§ 3261. Definitions As used in this chapter: (1) “Board” means the Board of Allied Mental Health Practitioners established under this chapter. (2) “Clinical mental health counseling” means providing, for a consideration, professional counseling services that are primarily drawn from the theory and practice of psychotherapy and the discipline of clinical mental health counseling, involving […]
§ 3262. Prohibition; offenses (a) No person shall practice or attempt to practice clinical mental health counseling, nor shall any person use in connection with the person’s name any letters, words, or insignia indicating or implying that the person is a clinical mental health counselor unless the person is licensed in accordance with this chapter. […]
§ 3262a. Board of Allied Mental Health Practitioners (a) The Board of Allied Mental Health Practitioners is established. (b) The Board shall consist of six members appointed by the Governor pursuant to 3 V.S.A. §§ 129b and 2004. (1) Two members shall be licensed clinical mental health counselors; one member shall be a licensed marriage […]
§ 3263. Allied Mental Health Board; duties (a) The Board shall: (1) provide general information to applicants for licensure as clinical mental health counselors; (2) administer fees collected under this chapter; (3) explain appeal procedures to licensed clinical mental health counselors and applicants and complaint procedures to the public; (4) receive applications for licensure, license […]
§ 3265. Eligibility To be eligible for licensure as a clinical mental health counselor an applicant shall have: (1) Received a master’s degree or higher degree in counseling or a related field, from an accredited educational institution, after having successfully completed a course of study requiring a minimum number of graduate credit hours established by […]
§ 3268. Licensing without examination The Board may waive the examination requirement if the applicant is a clinical mental health counselor regulated under the laws of another jurisdiction, who is in good standing to practice clinical mental health counseling in that jurisdiction, and, in the opinion of the Board, the standards and qualifications required for […]
§ 3269. Renewals Licenses shall be renewed every two years upon payment of required fees and proof of such continuing education as the Board may require by rule and as required by this section. Synchronous virtual continuing education credits shall be approvable and accepted as live in-person training. Continuing education requirements shall include requiring one […]
§ 3269. Renewals [ Licenses shall be renewed every two years upon payment of required fees and proof of such continuing education as the Board may require by rule. (Added 1987, No. 245 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 1989, No. 250 (Adj. Sess.), § 4(d); 1993, No. 98, § 15; 1997, No. 40, § 55; […]
§ 3270a. Fees Applicants and persons regulated under this chapter shall pay the following fees: (1) Application for licensure $150.00 (2) Biennial renewal $200.00
§ 3271. Unprofessional conduct (a) Unprofessional conduct means the following conduct and conduct set forth in 3 V.S.A. § 129a: (1) using dishonest or misleading advertising; (2) misusing a title in professional activity; (3) conduct that evidences unfitness to practice clinical mental health counseling; (4) engaging in any sexual conduct with a client, or with […]
§ 3272. Professional designation Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prohibit the use and incorporation into the title of a clinical mental health counselor of a professional designation issued by a nationally recognized professional licensing organization. (Added 1987, No. 245 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 1993, No. 98, § 18.)
§ 3273. Exemptions (a) The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to persons while engaged in the course of their customary duties as clergy, licensed physicians, psychologists, nurses, osteopaths, optometrists, dentists, lawyers, social workers, certified marriage and family therapists and psychoanalysts, rostered psychotherapists, or licensed educators when performing their duties consistent with the accepted […]
§ 3273a. Exceptions (a) This chapter shall not apply to a person engaged or acting: (1) in the discharge of his or her duties as a student of clinical mental health counseling or preparing for the practice of clinical mental health counseling provided that the person’s title indicates his or her training status, if the […]
§ 3274. Disclosure of information The Board shall adopt rules requiring licensed clinical mental health counselors to disclose to each client the clinical mental health counselor’s professional qualifications and experience, those actions that constitute unprofessional conduct, the method for filing a complaint or making a consumer inquiry, and provisions relating to the manner in which […]
