Section 36-32-40 - Mental health counseling. - South Dakota Statutes

36-32-40. Mental health counseling. For the purposes of §§ 36-32-41 to 36-32-43, inclusive, the practice of mental health counseling includes diagnosis and treatment of mental illness or mental and emotional disorders; individual, group, and marriage and family counseling, and psychotherapy; assessment; crisis intervention; counseling and consulting to facilitate normal growth and development; psychoeducational techniques aimed at the prevention of mental and emotional disorders; consultations to individuals, couples, families, groups, organizations, and communities; and clinical research.

Source: SL 1995, ch 226, § 1.