2005 Minnesota Statutes - 148C.10 — Prohibition against unlicensed practice or use of titles; penalty.

     148C.10 Prohibition against unlicensed practice or use 
  of titles; penalty. 


    Subdivision 1.    Practice.  No person, other than those 
 individuals exempted under section 148C.11 or 148C.045, shall 
 engage in alcohol and drug counseling without first being 
 licensed under this chapter as an alcohol and drug counselor.  
 For purposes of this chapter, an individual engages in the 
 practice of alcohol and drug counseling if the individual 
 performs or offers to perform alcohol and drug counseling 
 services as defined in section 148C.01, subdivision 10, or if 
 the individual is held out as able to perform those services.  


    Subd. 1a. Repealed, 1Sp2003 c 14 art 5 s 30 


    Subd. 2.    Use of titles.  No person shall present 
 themselves or any other individual to the public by any title 
 incorporating the words "licensed alcohol and drug counselor" or 
 otherwise hold themselves out to the public by any title or 
 description stating or implying that they are licensed or 
 otherwise qualified to practice alcohol and drug counseling 
 unless that individual holds a valid license.  Persons issued a 
 temporary permit must use titles consistent with section 
 148C.04, subdivision 6, paragraph (d). 


    Subd. 3.    Penalty.  A person who violates sections 
 148C.01 to 148C.11 is guilty of a misdemeanor.  


    HIST: 1992 c 559 art 2 s 11; 1995 c 164 s 22; 2000 c 460 s 49; 
 2001 c 10 s 4; 1Sp2003 c 14 art 5 s 26,27; 2005 c 147 art 5 s 17