96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB4864


 
Introduced 1/15/2010, by Rep. Sandy Cole
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		





 


  



225 ILCS 107/45










     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 
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Professional Counselor
Licensing Act is amended  by changing 
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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    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2013)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 
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licensed as a
licensed professional counselor, and the 
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Department shall issue a license
authorizing the practice of 
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professional counseling to an applicant who:


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        (1) has applied in writing on the prescribed form and 
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    has paid the
required fee;


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        (2) is at least 21 years of age and has not engaged in 
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    conduct or
activities which would constitute grounds for 
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    discipline under this Act;


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        (3) is a graduate of:
(A) a master's or doctoral level 
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    program in the field of counseling,
rehabilitation 
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    counseling, psychology, or similar degree program approved 
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    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 
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        Department and can document the equivalent of 5
years 
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        of full-time satisfactory supervised experience, as 
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        established by rule,
under a qualified supervisor;


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        (4) has passed an examination for the practice of 
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    professional
counseling as authorized by the Department; 
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    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 
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national
organization whose standards are accepted by the 
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Department as being
substantially similar to the standards in 
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this Act may apply for a
professional counselor license and 
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need not be examined further.

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    (b) Clinical professional counselor. A person is qualified 
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to be
licensed as a clinical professional counselor, and the 
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Department shall
issue a license authorizing the practice of 
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clinical professional
counseling to an applicant who:


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        (1) has applied in writing on the prescribed form and 
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    has paid the
required fee;


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        (2) is at least 21 years of age and has not engaged in 
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    conduct or
activities which would constitute grounds for 
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    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 
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        counseling, rehabilitation
counseling, psychology, or 
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        similar degree program approved by the Department
and 
 


 






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        has completed the equivalent of 2 years full-time 
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        satisfactory supervised
employment or experience 
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        working as a clinical counselor under
the
direction of 
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        a qualified supervisor subsequent to the degree; or


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            (B) a doctoral program in the field of counseling, 
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        rehabilitation
counseling, psychology, or similar 
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        program approved by the Department and has
completed 
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        the equivalent of 2 years full-time satisfactory 
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        supervised
employment or experience working as a 
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        clinical counselor under
the
direction of a qualified 
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        supervisor, at least one year of which is subsequent
to 
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        the degree;


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        (4) has passed the examination for the practice of 
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    clinical
professional counseling as authorized by the 
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    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 
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national
organization whose standards are accepted by the 
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Department as being
substantially similar to the standards in 
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this Act may apply for a clinical
professional counselor 
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license, and need not be examined further.

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    (c) Examination for applicants under this Act shall be held 
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at the
discretion of the Department from time to time but not 
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less than once each
year. The examination used shall be 
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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 
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or a clinical social worker
licensed under the laws of this 
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State may, without examination, be granted
registration as a 
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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 
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becoming law.