Proposed rule for Utah psychologists would prohibit conversion therapy for children

Utah psychologists could be prohibited from conducting conversion therapy on minor-aged clients, under a draft rule approved Thursday.The change, proposed by an advisory board to the state’s professional licensing division, comes at the urging of Utah Gov. Gary Herbert.The Republican governor in June directed the state’s Psychologist Licensing Board to review and create rules regarding conversion therapy — a widely discredited practice that seeks to change a person’s sexu