Section 73-75-3 - DefinitionsThe following definitions apply as used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
(a) "Board" means the Mississippi Autism Board.(b) "Person" means any individual, organization or corporate body, except that only an individual may be licensed under this chapter.(c) "Practice of applied behavior analysis" means interventions based on scientific research and the direct observation and measurement of behavior and the environment. Behavior analysts utilize contextual factors, motivating operations, antecedent stimuli, positive reinforcement, and other consequences to help people develop new behaviors, increase or decrease existing behaviors, and emit behaviors under specific environmental conditions. The practice of behavior analysis expressly excludes psychological testing, diagnosis of a mental or physical disorder, neuropsychology, psychotherapy, cognitive therapy, sex therapy, psychoanalysis, hypnotherapy, and long-term counseling as treatment modalities.(d) "Licensed behavior analyst" means an individual currently certified by the Behavior Analyst Certification Board as a Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA) or Board Certified Behavior Analyst-Doctoral (BCBA-D) and licensed under Section 73-75-13(d) to practice applied behavior analysis.(e) "Licensed assistant behavior analyst" means an individual currently certified by the Behavior Analyst Certification Board as a Board Certified Assistant Behavior Analyst (BCABA) and licensed pursuant to Section 73-75-13(e) to practice applied behavior analysis under the supervision of a licensed behavior analyst.(f) "Behavior technician" means an individual currently certified by the Behavior Analyst Certification Board as a Registered Behavior Technician (RBT) to provide applied behavior analysis treatments under the supervision and direction of a licensed behavior analyst or licensed assistant behavior analyst.Added by Laws, 2015, ch. 415, § 3, eff. 7/1/2015.