Arkansas Code Title 17. Professions, Occupations, and Businesses § 17-27-301. Licensed professional counselor--Qualifications

(5)(A) The applicant has received a graduate degree from a regionally accredited institution of higher education that is primarily professional counseling in content and has accumulated the graduate semester hours that meet the academic and training content standards established by the board.

(B) The board shall use the standards for the preparation of counselors prepared by that special professional association nationally as a guide in establishing the standards for counseling; and

(6)(A) The applicant has three thousand (3,000) client contact hours of supervised experience in professional counseling acceptable to the board.

(B) Two thousand (2,000) client contact hours of experience may be gained for each sixty (60) graduate semester hours earned beyond the master's degree, provided that the hours are clearly related to the field of counseling and are acceptable to the board.

(C) The applicant may not have less than one thousand (1,000) client contact hours of professional experience.