Section 17-6B-01 – Interstate Licensed Professional Counselors Compact
SECTION 1: PURPOSE. This Compact is designed to achieve the following objectives: A. Increase public access to professional counseling services by providing for the mutual recognition of other member state licenses; B. Enhance the states’ ability to protect the public’s health and safety; C. Encourage the cooperation of member states in regulating multistate practice for licensed professional counselors; […]
Section 17-6A-17 – Notice of Change of Name or Address
(a) A licensee shall notify the Board in writing of a change in name or address within 60 days after the change. (b) A licensee who fails to comply with subsection (a) of this section is subject to an administrative penalty of $100.
Section 17-701 – Short Title
This title may be cited as the “Maryland Professional Counselors and Therapists Act”.
Section 17-6A-18 – Surrender or Lapse of License
Unless the Board accepts the surrender of a license, the license may not lapse by operation of law while the licensee is under investigation or while charges are pending against the licensee.
Section 17-702 – Termination of Title
Subject to the evaluation and reestablishment provisions of the Maryland Program Evaluation Act, this title and all rules or regulations adopted under this title shall terminate and be of no effect after July 1, 2026.
Section 17-6A-19 – Denials, Suspension or Revocation of License; Reprimands, Probation
Subject to the hearing provisions of § 17–6A–21 of this subtitle, the Board, on the affirmative vote of a majority of its members then serving, may deny a license to any applicant, reprimand any licensee, place any licensee on probation, or suspend or revoke a license of any licensee if the applicant or licensee: (1) Fraudulently […]
Section 17-6A-20 – Penalties
(a) If, after a hearing under § 17–6A–21 of this subtitle, the Board finds that there are grounds under § 17–6A–19 of this subtitle to suspend or revoke a license or to reprimand a licensee, the Board may impose a monetary penalty not exceeding $10,000: (1) Instead of suspending the license; or (2) In addition to suspending or […]
Section 17-6A-21 – Hearing
(a) Except as otherwise provided in the Administrative Procedure Act, before the Board takes any action under § 17–6A–19 of this subtitle, it shall give the individual against whom the action is contemplated an opportunity for a hearing before the Board. (b) The Board shall give notice and hold the hearing in accordance with the Administrative Procedure […]
Section 17-6A-22 – Appeals
(a) Except as provided in this section for an action under § 17–6A–19 of this subtitle, any person aggrieved by a final decision of the Board in a contested case, as defined in the Administrative Procedure Act, may petition for judicial review as allowed by the Administrative Procedure Act. (b) Any person aggrieved by a final decision […]
Section 17-6A-23 – Reinstatement of License, Reduction of Suspension Period, or Withdrawal of Reprimand
For reasons the Board considers sufficient, and on the affirmative vote of a majority of its members then serving, the Board may: (1) Reinstate a license that has been revoked; (2) Reduce the period of a suspension; or (3) Withdraw a reprimand.