(124) Qualified Physician - Is a Psychiatrist or a licensed physician who has been granted privileges to order seclusion or restraint. (125) Qualified Registered Nurse - Is one who has successfully completed a DMH approved psychiatric management course and who as at least one (1) year psychiatric nursing experience. A Registered Nurse who has been granted privileges to implement seclusion or restraint. (126) Qualified Substance Abuse Professional I (QSAP I) – An individual licensed in the State of Alabama as a Professional Counselor, Certified Social Worker, Psychiatric Clinical Nurse Specialist, Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, Marriage and Family Therapist, Clinical Psychologist, Physician’s Assistant, Physician and meets the other qualifications as specified in the standards themselves. (127) Qualified Substance Abuse Professional II (QSAP II) – An individual who holds a master’s or bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in Psychology, Social Work, Community Rehabilitation, Pastoral Counseling, Family Therapy, or other behavioral health areas that requires equivalent clinical course work and who meets the other qualifications as specified in the standards themselves. (128) Qualified Substance Abuse Professional III (QSAP III) – An individual who has a bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in Psychology, Social Work, Community Rehabilitation, Pastoral Counseling, Family Therapy, or other behavioral health area that requires equivalent clinical course work and; who has a minimum of two (2) years full-time paid employment experience providing direct treatment or care for individuals who have substance-related disorders, under the supervision of a QSAP I, and holds a substance abuse counselor certification. (129) Readiness to Change - An individual’s emotional and cognitive awareness of the need to change, coupled with a commitment to change. When applied to addiction treatment it describes the patient’s degree of awareness of the relationship between his/her alcohol or other drug use or mental health problems and the adverse
(124) Qualified Physician - Is a Psychiatrist or a licensed physician who has been granted privileges to order seclusion or restraint. (125) Qualified Registered Nurse - Is one who has successfully completed a DMH approved psychiatric management course and who as at least one (1) year psychiatric nursing experience. A Registered Nurse who has been granted privileges to implement seclusion or restraint. (126) Qualified Substance Abuse Professional I (QSAP I) – An individual licensed in the State of Alabama as a Professional Counselor, Certified Social Worker, Psychiatric Clinical Nurse Specialist, Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, Marriage and Family Therapist, Clinical Psychologist, Physician’s Assistant, Physician and meets the other qualifications as specified in the standards themselves. (127) Qualified Substance Abuse Professional II (QSAP II) – An individual who holds a master’s or bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in Psychology, Social Work, Community Rehabilitation, Pastoral Counseling, Family Therapy, or other behavioral health areas that requires equivalent clinical course work and who meets the other qualifications as specified in the standards themselves. (128) Qualified Substance Abuse Professional III (QSAP III) – An individual who has a bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in Psychology, Social Work, Community Rehabilitation, Pastoral Counseling, Family Therapy, or other behavioral health area that requires equivalent clinical course work and; who has a minimum of two (2) years full-time paid employment experience providing direct treatment or care for individuals who have substance-related disorders, under the supervision of a QSAP I, and holds a substance abuse counselor certification. (129) Readiness to Change - An individual’s emotional and cognitive awareness of the need to change, coupled with a commitment to change. When applied to addiction treatment it describes the patient’s degree of awareness of the relationship between his/her alcohol or other drug use or mental health problems and the adverse