2005 West Virginia Code - §30-31-8. — Issuance of license; renewal of license; renewal fee; information required in application for renewal.

§30-31-8. Issuance of license; renewal of license; renewal fee; information required in application for renewal.

(a) Whenever the board finds that an applicant meets all of the qualifications of this article for a license to engage in the practice of counseling, it shall forthwith issue a license to the applicant. The board shall deny a license to any applicant who does not meet all of the qualifications.
(b) Every license to engage in the practice of counseling must be renewed biennially during the month of July. To renew a license, a licensed professional counselor must submit an application for renewal to the secretary of the board on such forms as the board may prescribe and pay to the board a renewal fee as established by the board. Any license which is not so renewed shall automatically lapse. Any license which has lapsed may be renewed within two years of its expiration date by payment to the board of the appropriate renewal fee for each period or part thereof during which the license was not renewed.
(c) Each application to renew a license shall contain or be accompanied by evidence of continued professional development in the practice of counseling as determined by the board by rule promulgated in accordance with the provisions of chapter twenty-nine-a of this code and any such other reasonable information as the board may consider appropriate.