Rule 24-3-13.2 - Application Time LimitsA. Initial applications will remain open for two years from date of receipt. During that time, applicants have the opportunity to rectify any deficiencies. B. Following two years from the date of receipt, incomplete applications (initial and upgrade), applications containing unresolved deficiencies (initial and upgrade), and applications which did not result in a credential being awarded (initial and upgrade) will no longer be maintained by the Division. C. Additional timelines pertaining to upgrade and renewal applications are covered more fully in the relevant sections of this document. D. When a provisionally-certified individual (i.e., PCMHT, PCIDDT, PCAT or PCCSS) needs to upgrade to full certification (i.e., CMHT, CIDDT, CAT or CCSS), he/she must submit a new application for full certification (i.e, CMHT, CIDDT, CAT or CCSS); no new application fee is required. E. The upgrade application may be submitted as soon as the provisionally-certified individual (PCMHT, PCIDDT, PCAT or PCCSS) meets the requirements to upgrade to full certification, but the absolute deadline to submit an upgrade application is the last working day of the month following the provisionally-certified individual's provisional certification expiration date. (The provisional certificate expiration date is located on the provisionally-certified individual's initial credential award letter.) For example, if a provisionally-certified individual's credential expires in October of a given year, the individual's upgrade application for full certification must be received by the Division by the last working day of November of that same year. F. If a provisionally-certified individual (PCMHT, PCIDDT, PCAT or PCCSS) has not met the requirements to upgrade and wants to continue in the program, he/she must submit an extension request to the PLACE Review Board by the same time frame as the upgrade application would be due. Extension approval is at the discretion of the Review Board. Additional information on extensions, including how to request an extension, is covered in Chapter Eighteen. G. Failure to submit the upgrade application (or an extension request) by the prescribed deadline results in automatic default from the program. Provisionally-certified individuals (PCMHTs, PCIDDTs, PCATs and PCCSSs) are expected to keep track of the date by which they must upgrade. H. Incomplete portions/problems associated with the submitted upgrade application should be resolved as soon as possible but no later than 30 calendar days from the provisionally-certified individual's prescribed upgrade application deadline, as outlined above. If all upgrade application deficiencies are not resolved within this time frame, the individual's provisional credential will automatically default effective per his/her provisional expiration date. (Additional information pertaining to Upgrade Timelines is covered in Chapter Fifteen.) I. When a DMH Licensed Administrator "Program Participant" has successfully completed the program of Independent Study and Training (IST) and needs to apply for licensure as a "DMH Licensed Administrator," he/she must submit a new application for licensure; no new application fee is required. The application for licensure may be submitted as soon as the "Program Participant" has successfully completed the IST requirement, but the absolute deadline to submit the application for licensure is no later than the last working day of the month following the 24 th month of the "Program Participant" phase period (i.e., the last working day of the 25 th month following the individual's admission into the program as a "Program Participant." (The Program Participant's date of admission is counted as Day One.) If a DMH Licensed Administrator "Program Participant" has not met the IST requirement for licensure by the 24 th consecutive month from admission into the DMH Licensed Administrator Program as a -Program Participant" and wants to continue in the program, he/she must submit an extension request to the PLACE Review Board by the same time frame as the licensure application would be due. Extension approval is at the discretion of the Review Board. Additional information on extensions, including how to request an extension, is covered in Chapter Eighteen. Failure to submit the licensure application (or an extension request) by the prescribed deadline results in automatic default from the program. DMH Licensed Administrator "Program Participants" are expected to keep track of the date by which they must submit their licensure application. Incomplete portions/problems associated with the submitted licensure application should be resolved as soon as possible but no later than 30 calendar days from the DMH Licensed Administrator "Program Participant's prescribed licensure application submission deadline, as outlined above. If all application deficiencies are not resolved within this time frame, the individual's DMH Licensed Administrator "Program Participant" phase will automatically expire, effective per the 24 th month of his/her "Program Participant" phase period. Section 41-4-7 of the Mississippi Code of 1972, Annotated