333.18107 Professional counselor license; qualifications; rules.
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333.18107 Professional counselor license; qualifications; rules.
Sec. 18107.
(1)Subject to subsection (2), the department may grant a professional counselor license to an individual who meets all of the following criteria:
(a)Is not less than 18 years of age.
(b)Has received, from an accredited college or university approved by the department, a master's or doctoral degree in counseling from a qualified program, or a degree determined by the department in consultation with the board to be substantially equivalent to a counseling degree from a qualified program. The department in consultation with the board shall promulgate rules to establish standards to approve qualified programs.
(c)Has at least 2 years of counseling experience under the supervision of a licensed professional counselor. The department in consultation with the board may decrease the required length of counseling experience under the supervision of a licensed professional counselor to 1 year if an applicant has completed a doctoral degree in counseling. An applicant shall not be licensed before completing 1 year of counseling experience under the supervision of a licensed professional counselor.
(2)The department in consultation with the board shall promulgate rules under section 16145 as necessary or appropriate to supplement the requirements for licensure under this part as a licensed professional counselor, including adopting updated standards of the Council for the Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs or a successor organization.
History: Add. 1988, Act 421, Eff. Mar. 30, 1989 ;-- Am. 1989, Act 262, Imd. Eff. Dec. 26, 1989 ;-- Am. 2019, Act 96 , Eff. Jan. 27, 2020
Popular Name: Act 368