Mich. Admin. Code R. 338.1774 - Application requirements; licensure by examination
Rule 74.
(1) An
applicant for a professional counselor license shall satisfy the requirements
of the code, the rules promulgated under the code, and all the following
requirements:
(a) Provide the required fee and
a completed application on a form provided by the department.
(b) Provide proof, as directed by the
department, verifying completion of a master's or doctoral degree in a program
that satisfies the requirements under
R 338.1765.
(c) Provide proof, as directed by the
department, verifying the engagement in the practice of counseling under
section 18101(d) of the code, MCL
333.18101, that involved an
opportunity to work with a broad range of the population and was conducted in
an organized education, business, health, private practice, or human services
setting under the supervision of a licensed professional counselor for either
of the following periods of time, as applicable:
(i) For an applicant that has completed a
master's degree, not less than 3,000 hours accrued in not less than a 2-year
period, with not less than 100 hours of regularly scheduled supervision accrued
in the immediate physical presence of the supervisor or via 2-way real-time
audiovisual technology that allows direct, contemporaneous interaction by sight
and sound between the supervisor and the supervisee. The supervision begins on
the issuance of the limited license and continues until the licensed
professional counselor license is issued.
(ii) For an applicant that has completed a
doctoral degree, not less than 1,500 hours accrued over not less than a 1-year
period, with not less than 50 hours of regularly scheduled supervision accrued
in the immediate physical presence of the supervisor or via 2-way real-time
audiovisual technology that allows direct, contemporaneous interaction by sight
and sound between the supervisor and the supervisee. The supervision begins on
the issuance of the limited license and continues until the licensed
professional counselor license is issued.
(d) Provide proof, as directed by the
department, verifying a passing score on an examination approved and adopted
under either R 338.1773(1), (2), or
(3).
(e) Provide a professional disclosure
statement with the application for licensure, as required under section
18113(3) of the code, MCL
333.18113.
(2) For practice experience gained in this
state, an applicant shall have held a limited license under
R 338.1772, while accruing the
experience, and the limited licensed counselor shall have practiced under the
supervision of a licensed professional counselor in this state in good standing
throughout the period of supervision.
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