North Dakota Code 43-47-05 – Counseling practice – Exceptions
1. This chapter does not prevent any person licensed by the state from doing work within the standards and ethics of that person’s profession, if that person does not represent to the public that the person is a professional counselor or associate professional counselor.
Terms Used In North Dakota Code 43-47-05
- Person: means an individual, organization, government, political subdivision, or government agency or instrumentality. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
2. This chapter does not apply to the activities, services, or use of an official title on the part of a person employed as a counselor by any federal, state, or local political subdivision or by a private or public educational institution, if the person is performing counseling within the scope of employment.
3. This chapter does not prevent students or trainees who are enrolled in programs leading to counseling degrees from interning within the limitations set by the rules adopted by the board under chapter 28-32.
4. This chapter does not prevent a licensed attorney from providing services within the scope of the practice of law.
5. This chapter does not prevent a member of the clergy of any religious denomination from providing services within the scope of ministerial duties.
6. This chapter does not prevent the employment of, or volunteering by, individuals in nonprofit agencies or community organizations if these persons do not hold themselves out to the public as professional counselors or associate professional counselors.