I am not in agreement with removing the educational requirement to obtain QMHP registration. QMHP degree requirements already expand beyond the human services fields to allow for nurses, occupational therapists, and other fields to obtain registration with appropriate experience. The approved fields of study should be reviewed for possible expansion. The list of approved human service degrees should be reviewed and expanded. While experience allows people to gain knowledge of how to provide appropriate services, education prepares them for the field within which they will gain that experience. Removing the requirement will leave the field, which is already vulnerable, increasingly vulnerable. The Board needs to consider ethical and legal considerations to removing the education degree and allowing registration for anyone with claimed experience, which may be of questionable validity.