North Carolina General Statutes 90-349.5. Obtaining a new home state license based on a privilege to practice
(a) A licensed professional counselor may hold a home state license, which allows for a privilege to practice in other member states, in only one member state at a time.
(b) If a licensed professional counselor changes primary state of residence by moving between two member states, the licensed professional counselor shall do all of the following:
(1) File an application for obtaining a new home state license by virtue of a privilege to practice.
Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes 90-349.5
- following: when used by way of reference to any section of a statute, shall be construed to mean the section next preceding or next following that in which such reference is made; unless when some other section is expressly designated in such reference. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
- Jurisprudence: The study of law and the structure of the legal system.
- state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories, so called; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the said district and territories and all dependencies. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
(2) Pay all applicable fees.
(3) Notify the current and new home state in accordance with applicable rules adopted by the Commission.
(c) Upon receipt of an application for obtaining a new home state license by virtue of privilege to practice, the new home state shall verify that the licensed professional counselor meets the pertinent criteria outlined in N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90-349.4 via the data system, without need for primary source verification, except for the following:
(1) A Federal Bureau of Investigation fingerprint-based criminal background check, if not previously performed or updated, pursuant to applicable rules adopted by the Commission in accordance with P.L. 92-544.
(2) Other criminal background checks, as required by the new home state.
(3) Completion of any requisite jurisprudence requirements of the new home state.
(d) The former home state shall convert the former home state license into a privilege to practice once the new home state has activated the new home state license in accordance with applicable rules adopted by the Commission.
(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Compact, if the licensed professional counselor cannot meet the criteria in N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90-349.4, the new home state may apply its requirements for issuing a new single-state license.
(f) The licensed professional counselor shall pay all applicable fees to the new home state in order to be issued a new home state license.
(g) If a licensed professional counselor changes primary state of residence by moving from a member state to a nonmember state, or from a nonmember state to a member state, the state criteria shall apply for issuance of a single-state license in the new state.
(h) Nothing in this Compact shall interfere with a licensee’s ability to hold a single-state license in multiple states; however, for the purposes of this Compact, a licensee shall have only one home state license.
(i) Nothing in this Compact shall affect the requirements established by a member state for the issuance of a single-state license. (2022-52, s. 1.)