{"data":{"id":"us-ne/neb.-rev.-stat.-38-2123","jurisdiction":"us-ne","citation":"Neb. Rev. Stat. § 38-2123","heading":"Neb. Rev. Stat. § 38-2123","body":"(1) A person who needs to obtain the required three thousand hours of supervised experience in mental health practice as specified in section 38-2122 to qualify for a mental health practitioner license shall obtain a provisional mental health practitioner license. To qualify for a provisional mental health practitioner license, such person shall:\n\n(a) Have a master's degree, a doctoral degree, or the equivalent of a master's degree, as determined by the board, that consists of course work and training which was primarily therapeutic mental health in content and included a practicum or internship and was from a mental health program as specified in section 38-2122 ;\n\n(b) Apply prior to earning the three thousand hours of supervised experience; and\n\n(c) Pay the provisional mental health practitioner license fee.\n\n(2) The rules and regulations approved by the board and adopted and promulgated by the department shall not require that the applicant have a supervisor in place at the time of application for a provisional mental health practitioner license.\n\n(3) A provisional mental health practitioner license shall expire upon receipt of licensure as a mental health practitioner or five years after the date of issuance, whichever comes first.\n\n(4) A person who holds a provisional mental health practitioner license shall inform all clients that he or she holds a provisional license and is practicing mental health under supervision and shall identify the supervisor. Failure to make such disclosure is a ground for discipline as set forth in section 38-2139 .","path":["NE Code","Chapter 38"],"source_url":"https://nebraskalegislature.gov/laws/statutes.php?statute=38-2123","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:21Z","sha256":"24e96bcb01aed3532b66c3a95ee560516852664bb17285a92b69a0e7c1de2838","source_id":"us-ne","stale":false,"prev":"us-ne/neb.-rev.-stat.-38-2122","next":"us-ne/neb.-rev.-stat.-38-2124"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}