2006 Utah Code - 58-60-405 — Qualifications for licensure.

     58-60-405.   Qualifications for licensure.
     (1) All applicants for licensure as a professional counselor shall:
     (a) submit an application on a form provided by the division;
     (b) pay a fee determined by the department under Section 63-38-3.2;
     (c) be of good moral character;
     (d) produce certified transcripts from an accredited institution of higher education recognized by the division in collaboration with the board verifying satisfactory completion of:
     (i) an education and degree in an education program in counseling with a core curriculum defined by division rule under Section 58-1-203 preparing one to competently engage in mental health therapy; and
     (ii) an earned doctoral or master's degree resulting from that education program;
     (e) have completed a minimum of 4,000 hours of professional counselor training as defined by division rule under Section 58-1-203, in not less than two years, under the supervision of a professional counselor, psychiatrist, psychologist, clinical social worker, registered psychiatric mental health nurse specialist, or marriage and family therapist supervisor approved by the division in collaboration with the board, and obtained after completion of the education requirement in Subsection (1)(d);
     (f) document successful completion of not less than 1,000 hours of supervised training in mental health therapy obtained after completion of the education requirement in Subsection (1)(d), which training may be included as part of the 4,000 hours of training in Subsection (1)(e), and of which documented evidence demonstrates not less than 100 of the hours were obtained under the direct personal face to face supervision of a mental health therapist approved by the division in collaboration with the board; and
     (g) pass the examination requirement established by division rule under Section 58-1-203.
     (2) (a) All applicants for certification as a professional counselor intern shall comply with the provisions of Subsections (1)(a), (b), (c), and (d).
     (b) An individual's certification as a professional counselor intern is limited to the period of time necessary to complete clinical training as described in Subsections (1)(e) and (f) and extends not more than one year from the date the minimum requirement for training is completed, unless the individual presents satisfactory evidence to the division and the appropriate board that the individual is making reasonable progress toward passing of the qualifying examination for that profession or is otherwise on a course reasonably expected to lead to licensure, but the period of time under this Subsection (2)(b) may not exceed two years past the date the minimum supervised clinical training requirement has been completed.

Amended by Chapter 281, 2001 General Session