La. Admin. Code tit. 46 § LX-609

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 11, November 20, 2024

Section LX-609 - Renewal Requirements for Provisional Licensed Professional Counselors

A. A provisional licensed professional counselor shall renew his/her provisional license every two years in the month of October by meeting the following requirements each renewal period:

1. 20 clock hours of continuing education in accordance with Section 611;

2. submit a renewal fee as prescribed in Chapter 9;

3. submit supervised experience hours accrued (direct, indirect, face to face supervision) since approval/renewal as a provisional licensed professional counselor;

4. take National Counselors Examination (NCE) or National Clinical Mental Health Counselors Examination (NCMHCE) and request the National Board of Certified Counselors (NBCC) submission of score report to the board until a passing score is achieved. If a passing score is not achieved, the NCE or NCMHCE must be taken at least once per renewal period. At the discretion of the board, an oral examination may be required as well;

5. submit an updated declaration statement if there has been a change in the area of focus or area of expertise, with the content being subject to board review and approval. The board, at its discretion, may require the licensee to present satisfactory evidence supporting any changes in area of focus or expertise noted in the declaration statement. All other changes as defined in Chapter 6, Section 605. B.5 should be submitted to the board within 30 days of said change.

B. The chair shall issue a document renewing the provisional license for a term of two years. The provisional license of any licensee who fails to have his/her provisional license renewed every two years during the month of October shall lapse. An individual with a lapsed license may not practice mental health counseling, identify his/herself as a provisional licensed professional counselor or accrue any supervised experience hours. A lapsed provisional license may be renewed within a period of 90 days or postmarked by January 31 upon payment of all fees and arrears and presentation of all required documentation. After ninety days, the licensee will forfeit all supervised experience hours accrued during that renewal period and must reapply for provisional licensure under current requirements and submit recent continuing education hours (CEHs) as part of reapplication.

C. The provisional licensee must apply and be approved for licensure within six years from date of approval as a provisional licensed professional counselor. After six years, the licensee will forfeit all supervised experience hours accrued and must reapply for provisional licensure under current requirements and submit recent continuing education hours (CEHs) as part of reapplication.

La. Admin. Code tit. 46, § LX-609

Promulgated by the Department of Health and Hospitals, Licensed Professional Counselors Board of Examiners, LR 41716 (4/1/2015).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 37:1101-1123.