(a) No person shall engage in the practice of addiction counseling or represent that such person is a licensed addiction counselor or is an addiction counselor, a substance abuse counselor or an alcohol and drug counselor without having first obtained a license as an addiction counselor under the addiction counselor licensure act.

(b) On and after September 1, 2016, no person shall engage in the practice of addiction counseling or represent that such person is a licensed master’s addiction counselor, master’s addiction counselor, master’s substance abuse counselor or master’s alcohol and drug counselor without having first obtained a license as a master’s addiction counselor under the addiction counselor licensure act.

(c) No person shall engage in the practice of addiction counseling as a clinical addiction counselor or represent that such person is a licensed clinical addiction counselor, a clinical addiction counselor, a clinical substance abuse counselor or a clinical alcohol and drug counselor without having first obtained a license as a clinical addiction counselor under the addiction counselor licensure act.

(d) Violation of this section is a class B misdemeanor.