2014 Mississippi Code
Title 73 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS
Chapter 30 - LICENSED PROFESSIONAL COUNSELORS
§ 73-30-25 - Inapplicability of chapter to other regulated professions [Repealed effective July 1, 2019]

It is not the intent of this chapter to regulate against members of other duly regulated professions in this state who do counseling in the normal course of the practice of their own profession. This chapter does not apply to:

(a) Any person registered, certified or licensed by the state to practice any other occupation or profession while rendering counseling services in the performance of the occupation or profession for which he is registered, certified or licensed;

(b) Certified school counselors when they are practicing counseling within the scope of their employment;

(c) Certified vocational counselors when they are practicing vocational counseling within the scope of their employment;

(d) Counselors in postsecondary institutions when they are practicing within the scope of their employment;

(e) Student interns or trainees in counseling pursuing a course of study in counseling in a regionally or nationally accredited institution of higher learning or training institution if activities and services constitute a part of the supervised course of study, provided that such persons be designated a counselor intern;

(f) Professionals employed by regionally or nationally accredited postsecondary institutions as counselor educators when they are practicing counseling within the scope of their employment;

(g) [Deleted]

(h) Duly ordained ministers or clergy while functioning in their ministerial capacity and duly accredited Christian Science practitioners;

(i) Professional employees of regional mental health centers, state mental hospitals, vocational rehabilitation institutions, youth court counselors and employees of the Mississippi Department of Employment Security or other governmental agency so long as they practice within the scope of their employment;

(j) Professional employees of alcohol or drug abuse centers or treatment facilities, whether privately or publicly funded, so long as they practice within the scope of their employment;

(k) Private employment counselors;

(l) Any nonresident temporarily employed in this state to render counseling services for not more than thirty (30) days in any year, if in the opinion of the board the person would qualify for a license under this chapter and if the person holds any license required for counselors in his home state or country; and

(m) Any social workers holding a master's degree in social work from a school accredited by the Council on Social Work Education and who do counseling in the normal course of the practice of their own profession.