Title 5, Title 5 and Professions

(a) The compact shall come into effect on the date on which the compact statute is enacted into law in the tenth member state. The provisions, which become effective at that time, shall be limited to the powers granted to the commission relating to assembly and the promulgation o…

This compact shall be liberally construed in order to effectuate the purposes thereof. The provisions of this compact shall be severable and if any phrase, clause, sentence, or provision of this compact is declared to be contrary to the constitution of any member state or of the …

(a) A licensee providing professional counseling services in a remote state under the privilege to practice shall adhere to the laws and regulations, including scope of practice, of the remote state. (b) Nothing herein prevents the enforcement of any other law of a member state t…

For purposes of this compact, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) “Active duty military” means full-time duty status in the active uniformed service of the United States, including members of the National Guard and Reserve on active duty orders pursuant to …

(a) To participate in the compact, a state must currently: (1) License and regulate licensed professional counselors; (2) Require licensees to pass a nationally recognized exam approved by the commission; (3) Require licensees to have a sixty (60) semester-hour, or ninety (90) qu…

(a) To exercise the privilege to practice under the terms and provisions of the compact, the licensee shall: (1) Hold a license in the home state; (2) Have a valid United States social security number or national practitioner identifier; (3) Be eligible for a privilege to practic…

(a) A licensed professional counselor may hold a home state license, which allows for a privilege to practice in other member states, in only one member state at a time. (b) If a licensed professional counselor changes primary state of residence by moving between two (2) member s…

Active duty military personnel, or their spouse, shall designate a home state where the individual has a current license in good standing. The individual may retain the home state designation during the period the service member is on active duty. Subsequent to designating a home…

(a) Member states shall recognize the right of a licensed professional counselor, licensed by a home state in accordance with § 5-39.3-3 and under rules promulgated by the commission, to practice professional counseling in any member state via telehealth under a privilege to prac…

(a) In addition to the other powers conferred by state law, a remote state shall have the authority, in accordance with existing state due process law, to: (1) Take adverse action against a licensed professional counselor’s privilege to practice within that member state, and (2) …

(a) The compact member states hereby create and establish a joint public agency known as the counseling compact commission: (1) The commission is an instrumentality of the compact states. (2) Venue is proper and judicial proceedings by or against the commission shall be brought s…