Michigan Laws 333.18114 – Relicensure; application requirements; professional disclosure statement; out-of-state license verification
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Terms Used In Michigan Laws 333.18114
- counseling: means the rendering to individuals, groups, families, organizations, or the general public in accordance with accepted and established ethics a service involving clinical counseling principles, methods, or procedures for the purpose of achieving social, personal, career, and emotional development and with the goal of promoting and enhancing healthy self-actualizing and satisfying lifestyles whether the services are rendered in an educational, business, health, private practice, or human services setting. See Michigan Laws 333.18101
- Licensed professional counselor: means an individual who is licensed under this article to engage in the practice of counseling without supervision. See Michigan Laws 333.18101
- Limited licensed counselor: means an individual who has been granted a limited license under this article to engage in the practice of counseling under the supervision of a licensed professional counselor who meets the requirement of section 18106. See Michigan Laws 333.18101
- 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 belonging to the United States; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o
(1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (3), the department may grant relicensure as a licensed professional counselor or limited licensed counselor to an individual who is applying for relicensure less than 3 years after the expiration date of his or her license, if the individual submits to the department a completed application on a form provided by the department together with payment of the fees described in section 16201(3), and he or she complies with both of the following:
(a) Submits with his or her application a professional disclosure statement that meets the requirements of section 18113.
(b) If the individual holds or has held a license as a licensed professional counselor or limited licensed counselor in another state, ensures that the licensing agency of each out-of-state license verifies all of the following on a form provided by the department:
(i) That disciplinary proceedings are not pending against the individual at the time of his or her application for relicensure.
(ii) That if sanctions have been imposed against the individual, the sanctions are not in force at the time of his or her application for relicensure.
(2) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (3), the department may grant relicensure as a licensed professional counselor or limited licensed counselor to an individual who is applying for relicensure more than 3 years after the expiration date of his or her license, if the individual submits to the department a completed application on a form provided by the department together with payment of the fees described in section 16201(4) and a professional disclosure statement that meets the requirements of section 18113, and he or she complies with 1 of the following:
(a) Takes or retakes and passes 1 of the following:
(i) The national counselor examination developed by the National Board for Certified Counselors.
(ii) The certification examination given by the Commission on Rehabilitation Counselor Certification.
(iii) An examination that the department determines is equivalent to an examination described in subparagraph (i) or (ii).
(b) Demonstrates to the satisfaction of the department that he or she meets the requirements for certification issued by the National Board for Certified Counselors, the Commission on Rehabilitation Counselor Certification, or an equivalent program as determined by the department.
(3) The department may grant relicensure as a licensed professional counselor or limited licensed counselor to an individual who received a master’s or doctoral degree in counseling or student personnel work before October 1, 1991, and completed 2 years of professional experience before October 1, 1993, if the individual submits to the department a completed application on a form provided by the department together with payment of the applicable fees described in section 16201(3) or (4) and he or she complies with 1 of the following:
(a) Submits with his or her application a professional disclosure statement that meets the requirements of section 18113.
(b) If the individual holds or has held a license as a licensed professional counselor or limited licensed counselor in another state, ensures that the licensing agency of each out-of-state license verifies all of the following on a form provided by the department:
(i) That disciplinary proceedings are not pending against the individual at the time of his or her application for relicensure.
(ii) That if sanctions have been imposed against the individual, the sanctions are not in force at the time of his or her application for relicensure.