N.M. Admin. Code § 16.27.4.9 - APPLICANTS FOR LICENSURE BY EXAMINATION: AS A PROFESSIONAL CLINICAL MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELOR (LPCC) MUST POSSESS THE FOLLOWING QUALIFICATIONS AND PROVIDE THE REQUIRED DOCUMENTATION WITH THE APPLICATION
A. Age requirement. Be at least 21 years of
age.
B. Applicant must sign a
statement provided in the application indicating the applicant has read the
code of ethics and agrees to be bound and governed by the code of
ethics.
C. Education requirement.
Hold a master's or doctoral degree in counseling or a counseling-related field
from an accredited institution. Applicants who hold a degree in a related-field
must complete attachment E. The board may request syllabi as needed to clarify
course content.
D. Applicants must
have a masters or doctoral degree in counseling or a counseling-related field
and a total of no less than 48 graduate semester hours or 72 quarter graduate
hours in the mental health clinical core curriculum as defined in 16.27.2 NMAC.
The hours must be acquired as a part of a master's or doctoral degree, or
acquired as additional graduate education to complete the required clinical
core curriculum hours.
E.
Experience requirements.
(1) A minimum of two
years' postgraduate professional clinical counseling experience.
(2) Evidence of having participated in a
total of 3,000 hours of postgraduate clinical client contact and 100 hours of
appropriate face to face postgraduate supervision. Up to 1,000 clinical client
contact hours may be from the applicant's internship or practicum. Credit is
automatically awarded by board staff based on the number of semester or quarter
hours in practicum and internship listed on official transcripts. This credit
should not be included on the attachment B form used for verifying postgraduate
experience.
F.
Application fee of $75.00 as provided for in Part 17.
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