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8 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2013)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