GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2015
S 2
SENATE BILL 279
Second Edition Engrossed 4/2/15
Short Title: Amend Qualifications/Practice of Counseling. |
(Public) |
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Sponsors: |
Senator Barefoot (Primary Sponsor). |
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Referred to: |
Rules and Operations of the Senate. |
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March 16, 2015
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT amending the professional counselors act to modify educational qualifications for the practice of counseling.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. G.S. 90‑336(b) reads as rewritten:
"(b) The Board shall issue a license as a "licensed professional counselor associate" to an applicant who meets all of the following criteria:
"(1) Has earned a specified minimum of 48
semester hours or 72 quarter minimum of credit hours of graduate
training as defined by the Board, including a master's degree in counseling or
a related field from an institution of higher education that is: (i) a
regionally accredited institution of higher education regionally
accredited or (ii) accredited by an organization recognized by the Council for
Higher Education Accreditation, as follows:
a. ifIf the applicant enrolled in
the master's program before July 1, 2009;2009, a minimum of 48
semester hours or 72 quarter minimum of credit hours.
b. If the applicant enrolled in the master's
program before July 1, 2013, but after June 30, 2009, a minimum of 54
semester hours or 81 quarter credit hourshours.
c. If the applicant enrolled in the master's
program after June 30, 2013, a minimum of 60 semester hours or 90 quarter
credit hours. of graduate training as defined by the Board, including
a master's degree in counseling or a related field from a regionally accredited
institution of higher education if the applicant enrolled in the master's
program before July 1, 2013, but after June 30, 2009; or a minimum of 60
semester hours or 90 quarter credit hours of graduate training as defined by
the Board, including a master's degree in counseling or a related field from a
regionally accredited institution of higher education if the applicant enrolled
in the master's program after June 30, 2013.
(2) Repealed by Session Laws 2009‑367, s. 6, effective October 1, 2009.
(3) Has passed an examination in accordance with rules adopted by the Board."
SECTION 2. This act becomes effective October 1, 2015.