Relating to health; modifying certain provisions governing the licensing of licensed professional counselors (LPC) by the board of behavioral health and therapy; broadening certain general requirements for licensure qualification purposes; permitting postdegree completion of certain degree requirements for licensure under certain conditions; modifying certain continiuing education requirements; providing for certain retaliatory actions; expanding the grounds for disciplinary action; authorizing and providing for temporary suspension of licenses under certain conditions; authorizing the board to require submission to mental, physical or chemical dependency examinations or evaluations upon probable cause, failure to submit to constitute an admission of the allegations, exception, granting the board access to certain medical data and health records; imposing a limitation period for commencement of board proceedings against licensees, exceptions; providing for test security; authorizing the board to use the expedited rulemaking process to adopt and amend rules for conformity purposes
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