Auditor warns against the regime Some advisers
The state should not govern mental health and rehabilitation counselors, said Marion Higa State external auditor.
Higa, in an analysis of these professions by the legislature, said yesterday regulation of these professional advisers in Hawaii is not justified, because the low risk of serious harm to consumers.In addition, the costs of these services to consumers.
“The regulation, we found that practitioners benefited more than consumers,” Higa said yesterday in its report released.
Hawaii law indicates professions and vocations should, if necessary, to protect the health, safety or welfare of consumers. Higa, contacted the public authorities of his office at least receive complaints from consumers against advisers mental health, rehabilitation consultants or people who are related work under different titles, such as social workers, professional advisors, marriage and family therapists and employment therapist.
Higa said the show limited evidence for damage which coincides with the results of six previous reports.
In the last session, two bills with the licenses of these consultants were, but are not spent his first hearings, the committee of origin.
Consultant mental health help people with emotional problems, drug addiction, drug abuse, stress, education and career decisions, as well as families, parents and problems of marriage. Rehabilitation of advisers help people with personal, social and professional consequences of their disability, because of birth defects, illness, accident or stress.
Higa found clinical mental health counsellors, normally a master’s degree, while some advisers have diplomas rehabilitation.
Higa said damage by the crew does not come from a lack of competence, but of ethics acts such as deception and deceit, sexual abuse and financial irresponsibility. In addition, she said that the regulations state officials do not have the capacity to assess and ensure the competence, is the fundamental orientation of regulation,
Finally, the collection of royalties sufficient for the State of the costs of regulating these areas, the costs of services to consumers and unnecessarily restrict its entry into the profession, “she said.
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