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