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• PROPOSED Mental Health Professional Practice Act Rule, R156-60e | OAR File No. 57656 
  Contact Brian Pedersen | [email protected] | (801) 530-6651 _{(filed: December 1, 2025 | closes: May 15, 2026)}
• PROPOSED Mental Health Professional Practice Act Rule, R156-60e (Amended) | OAR File No. 57656 
  Contact Brian Pedersen | [email protected] | (801) 530-6651 _{(filed: April 15, 2026 | closes: May 15, 2026)}

• DOPL Licensing Act, 58-1
• General Rule of the Division of Professional Licensing, R156-1
• Division Utah Administrative Procedures Act Rule, R156-46b

• Mental Health Professional Practice Act, 58-60
• Mental Health Professional Practice Act Rule, R156-60e
• Retired Volunteer Health Care Practitioner Act, 58-81
• Utah Health Care Malpractice Act, Title 78B, Chapter 3, Part 4
• Retired Volunteer Health Care Practitioner Act Rule R156-81