Legislative Session number- 83

Bill Name: HF0230

hf230THIRD ENGROSSMENTLicensed professional counseling board established,
license +requirements provided, alcohol and drug counselors regulated,
rulemaking required,+ and money appropriated.Section 1: Licensed professional
counselors excluded from the +definition of "business license."Sec. 2:
"Psychotherapist" definition modified to include licensed +professional
counselors.Sec. 3: Related terms defined. Sec. 4: Board of licensed
professional counselors established. Sec. 5: Board duties specified. Sec. 6:
Licensure requirements identified. Sec. 7: License renewal provisions
modified. Sec. 8: Transition period provided. Sec. 9: Reciprocity provided.
Sec. 10: Specialty designations provided. Sec. 11: Nontransferability clause
provided. Sec. 12: Disciplinary action grounds established. Sec. 13 :
Unlicensed practice prohibited. Sec. 14: Exceptions to license requirement
provided. Sec. 15: Licensees disclosure of client communications without
+written consent prohibited.Sec. 16: Definition of "unlicensed mental health
practitioner" +modified. Sec. 17 : "Board" definition added. Sec. 18:
"Accrediting association" defined. Sec. 19: Technical change. Sec. 20:
"Alcohol and drug counselor academic course work" defined. Sec. 21: "Alcohol
and drug counselor continuing education activity" +defined. Sec. 22: "Alcohol
and drug counselor technician" defined. Sec. 23: "Alcohol and drug counselor
training" defined. Sec. 24: "Clock hour" defined.Sec. 25 : "Credential"
defined.Sec. 26: "Licensee" defined.Sec. 27: "Student" defined.Sec. 28:
"Supervised alcohol and drug counselor" defined. Sec. 29: "Supervisor"
defined.Sec. 30: Surcharge provision deleted.Sec. 31: Conforming change. Sec.
32: Initial license provision codified.Sec. 33: Commissioner action on
applications rule codified. Sec. 34: Licensure requirements modified. Sec. 35:
Alcohol and drug counselor technician provisions +established. Sec. 36-39:
License renewal rules codified. Sec. 40: Inactive license status rule
codified.Sec. 41: Reciprocity rule codified.Sec. 42: Continuing education
rules modified and requirements +provided. Sec. 43: Conforming changes. Sec.
44: Title usage regulated. Sec. 45: License requirement exceptions modified.
Sec. 46 : Application fees increased and other fee provisions +modified. Sec.
47: "Health-related licensing board" definition modified. Sec. 48: Board of
professional counseling added to list of boards. Sec. 49: Persons licensed by
the board of professional counseling +added to the list of professionals who are
presumed unfit to practice their +profession after conviction of a crime against
a minor. Sec. 50: Licensed professional counselors added to the definition of
psychotherapist for purposes of certain criminal sexual conduct. Sec. 51:
Members of first board exempted from licensure requirements+ under certain
conditions. Sec. 52: Interagency agreements required. Sec. 53: Regulatory
authority transfer provided. Sec. 54: Money appropriated. Sec. 55: Revisor
instruction. Sec. 56: Repealer Sec. 57: Effective date. AE