SF 2068

1st Engrossment - 85th Legislature (2007 - 2008) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

A bill for an act
relating to health-related licensing; establishing licensure requirements for
foreign trained professional counselors; adding professional counselors as a
professional service; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 319B.02,
subdivision 19; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter
148B.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

new text begin [148B.532] DEGREES FROM FOREIGN INSTITUTIONS.
new text end

new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Scope and documentation. new text end

new text begin In addition to meeting all other licensure
requirements, an applicant for licensure whose degree was received from a foreign degree
program that is not recognized by the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related
Education Programs (CACREP) or from a foreign institution of higher education that is
not accredited by a regional accrediting organization recognized by the Council for Higher
Education Accreditation (CHEA) must fulfill the requirements of this section, providing
certified English translations of board-required relevant documentation.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Education evaluation. new text end

new text begin An applicant for licensure as a licensed
professional counselor must present evidence of completion of a degree equivalent to
that required in section 148B.53, subdivision 1, paragraph (a), clause (3), and paragraph
(b). An applicant for licensure as licensed professional clinical counselor must present
evidence of completion of a degree equivalent to that required in section 148B.5301,
subdivision 1, clause (3). This evidence will be evaluated by the board with the assistance
of a credentials evaluation service familiar with educational standards and professional
qualification. The evaluation must be sent directly to the board from the evaluating
agency. Agencies providing evaluation services must be accepted by the National Board
for Certified Counselors, Inc. The applicant shall be responsible for the expenses incurred
as a result of the evaluation.
new text end

Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 319B.02, subdivision 19, is amended to read:

Subd. 19.

Professional services.

"Professional services" means services of the type
required or permitted to be furnished by a professional under a license, registration, or
certificate issued by the state of Minnesota to practice medicine and surgery under sections
147.01 to 147.22, as a physician assistant pursuant to sections 147A.01 to 147A.27,
chiropractic under sections 148.01 to 148.105, registered nursing under sections 148.171
to 148.285, optometry under sections 148.52 to 148.62, psychology under sections 148.88
to 148.98, social work under chapter 148D, marriage and family therapy under sections
148B.29 to 148B.39, new text begin professional counseling under sections 148B.50 to 148B.593,
new text end dentistry and dental hygiene under sections 150A.01 to 150A.12, pharmacy under sections
151.01 to 151.40, podiatric medicine under sections 153.01 to 153.25, veterinary medicine
under sections 156.001 to 156.14, architecture, engineering, surveying, landscape
architecture, geoscience, and certified interior design under sections 326.02 to 326.15,
accountancy under chapter 326A, or law under sections 481.01 to 481.17, or under a
license or certificate issued by another state under similar laws. Professional services
includes services of the type required to be furnished by a professional pursuant to a
license or other authority to practice law under the laws of a foreign nation.