Agenda for Board of Registration of Allied Mental Health and Human Services Professions – 10/18/24

Board business

• Roll call vote for attendance
• Public meeting minutes of September 20, 2024 – VOTE
• Executive session minutes of September 20, 2024 – VOTE
• Ratification of decisions by board staff to approve applications – VOTE
• Application processing
• Update on Association of Marital and Family Therapy Regulatory Boards (AMFTRB) Conference and Council on Licensure, Enforcement and Regulation (CLEAR) Conference – Frank Gomez
• Harm Reduction Services in Healthcare Settings for People Who Use Drugs (PWUD)

Monitoring interview

• Jessica Soto Sierra, 2021-000229-IT-ENF, petition to terminate probation – VOTE
• Interview of Jessica Soto Sierra and supervisor Suzann Heron

LMHC application reviews – reciprocity

• Hopeton Shaw – VOTE
• Brandy Goins – VOTE
• Lucy McLellan – VOTE

LMHC application review

• Maria Florencia Lopez Allende – VOTE

LMFT application review

• Graciela Guttierez – VOTE

NCMHCE ESL accommodation requests

• Ivan O’Farrell – VOTE
• Johan Kim – VOTE
• Laura Melendez Diaz – VOTE

Monitoring

• Alyson Marcell, conditional licensure agreement, approval of proposed supervisor – VOTE
• Jaqueline Dupont, 2021-000408-IT-ENF, revised 3rd quarterly monitoring report – VOTE

Comments from professional associations

Open session for topics not reasonably anticipated by the Chair 48 hours before meeting

Executive session CLOSED under G.L. c. 30A, § 21(a)(1) and under G.L. c. 30A, § 21(a)(7) to comply with G.L. c. 4, § 7, ¶ 26(c) and G.L. c. 214, § 1B; specifically, the Board will discuss and evaluate the good moral character of an applicant as required for licensure and a petition and examination accommodation requests that involve medical records and information of patients.

Investigative conference CLOSED under G.L. c. 112, § 65C

Adjournment

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