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90_HB2445
105 ILCS 5/14-1.09 from Ch. 122, par. 14-1.09
225 ILCS 107/45
Amends the School Code to require the State Teacher
Certification Board to establish a procedure for licensing
clinical psychologists as school psychologists. Amends the
Professional Counselor and Clinical Professional Counselor
Licensing Act to provide for the licensure of school
psychologists as clinical professional counselors. Effective
January 1, 1999.
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1 AN ACT concerning school psychologists, amending named
2 Acts.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing
6 Section 14-1.09 as follows:
7 (105 ILCS 5/14-1.09) (from Ch. 122, par. 14-1.09)
8 Sec. 14-1.09. School psychologist.
9 (a) "School psychologist" means a psychologist who has
10 graduated with a master's or higher degree in psychology or
11 educational psychology from an institution of higher learning
12 which maintains equipment, courses of study, and standards of
13 scholarship approved by the State Board of Education, who has
14 had at least one school year of full-time supervised
15 experience in the delivery of school psychological services
16 of a character approved by the State Superintendent of
17 Education, who has such additional qualifications as may be
18 required by the State Board of Education, and who holds a
19 School Service Personnel Certificate endorsed for school
20 psychology issued pursuant to Section 21-25. Persons so
21 certified may use the title "school psychologist" and may
22 offer school psychological services which are limited to
23 those services set forth in (i) 23 Ill. Adm. Code 226,
24 Special Education, pertaining to children between the ages of
25 3 to 21, promulgated by the State Board of Education and in
26 (ii) Section 14-1.09.1. School psychologists may make
27 evaluations, recommendations or interventions regarding the
28 placement of children in educational programs or special
29 education classes. However, a school psychologist shall not
30 provide such services outside his or her employment to any
31 student in the district or districts which employ such school
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1 psychologist.
2 (b) The State Teacher Certification Board shall by rule
3 establish a procedure for licensed clinical psychologists to
4 apply for certification as school psychologists.
5 (Source: P.A. 85-361.)
6 Section 10. The Professional Counselor and Clinical
7 Professional Counselor Licensing Act is amended by changing
8 Section 45 as follows:
9 (225 ILCS 107/45)
10 Sec. 45. Qualifications for a license.
11 (a) Professional counselor. A person is qualified to be
12 licensed as a licensed professional counselor, and the
13 Department shall issue a license authorizing the practice of
14 professional counseling to an applicant who:
15 (1) has applied in writing on the prescribed form
16 and has paid the required fee;
17 (2) is at least 21 years of age and has not engaged
18 in conduct or activities which would constitute grounds
19 for discipline under this Act;
20 (3) is a graduate of:
21 (A) a master's or doctoral level program in
22 the field of counseling, rehabilitation counseling,
23 psychology, or similar degree program approved by
24 the Department; or
25 (B) an approved baccalaureate program in human
26 services or similar degree program approved by the
27 Department and can document the equivalent of 5
28 years of full-time satisfactory supervised
29 experience, as established by rule, under a
30 qualified supervisor;
31 (4) has passed an examination for the practice of
32 professional counseling as authorized by the Department;
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1 and
2 (5) has paid the fees required by this Act.
3 Any person who has received certification by any State or
4 national organization whose standards are accepted by the
5 Department as being substantially similar to the standards in
6 this Act may apply for a professional counselor license and
7 need not be examined further.
8 (b) Clinical professional counselor. A person is
9 qualified to be licensed as a clinical professional
10 counselor, and the Department shall issue a license
11 authorizing the practice of clinical professional counseling
12 to an applicant who:
13 (1) has applied in writing on the prescribed form
14 and has paid the required fee;
15 (2) is at least 21 years of age and has not engaged
16 in conduct or activities which would constitute grounds
17 for discipline under this Act;
18 (3) is a graduate of:
19 (A) a master's level program in the field of
20 counseling, rehabilitation counseling, psychology,
21 or similar degree program approved by the Department
22 and has completed the equivalent of 2 years
23 full-time satisfactory supervised employment or
24 experience working as a clinical professional
25 counselor under the direction of a qualified
26 supervisor subsequent to the degree; or
27 (B) a doctoral program in the field of
28 counseling, rehabilitation counseling, psychology,
29 or similar program approved by the Department and
30 has completed the equivalent of 2 years full-time
31 satisfactory supervised employment or experience
32 working as a clinical professional counselor under
33 the direction of a qualified supervisor, at least
34 one year of which is subsequent to the degree;
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1 (4) has passed the examination for the practice of
2 clinical professional counseling as authorized by the
3 Department; and
4 (5) has paid the fees required by this Act.
5 Any person who has received certification by any State or
6 national organization whose standards are accepted by the
7 Department as being substantially similar to the standards in
8 this Act may apply for a clinical professional counselor
9 license, and need not be examined further.
10 (b-5) Licensed school psychologist. A Type 73 certified
11 school psychologist who holds the title of Nationally
12 Certified School Psychologist (NCSP) may take the clinical
13 professional counseling examination provided under subsection
14 (b) and, upon passage of the examination and completion of
15 all other requirements of subsection (b), shall be designated
16 by the Department as a licensed school psychologist and shall
17 be authorized to practice clinical professional counseling in
18 accordance with this Act.
19 (c) Examination for applicants under this Act shall be
20 held at the discretion of the Department from time to time
21 but not less than once each year. The examination used shall
22 be authorized by the Department.
23 (d) Upon application and payment of the required fee, an
24 applicant who has an active license as a clinical
25 psychologist or a clinical social worker licensed under the
26 laws of this State may, without examination, be granted
27 registration as a licensed clinical professional counselor by
28 the Department.
29 (Source: P.A. 87-1011; 87-1269.)
30 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect
31 January 1, 1999.