Public Meeting Notice  Board of Registration of Allied Mental Health and Human Services Professions – 9/20/24

Board business

• Roll call vote for attendance
• Public meeting minutes of August 16, 2024 – VOTE
• Executive session minutes of August 16, 2024 – VOTE
• Ratification of decisions by board staff to approve applications – VOTE
• Application processing
• Meeting schedule for 2025 – VOTE

Monitoring interviews

• Zachary Etter, conditional licensure agreement, petition to terminate agreement – VOTE
• Interview of Zachary Etter and supervisor Tim Dowling
• Jessica Soto Sierra, 2021-000229-IT-ENF, petition to terminate probation – VOTE
• Interview of Jessica Soto Sierra and supervisor Suzann Heron

Hearing on denial of application

• Lucia Mayers, applicant for LMHC – VOTE

Discussion

• LMHC and LMFT post-master’s degree experience attestation forms audit process – VOTE

LMHC application review – reciprocity 

• Hopeton Shaw – VOTE

LMHC application reviews

• Maria Florencia Lopez Allende – VOTE
• Emily Wilson – VOTE
• Kara Vanasse – VOTE
• Christopher Shutzer – VOTE
• Glavielinys Cruz – VOTE
• Nicole Kemezis – VOTE

LMFT application reviews

• Sydney Tanigawa – VOTE
• Graciela Guttierez – VOTE
• Timothy Cordell – VOTE

NCMHCE ESL accommodation request

• Gilda Garcia – VOTE

Correspondence

• 8.31.24 Email from N. Caples re: supervision in practice owned by supervisee – VOTE

Monitoring

• Kathleen Brennan, 2021-000311-IT-ENF, approval of proposed supervisor – VOTE
• Jennifer Lawless (Wagner), 20130822MH010-IT-ENF, petition to terminate suspension – 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 examination accommodation requests that involve medical records and information of patients.

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.