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Public Meeting Notice  Board of Registration of Allied Mental Health and Human Services Professions – 12/20/24

December 20, 2024 at 10 :00 am
Posted: December 11, 2024 3 p.m.
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Overview   of Board of Registration of Allied Mental Health and Human Services Professions – 12/20/24

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Agenda

Board business

  • Roll call vote for attendance
  • Public meeting minutes of October 18, 2024 – VOTE
  • Executive session minutes of October 18, 2024 – VOTE
  • Ratification of decisions by board staff to approve applications – VOTE
  • Application processing

Hearing on denial of application

  • Lauren LaCara, applicant for LMHC – VOTE 

LMHC application review interviews – reference

  • Matthew Friend – VOTE
    • Interview of former supervisor Ira Gooch
    • Interview of Matthew Friend

LMHC application reviews – education

  • Sophia Brown – VOTE
  • Carolina Polanco Rosario – VOTE

LMHC application review – reciprocity

  • Hopeton Shaw – VOTE

 LMFT application review – discipline in another jurisdiction

  • Mary Allyn White – VOTE

NCMHCE ESL accommodation requests

  • Euclides Gibau – VOTE
  • Cecilia Ashu – VOTE

Monitoring

  • Robert Safion, 2021-000973-IT-ENF, approval of proposed supervisor – VOTE
  • Xiaoyuan Yuan, Conditional Licensure Agreement, approval of proposed supervisor – VOTE
  • Jacqueline Dupont, 2021-000408-IT-ENF, petition to terminate probation – 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)(7) to comply with G.L. c. 4, § 7, ¶ 26(c) and G.L. c. 214, § 1B; specifically, the Board will discuss and evaluate an application and examination accommodation requests that involve medical records and information of patients.

Quasi-judicial session CLOSED under G.L. c. 30A, § 18

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

Adjournment

If you need reasonable accommodations to participate in the meeting, contact the DPH ADA Coordinator Stacy Hart at stacy.hart@mass.gov in advance of the meeting.  While the Board will do its best to accommodate you, certain accommodations may require distinctive requests or the hiring of outside contractors and may not be available if requested immediately before the meeting.

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