Section 61-9A-11 - Professional clinical mental health counselor; requirements for licensure. (Repealed effective July 1, 2016.)
61-9A-11. Professional clinical mental health counselor; requirements for licensure. (Repealed effective July 1, 2016.)
The board shall issue a license as a professional clinical mental health counselor to any person who files a completed application accompanied by the required fees and who submits satisfactory evidence that the applicant:
A. has reached the age of twenty-one;
B. holds a master's or doctoral degree in a counseling or counseling-related field, as defined by rule, from an accredited institution. The applicant must have a master's degree and a total of no less than forty-eight graduate semester hours or seventy-two quarter hours in the mental health clinical core curriculum;
C. demonstrates professional competency by passing the required examination as prescribed by the board;
D. has a minimum of two years of professional clinical counseling experience, including at least three thousand clinical contact hours and at least one hundred hours of face-to-face supervision. One thousand client clinical contact hours may be submitted from the applicant's internship or practicum; and
E. is of good moral character with conduct consistent with the code of ethics.