Full Text of HB4864 96th General Assembly
HB4864 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010 HB4864
Introduced 1/15/2010, by Rep. Sandy Cole SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Amends the Professional Counselor and Clinical Professional Counselor
Licensing Act. Provides that a qualified applicant for licensure as a professional counselor must be a graduate of a master's or doctoral level program in the field of counseling,
rehabilitation counseling, psychology, or similar degree program approved by
the Department. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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| AN ACT concerning regulation.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Professional Counselor and Clinical | 5 |
| Professional Counselor
Licensing Act is amended by changing | 6 |
| Section 45 as follows:
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| (225 ILCS 107/45)
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| (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2013)
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| Sec. 45. Qualifications for a license.
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| (a) Professional counselor. A person is qualified to be | 11 |
| licensed as a
licensed professional counselor, and the | 12 |
| Department shall issue a license
authorizing the practice of | 13 |
| professional counseling to an applicant who:
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| (1) has applied in writing on the prescribed form and | 15 |
| has paid the
required fee;
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| (2) is at least 21 years of age and has not engaged in | 17 |
| conduct or
activities which would constitute grounds for | 18 |
| discipline under this Act;
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| (3) is a graduate of :
(A) a master's or doctoral level | 20 |
| program in the field of counseling,
rehabilitation | 21 |
| counseling, psychology, or similar degree program approved | 22 |
| by
the Department; or
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| (B) an approved baccalaureate program in human |
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| services or similar
degree program approved by the | 2 |
| Department and can document the equivalent of 5
years | 3 |
| of full-time satisfactory supervised experience, as | 4 |
| established by rule,
under a qualified supervisor;
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| (4) has passed an examination for the practice of | 6 |
| professional
counseling as authorized by the Department; | 7 |
| and
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| (5) has paid the fees required by this Act.
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| Any person who has received certification by any State or | 10 |
| national
organization whose standards are accepted by the | 11 |
| Department as being
substantially similar to the standards in | 12 |
| this Act may apply for a
professional counselor license and | 13 |
| need not be examined further.
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| (b) Clinical professional counselor. A person is qualified | 15 |
| to be
licensed as a clinical professional counselor, and the | 16 |
| Department shall
issue a license authorizing the practice of | 17 |
| clinical professional
counseling to an applicant who:
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| (1) has applied in writing on the prescribed form and | 19 |
| has paid the
required fee;
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| (2) is at least 21 years of age and has not engaged in | 21 |
| conduct or
activities which would constitute grounds for | 22 |
| discipline under this Act;
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| (3) is a graduate of:
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| (A) a master's level program in the field of | 25 |
| counseling, rehabilitation
counseling, psychology, or | 26 |
| similar degree program approved by the Department
and |
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| has completed the equivalent of 2 years full-time | 2 |
| satisfactory supervised
employment or experience | 3 |
| working as a clinical counselor under
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direction of | 4 |
| a qualified supervisor subsequent to the degree; or
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| (B) a doctoral program in the field of counseling, | 6 |
| rehabilitation
counseling, psychology, or similar | 7 |
| program approved by the Department and has
completed | 8 |
| the equivalent of 2 years full-time satisfactory | 9 |
| supervised
employment or experience working as a | 10 |
| clinical counselor under
the
direction of a qualified | 11 |
| supervisor, at least one year of which is subsequent
to | 12 |
| the degree;
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| (4) has passed the examination for the practice of | 14 |
| clinical
professional counseling as authorized by the | 15 |
| Department; and
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| (5) has paid the fees required by this Act.
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| Any person who has received certification by any State or | 18 |
| national
organization whose standards are accepted by the | 19 |
| Department as being
substantially similar to the standards in | 20 |
| this Act may apply for a clinical
professional counselor | 21 |
| license, and need not be examined further.
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| (c) Examination for applicants under this Act shall be held | 23 |
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discretion of the Department from time to time but not | 24 |
| less than once each
year. The examination used shall be | 25 |
| authorized by the
Department.
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| (d) Upon application and payment of the required fee, an |
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| applicant who has
an active license as a clinical psychologist | 2 |
| or a clinical social worker
licensed under the laws of this | 3 |
| State may, without examination, be granted
registration as a | 4 |
| licensed clinical professional counselor by the Department.
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| (Source: P.A. 92-719, eff. 7-25-02.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 7 |
| becoming law.
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