August 15, 2018, Introduced by Rep. Kahle and referred to the Committee on Health Policy.
A bill to amend 1978 PA 368, entitled
"Public health code,"
by amending sections 18107 and 18111 (MCL 333.18107 and 333.18111),
section 18107 as amended by 1989 PA 262 and section 18111 as added
by 1988 PA 421.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 18107. (1) The board may grant a professional counselor
license
to an individual who is or does meets
all of the following
requirements:
(a)
Is not less than 21 18 years of age.
(b) Has received a masters or doctoral degree in counseling,
or
psychology, student personnel work, or in a similar program
approved
by the board. The board shall promulgate rules to
establish
standards to approve only those programs that include
graduate
studies in the following areas: research, group
techniques,
counseling theories, ethics, counseling techniques,
counseling
philosophy, testing procedures, career development,
consulting,
practicum, and internship.
(c) Has at least 2 years of counseling experience under the
supervision
of a licensed professional counselor. The board may
decrease
the required length of counseling experience under the
supervision
of a licensed professional counselor to 1 year if an
applicant
has completed 30 hours of graduate study in counseling
beyond
the master's degree. An applicant shall not be licensed
before
completing 1 year of counseling experience under the
supervision
of a licensed professional counselor. This subdivision
shall
take effect on October 1, 1994.
(2)
By October 1, 1993, an individual who meets the
requirement
of subsection (1)(a), has 2 years of experience, and
holds
a master's or doctoral degree in counseling or student
personnel
work that does not meet the requirements of subsection
(1)(b),
may be granted a license by the board.
(d) Passes an examination approved by the department, in
consultation with the board, that measures entry level competence.
(2) R 338.1751 and R 338.1753 of the Michigan Administrative
Code are rescinded.
Sec. 18111. (1) The board may grant a limited license to an
individual
who meets both of the following criteria:requirements:
(a)
Is not less than 21 18 years of age.
(b) Has received, from an accredited college or university
approved by the department, a masters or doctoral degree in
counseling, or
psychology, student personnel work, or in a similar
program
approved by the board. The board shall approve only those
programs
that include graduate studies in the following areas:
research,
group techniques, counseling theories, ethics, counseling
techniques,
counseling philosophy, testing procedures, career
development,
consulting, practicum, and internship.
(2)
A limited license issued granted
under this section shall
must require that the individual confine his or her practice to a
program of counseling experience under the supervision of a
licensed professional counselor.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days
after the date it is enacted into law.