3422                                          LAWS OF MARYLAND                                     Ch. 734

15.5-101.

(A)  IN THIS TITLE THE FOLLOWING WORDS HAVE THE MEANINGS
INDICATED.

(B)  "APPRAISAL" MEANS:

(1)  SELECTING, ADMINISTERING, SCORING, AND
INTERPRETING INSTRUMENTS DESIGNED TO ASSESS AN INDIVIDUAL'S
APTITUDES, ATTITUDES, ABILITIES, ACHIEVEMENTS, INTERESTS, AND
PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS; AND

(2)  USING NONSTANDARDIZED METHODS AND TECHNIQUES FOR
UNDERSTANDING HUMAN BEHAVIOR IN RELATION TO COPING WITH, ADAPTING
TO, OR CHANGING LIFE SITUATIONS.

(C)  "BOARD" MEANS THE STATE BOARD OF EXAMINERS OF
PROFESSIONAL COUNSELORS.

(D)  "CERTIFICATE" MEANS A CERTIFICATE TO PRACTICE
PROFESSIONAL COUNSELING THAT IS ISSUED BY THE BOARD.

(E)  "CERTIFIED PROFESSIONAL COUNSELOR" MEANS A PROFESSIONAL
COUNSELOR WHO IS CERTIFIED BY THE BOARD AS MEETING MINIMUM
STANDARDS OF COMPETENCE IN THE PRACTICE OF PROFESSIONAL

COUNSELING.

(F) "CLINICAL MENTAL HEALTH SPECIALIST" MEANS A CERTIFIED
PROFESSIONAL COUNSELOR WHO IS ENDORSED BY THE BOARD AS MEETING
MINIMUM STANDARDS OF COMPETENCE IN THE DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF
MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL DISORDERS.

(G) (F) "COUNSELING" MEANS ASSISTING AN INDIVIDUAL, FAMILY,
OR GROUP THROUGH THE COUNSELING CLIENT-COUNSELOR RELATIONSHIP:

(1)  TO DEVELOP UNDERSTANDING OF INTRAPERSONAL AND
INTERPERSONAL PROBLEMS;

(2)  TO DEFINE GOALS;

(3)  TO MAKE DECISIONS;

(4)  TO PLAN A COURSE OF ACTION REFLECTING THE NEEDS,
INTERESTS, AND ABILITIES OF THE INDIVIDUAL, FAMILY, OR GROUP; AND

(5)  TO USE INFORMATIONAL AND COMMUNITY RESOURCES, AS
THESE PROCEDURES ARE RELATED TO PERSONAL, SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL,
EDUCATIONAL, AND VOCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND ADJUSTMENT.

(H) "MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL DISORDER" MEANS A DISORDER THAT
IS CLASSIFIED AND ACCEPTED AS A DISORDER BY AN ACCEPTED NOSOLOGY,
INCLUDING:

(1) THE INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; AND