Rep. Elizabeth Coulson
Filed: 3/17/2009
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| 1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3257
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| 2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3257 by replacing | ||||||
| 3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| 4 | "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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| 7 | (225 ILCS 107/45)
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| 8 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2013)
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| 9 | Sec. 45. Qualifications for a license.
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| 10 | (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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| 14 | (1) has applied in writing on the prescribed form and | ||||||
| 15 | has paid the
required fee;
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| 16 | (2) is at least 21 years of age and has not engaged in | ||||||
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| 1 | conduct or
activities which would constitute grounds for | ||||||
| 2 | discipline under this Act;
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| 3 | (3) is a graduate of:
(A) a master's or doctoral level | ||||||
| 4 | program in the field of counseling,
rehabilitation | ||||||
| 5 | counseling, psychology, or similar degree program approved | ||||||
| 6 | by
the Department; or
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| 7 | (B) an approved baccalaureate program in human | ||||||
| 8 | services or similar
degree program approved by the | ||||||
| 9 | Department and can document the equivalent of 5
years | ||||||
| 10 | of full-time satisfactory supervised experience, as | ||||||
| 11 | established by rule,
under a qualified supervisor;
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| 12 | (4) has passed an examination for the practice of | ||||||
| 13 | professional
counseling as authorized by the Department; | ||||||
| 14 | and
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| 15 | (5) has paid the fees required by this Act.
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| 16 | Any person who has received certification by any State or | ||||||
| 17 | national
organization whose standards are accepted by the | ||||||
| 18 | Department as being
substantially similar to the standards in | ||||||
| 19 | this Act may apply for a
professional counselor license and | ||||||
| 20 | need not be examined further.
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| 21 | (b) Clinical professional counselor. A person is qualified | ||||||
| 22 | to be
licensed as a clinical professional counselor, and the | ||||||
| 23 | Department shall
issue a license authorizing the practice of | ||||||
| 24 | clinical professional
counseling to an applicant who:
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| 25 | (1) has applied in writing on the prescribed form and | ||||||
| 26 | has paid the
required fee;
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| 1 | (2) is at least 21 years of age and has not engaged in | ||||||
| 2 | conduct or
activities which would constitute grounds for | ||||||
| 3 | discipline under this Act;
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| 4 | (3) is a graduate of:
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| 5 | (A) a master's level program in the field of | ||||||
| 6 | counseling, rehabilitation
counseling, psychology, or | ||||||
| 7 | similar degree program approved by the Department
and | ||||||
| 8 | has completed the equivalent of 2 years full-time | ||||||
| 9 | satisfactory supervised
employment or experience | ||||||
| 10 | working as a clinical counselor under
the
direction of | ||||||
| 11 | a qualified supervisor subsequent to the degree; or
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| 12 | (B) a doctoral program in the field of counseling, | ||||||
| 13 | rehabilitation
counseling, psychology, or similar | ||||||
| 14 | program approved by the Department and has
completed | ||||||
| 15 | the equivalent of 2 years full-time satisfactory | ||||||
| 16 | supervised
employment or experience working as a | ||||||
| 17 | clinical counselor under
the
direction of a qualified | ||||||
| 18 | supervisor, at least one year of which is subsequent
to | ||||||
| 19 | the degree;
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| 20 | (4) has passed the examination for the practice of | ||||||
| 21 | clinical
professional counseling as authorized by the | ||||||
| 22 | Department; and
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| 23 | (5) has paid the fees required by this Act.
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| 24 | Any person who has received certification by any State or | ||||||
| 25 | national
organization whose standards are accepted by the | ||||||
| 26 | Department as being
substantially similar to the standards in | ||||||
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| 1 | this Act may apply for a clinical
professional counselor | ||||||
| 2 | license, and need not be examined further.
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| 3 | (c) Examination for applicants under this Act shall be held | ||||||
| 4 | at the
discretion of the Department from time to time but not | ||||||
| 5 | less than once each
year. The examination used shall be | ||||||
| 6 | authorized by the
Department.
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| 7 | (d) Upon application and payment of the required fee, an | ||||||
| 8 | applicant who has
an active license as a clinical psychologist | ||||||
| 9 | or a clinical social worker
licensed under the laws of this | ||||||
| 10 | State may, without examination, be granted
registration as a | ||||||
| 11 | licensed clinical professional counselor by the Department.
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| 12 | (Source: P.A. 92-719, eff. 7-25-02.)
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| 13 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 14 | becoming law.".
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