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Virginia Administrative Code
Title 18. Professional And Occupational Licensing
Agency 115. Board of Counseling
Chapter 80. Regulations Governing the Registration of Qualified Mental Health Professionals
6/27/2025

18VAC115-80-10. Definitions.

The following words and terms when used in this chapter have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

"Board" means the Virginia Board of Counseling.

"DBHDS" means the Virginia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services.

"Face-to-face" means the physical presence of the individuals involved in the supervisory relationship or the use of technology that provides real-time, visual, and audio contact among the individuals involved.

"Mental health professional" means a person who by education and experience is professionally qualified and licensed in Virginia to provide counseling interventions designed to facilitate an individual's achievement of human development goals and remediate mental, emotional, or behavioral disorders and associated distresses that interfere with mental health and development.

"Qualified mental health professional" or "QMHP" means the same as that term is defined in § 54.1-3500 of the Code of Virginia.

"Qualified mental health professional-trainee" or "QMHP-trainee" means the same as that term is defined in § 54.1-3500 of the Code of Virginia.

Statutory Authority

§§ 54.1-2400, 54.1-3500, and 54.1-3505 of the Code of Virginia.

Historical Notes

Derived from Virginia Register Volume 36, Issue 4, eff. November 13, 2019; amended, Virginia Register Volume 37, Issue 2, eff. October 29, 2020; Volume 41, Issue 17, eff. May 7, 2025.

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