Tennessee Code Title 63. Professions of the Healing Arts § 63-22-116

Current as of January 02, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a)(1) The board may license, without examination, a professional counselor applicant with a valid, unencumbered license issued by another state, territory, or federal district of the United States at an equivalent level of licensure under the following conditions:

(A) The applicant has a sixty-hour graduate degree in counseling or a related field, meets the requirements of § 63-22-104(4)-(7), and has actively practiced without supervision at the level of licensure for which the applicant has applied for at least two (2) of the three (3) most recent years; or

(B) The applicant has a conferred graduate degree consisting of a minimum of fifty-two (52) hours in counseling or a related field from an accredited program that were earned prior to 2016, has practiced as a licensed professional counselor for a minimum of twenty-five (25) years, and meets the requirements of § 63-22-104(4)-(7).

(2) A professional counselor applicant at the highest level of licensure must meet the requirements of § 63-22-120, as well as the requirements of either subdivision (a)(1)(A) or (a)(1)(B).

(b) The board may enter into a reciprocal agreement with any other state that licenses, certifies or registers professional counselors, if the board finds that such state has substantially the same or higher licensure requirements than Tennessee. This agreement shall provide that the board shall license any resident of another state who is currently licensed, certified or registered by that state, if such resident has met the same or higher requirements as provided for in this part.

(c) If the board has entered into a reciprocal agreement with another state as described in subsection (b) on or before January 1, 2024, then the board shall grant a license to a person who:

(1) Has a master's degree in counseling or education;

(2) Has a valid, unencumbered license in the state with which this state has such reciprocal agreement;

(3) Has actively practiced for at least the preceding twenty-four (24) months in the state with which this state has such reciprocal agreement; and

(4) Has passed the examination offered by the National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC) or such other examination approved by the board.

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