2014 Kentucky Revised Statutes
CHAPTER 335 - SOCIAL WORKERS AND PROFESSIONAL COUNSELORS
335.620 Application for licensure -- Conversion of certificate to license.
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<![CDATA[335.620 Application for licensure -- Conversion of certificate to license.
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(2)
An applicant for licensure as a pastoral counselor shall:
(a) Pay the board an initial fee for licensure that shall be established by
administrative regulation promulgated in accordance with KRS Chapter
13A;
(b) Be at least twenty-one (21) years of age;
(c) Reside or be employed in the Commonwealth of Kentucky;
(d) Have completed a master of divinity degree or its equivalent with a
minimum of ninety (90) hours from a seminary accredited by the
Association of Theological Schools or an equivalent course of study as
defined by the board by promulgation of administrative regulations;
(e) Have completed each of the following:
1.
At least one thousand three hundred seventy-five (1,375) hours in
the practice of supervised pastoral counseling acceptable to the
board, subsequent to being granted a master's degree; and
2.
A minimum of two hundred fifty (250) hours of clinical supervision
acceptable to the board;
(f) Be an ordained minister or the denominational equivalent, as determined
by the applicant's denomination or faith group, and have been endorsed
by that denomination or faith group to function as a pastoral counselor;
(g) Hold an advanced degree or its equivalent beyond the master of divinity
degree with special concentration in the theory and practice of pastoral
counseling and which requires at least one (1) year of academic work
beyond the first professional degree; and
(h) Pass a written examination approved by the board.
If an applicant has been issued a certificate in pastoral counseling by the board
prior to January 1, 2015, and maintains that certificate in good standing, the
board shall issue the applicant a license as a pastoral counselor upon the
applicant's payment of a renewal fee and completion of a renewal process as
authorized by KRS 335.625 and as prescribed by the board through the
promulgation of administrative regulations.
Effective:July 15, 2014
History: Amended 2014 Ky. Acts ch. 64, sec. 7, effective July 15, 2014. -- Created
1998 Ky. Acts ch. 525, sec. 5, effective July 15, 1998.
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