INFORMATION ON LICENSURE, CERTIFICATION OR ACCREDITATION

Effective May 1, 2007 all programs applying for membership in NATSAP must 

• be licensed by the appropriate state agency authorized to set and oversee standards of therapeutic and/or behavioral healthcare for youth and adolescents or accredited by a mental health accreditation agency
• have therapeutic services with oversight by a qualified clinician
• be in compliance with NATSAP Ethical Principles and NATSAP Principles of Good Practice

A program with Full membership status will be required to be open for more than two years. Those programs not meeting this criteria will have Associate membership status.

To continue their commitment to providing assistance to new programs, NATSAP provides Provisional status for those programs that will open within six months of seeking Provisional membership in NATSAP, provided they agree to be in compliance with our membership requirements when they open.

Current members of NATSAP will be required to be in full compliance with the new membership criteria by January 1, 2009. 

CLARIFICATION:

Licensure: The NATSAP Board of Directors reserves the right to determine if the licensure meets the NATSAP membership requirements.

Therapeutic services with oversight by a qualified clinician: NATSAP members must have an independently state licensed mental health professional that is openly accessible to the students and has oversight responsibility for individual treatment/service plans.