Bill Text: IL HB4864 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced
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Bill Title: Amends the Professional Counselor and Clinical Professional Counselor Licensing Act. Provides that a qualified applicant for licensure as a professional counselor must be a graduate of a master's or doctoral level program in the field of counseling, rehabilitation counseling, psychology, or similar degree program approved by the Department. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)
Status: (Passed) 2010-07-21 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-1139 [HB4864 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2009-HB4864-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Amends the Professional Counselor and Clinical Professional Counselor Licensing Act. Provides that a qualified applicant for licensure as a professional counselor must be a graduate of a master's or doctoral level program in the field of counseling, rehabilitation counseling, psychology, or similar degree program approved by the Department. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)
Status: (Passed) 2010-07-21 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-1139 [HB4864 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2009-HB4864-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning regulation.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Professional Counselor and Clinical | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | Professional Counselor
Licensing Act is amended by changing | |||||||||||||||||||
6 | Section 45 as follows:
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7 | (225 ILCS 107/45)
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8 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2013)
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9 | Sec. 45. Qualifications for a license.
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10 | (a) Professional counselor. A person is qualified to be | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | licensed as a
licensed professional counselor, and the | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | Department shall issue a license
authorizing the practice of | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | professional counseling to an applicant who:
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14 | (1) has applied in writing on the prescribed form and | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | has paid the
required fee;
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16 | (2) is at least 21 years of age and has not engaged in | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | conduct or
activities which would constitute grounds for | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | discipline under this Act;
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19 | (3) is a graduate of :
(A) a master's or doctoral level | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | program in the field of counseling,
rehabilitation | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | counseling, psychology, or similar degree program approved | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | by
the Department; or
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23 | (B) an approved baccalaureate program in human |
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1 | services or similar
degree program approved by the | ||||||
2 | Department and can document the equivalent of 5
years | ||||||
3 | of full-time satisfactory supervised experience, as | ||||||
4 | established by rule,
under a qualified supervisor;
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5 | (4) has passed an examination for the practice of | ||||||
6 | professional
counseling as authorized by the Department; | ||||||
7 | and
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8 | (5) has paid the fees required by this Act.
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9 | Any person who has received certification by any State or | ||||||
10 | national
organization whose standards are accepted by the | ||||||
11 | Department as being
substantially similar to the standards in | ||||||
12 | this Act may apply for a
professional counselor license and | ||||||
13 | need not be examined further.
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14 | (b) Clinical professional counselor. A person is qualified | ||||||
15 | to be
licensed as a clinical professional counselor, and the | ||||||
16 | Department shall
issue a license authorizing the practice of | ||||||
17 | clinical professional
counseling to an applicant who:
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18 | (1) has applied in writing on the prescribed form and | ||||||
19 | has paid the
required fee;
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20 | (2) is at least 21 years of age and has not engaged in | ||||||
21 | conduct or
activities which would constitute grounds for | ||||||
22 | discipline under this Act;
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23 | (3) is a graduate of:
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24 | (A) a master's level program in the field of | ||||||
25 | counseling, rehabilitation
counseling, psychology, or | ||||||
26 | similar degree program approved by the Department
and |
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1 | has completed the equivalent of 2 years full-time | ||||||
2 | satisfactory supervised
employment or experience | ||||||
3 | working as a clinical counselor under
the
direction of | ||||||
4 | a qualified supervisor subsequent to the degree; or
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5 | (B) a doctoral program in the field of counseling, | ||||||
6 | rehabilitation
counseling, psychology, or similar | ||||||
7 | program approved by the Department and has
completed | ||||||
8 | the equivalent of 2 years full-time satisfactory | ||||||
9 | supervised
employment or experience working as a | ||||||
10 | clinical counselor under
the
direction of a qualified | ||||||
11 | supervisor, at least one year of which is subsequent
to | ||||||
12 | the degree;
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13 | (4) has passed the examination for the practice of | ||||||
14 | clinical
professional counseling as authorized by the | ||||||
15 | Department; and
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16 | (5) has paid the fees required by this Act.
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17 | Any person who has received certification by any State or | ||||||
18 | national
organization whose standards are accepted by the | ||||||
19 | Department as being
substantially similar to the standards in | ||||||
20 | this Act may apply for a clinical
professional counselor | ||||||
21 | license, and need not be examined further.
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22 | (c) Examination for applicants under this Act shall be held | ||||||
23 | at the
discretion of the Department from time to time but not | ||||||
24 | less than once each
year. The examination used shall be | ||||||
25 | authorized by the
Department.
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26 | (d) Upon application and payment of the required fee, an |
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1 | applicant who has
an active license as a clinical psychologist | ||||||
2 | or a clinical social worker
licensed under the laws of this | ||||||
3 | State may, without examination, be granted
registration as a | ||||||
4 | licensed clinical professional counselor by the Department.
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5 | (Source: P.A. 92-719, eff. 7-25-02.)
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6 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
7 | becoming law.
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