Clinical Psychologists, Mental Health Nurses, Psychiatric Social Workers all have to get registered with mental health authority in TN
Tamil Nadu: In order to maintain authenticity, the Mental Health professionals in the state will have to mandatorily get registered with Tamil Nadu state mental health authority, to enable the authority to maintain a digital register of practicing mental health professionals such as Clinical Psychologists, Mental Health Nurses, and Psychiatric Social Workers.
The register, proposed to be maintained by the state authority, will bear the names, professional qualifications, and contact details of the mental health professionals.
This comes in pursuance of the provisions contained in Section 55(d) of the Mental Healthcare Act,2017, and in accordance with the decision taken in the First annual meeting of the Authority held on 18.07.2019.
As per a recent release, for this purpose, the definitions of the categories of mental health professionals namely clinical Psychologists, mental health nurses, and psychiatric Social Workers as provided under clauses (g),(q), and (x) of section 2(1) of the Mental Healthcare Act, 2017, shall respectively be applicable.
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