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58-60-405. Qualifications for licensure.
(1) All applicants for licensure as a professional counselor shall:
(a) submit an application on a form provided by the division;
(b) pay a fee determined by the department under Section 63J-1-504;
(c) be of good moral character;
(d) produce certified transcripts from an accredited institution of higher educationrecognized by the division in collaboration with the board verifying satisfactory completion of:
(i) an education and degree in an education program in counseling with a core curriculumdefined by division rule under Section 58-1-203 preparing one to competently engage in mentalhealth therapy; and
(ii) an earned doctoral or master's degree resulting from that education program;
(e) have completed a minimum of 4,000 hours of professional counselor training asdefined by division rule under Section 58-1-203, in not less than two years, under the supervisionof a professional counselor, psychiatrist, psychologist, clinical social worker, registeredpsychiatric mental health nurse specialist, or marriage and family therapist supervisor approvedby the division in collaboration with the board, and obtained after completion of the educationrequirement in Subsection (1)(d);
(f) document successful completion of not less than 1,000 hours of supervised training inmental health therapy obtained after completion of the education requirement in Subsection(1)(d), which training may be included as part of the 4,000 hours of training in Subsection (1)(e),and of which documented evidence demonstrates not less than 100 of the hours were obtainedunder the direct personal face to face supervision of a mental health therapist approved by thedivision in collaboration with the board; and
(g) pass the examination requirement established by division rule under Section58-1-203.
(2) (a) All applicants for licensure as an associate professional counselor shall complywith the provisions of Subsections (1)(a), (b), (c), and (d).
(b) An individual's licensure as an associate professional counselor is limited to theperiod of time necessary to complete clinical training as described in Subsections (1)(e) and (f)and extends not more than one year from the date the minimum requirement for training iscompleted, unless the individual presents satisfactory evidence to the division and the appropriateboard that the individual is making reasonable progress toward passing of the qualifyingexamination for that profession or is otherwise on a course reasonably expected to lead tolicensure, but the period of time under this Subsection (2)(b) may not exceed two years past thedate the minimum supervised clinical training requirement has been completed.

Amended by Chapter 214, 2010 General Session