Public Meeting Notice  Board of Registration of Allied Mental Health and Human Services Professions – 5/17/24

Board business

• Roll call vote for attendance
• Board membership update
• Public meeting minutes of March 15, 2024 – VOTE
• Executive session minutes of March 15, 2024 – VOTE
• Ratification of decisions by board staff to approve applications – VOTE
• Application processing under application review policy

Hearing on denial of application

• Noelia Gonzalez, applicant for LMHC – VOTE

LMHC application reviews

• Lucia Mayers – VOTE
• Carolina Polanco Rosario – VOTE

LMFT application review

• Lilia Boutaleb – VOTE

NCMHCE ESL accommodation requests

• Andrei Silva – VOTE
• Cristina Pirela – VOTE
• Laura Melendez – VOTE
• Debora Barbosa – VOTE
• Naowarat Irwin – VOTE
• Alexandre Ribeiro – VOTE
• Frankie Chan – VOTE

Correspondence

• 12.4.23 and 1.23.24 emails from Y. Alsager re: experience hours in Kuwait, 3.16.24 email from N. Scull re: experience hours in Kuwait – VOTE

Monitoring

• Robert Safion, 2021-000973-IT-ENF, approval of proposed supervisor – VOTE
• Kathleen Brennan, 2021-000311-IT-ENF, 3rd quarterly monitoring report and petition to terminate supervision – VOTE
• Zachary Etter, conditional licensure agreement, 3rd quarterly monitoring report – VOTE
• Melinda Galbato, 2020-000599-IT-ENF, approval of proposed supervisor – VOTE
• Charlene Kelly, 2020-000430-IT-ENF, revised 5th and 6th quarterly monitoring reports, 7th quarterly monitoring report – VOTE
• Jaqueline Dupont, 2021-000408-IT-ENF, 2nd quarterly monitoring report – VOTE

Comments from Massachusetts Mental Health Counselors Association

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 a petition to terminate suspension 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.