electronic Recordings

I am requesting your permission to record our therapy session or sessions either by electro-mechanical or electronic recordings. The purpose of this recording is to help me serve you better and to review and evaluate my therapy techniques. No recording will be done without your prior knowledge and consent.

1. You are not required to be videotaped and are under no obligation to have sessions recorded.
2. You can request that the recorder be turned off at any time and may request that any portion or the entire recording be erased.
3. You may terminate this permission to record at any time.
4. The purpose of recording is for use in training and supervision.
5. The contents of these recorded sessions are confidential.
6. The electro-mechanical or electronic recordings will be stored in a secure location and will not be used for any other purpose without your explicit written permission.
7. The electro-mechanical or electronic recordings will be destroyed 1 year after the date of recording.

All viewers of the electro-mechanical or electronic recording, including myself, are bound by the ethical standards of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy or the National Board for Certified Counselors and the American Counseling Association, as applicable.

This consent expires 365 days after the date of your signature below.

The original copy of this consent form will be kept in your records with this agency.

By signing below, you are stating that you have read and understood the Informed Consent to Record Therapy Sessions via Electro-Mechanical or Electronic Recordings and that you are permitting (Agency/Practitioner Name) to audio or video record our session(s).

____________________________

Name of Client (Please print)

____________________________

Signature Date

2. A marriage and family therapist or clinical professional counselor shall maintain the informed written consent described in subsection 1 for at least 1 year after the date on which the recording to which the informed written consent pertains is destroyed.
3. A program of education for mental health professionals, a mental health professional or a person receiving training for mental health professionals that uses a recording of the provision of mental health services by a marriage and family therapist or clinical professional counselor to a client for a training activity shall destroy the recording on or before the date 1 year after the recording was made.
4. As used in this section and NRS 641A.297, "training activity" means:
(a) A meeting between a supervisor and an intern where a recording is reviewed; or
(b) A presentation of a case by an intern to a supervisor and a discussion by a supervisor on the proper management and treatment of the case.

Nev. Admin. Code § 641A.Sec. 1

Added to NAC by Bd. of Exam'rs for Marriage & Fam. Therapists & Clinical Prof. Counselors by R057-22A, eff. 9/13/2022

NRS 641A.160, 641A.297