36-32-46. Qualifications for licensing of out-of-state licensed mental health counselors. Notwithstanding the provisions of § 36-32-42, the board may issue a license to an applicant licensed to practice mental health counseling in another state if the applicant demonstrates the following qualifications:
(1) Verification from the authority that issued the license that:
(a) The applicant is currently licensed and has been licensed for at least five years;
(b) The applicant has been licensed at the highest level of independent practice in the state for at least three years; and
(c) The applicant is in good standing with the authority;
(2) Verification from the applicant that the applicant has an active practice in the state of current licensure;
(3) Verification that the applicant passed the national counselors examination;
(4) Verification that the applicant passed the national clinical mental health counselor examination; and
(5) An absence of unprofessional conduct by the applicant.
For purposes of this section, the term, active practice, means the applicant accumulated at least one thousand five hundred hours of clinical experience in the three years immediately preceding the application.
Source: SL 2018, ch 238, § 2, eff. Feb. 5, 2018.
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