Title 5, Title 5 and Professions

(a) Each person desiring to obtain a license as a practicing marriage and family therapist or clinical mental health counselor shall make application to the board upon the form and in the manner that the board prescribes and shall furnish satisfactory evidence to the board that h…

Examination for licensure shall be conducted by the division as scheduled by the director of the department of health and offered by the board at least twice a year according to methods and in each subject field that it deems most practical and expeditious to test the applicant’s…

A license as a clinical mental health counselor or marriage and family therapist may be issued, in the discretion of the board, without examination, to an applicant who is a clinical mental health counselor where the applicant is licensed or certified in another state whose requi…

The applicant applying for licensure as a clinical mental health counselor or marriage and family therapist shall pay a nonrefundable application fee and, when applicable, a reexamination fee for each reexamination. Both fees required by this section are set forth in § 23-1-54.

(a) Every clinical mental health counselor and marriage and family therapist who desires to continue licensure as a licensed clinical mental health counselor and licensed marriage and family therapist shall present satisfactory evidence to the board and approved by rule or regula…

The provisions of § 9-17-24 shall apply to persons licensed pursuant to this chapter.

A licensed clinical mental health counselor and/or licensed marriage and family therapist who does not intend to continue his or her licensure, upon written request to the administrator of professional regulation, may have his or her name transferred to an inactive list, and shal…

As used in this chapter: (1) “Advertise” means, but is not limited to, the issuing or causing to be distributed any card, sign, or device to any person; or the causing, permitting, or allowing any sign or marking on or in any building, radio, or television; or by advertising by a…

From the proceeds of any fees collected pursuant to this chapter, there is created a restricted receipt account which shall be used for the general purposes of the division of professional regulation with the department of health.

The board has the power to deny, revoke, or suspend any registration issued by the administrator of professional regulation or applied for in accordance with this chapter or to discipline a licensed clinical mental health counselor and/or a licensed marriage and family therapist …

When a sworn complaint is filed with the board charging a person with having been guilty of any of the actions specified in § 5-63.2-21, the division of professional regulation shall immediately investigate the charges or, the board, after investigation, may institute charges. In…

(a) It is a misdemeanor for any person, in offering his or her services to the public to: (1) Use in connection with his or her name any designation tending to imply that he or she is a licensed clinical mental health counselor and/or licensed marriage and family therapist unless…

When it appears to the board that any person is violating any of the provisions of this chapter, the director of the department of health may cause an action to be instituted, commenced in the name of the board, to enjoin the violation in a court of competent jurisdiction and the…

The director of the department of health shall enforce the provisions of this chapter. The director or the director’s authorized agents and/or the board shall be exempt from providing surety for costs in connection with the commencement of any legal proceedings under this chapter…

Any person aggrieved by a decision or ruling of the director of the department of health or the board may appeal to the superior court in the manner provided in the administrative procedures act, chapter 35 of title 42.

Within the division of professional regulation in the state department of health, there is a board of mental health counselors and marriage and family therapists consisting of nine (9) members.

The director of the department of health, with the approval of the governor, shall appoint nine (9) electors as members of the board. Three (3) shall be clinical mental health counselors, at least two (2) of whom shall meet the qualifications of § 5-63.2-9(b) and have at least fi…

The board shall organize immediately after the appointment and qualification of its members. The board shall annually elect a chairperson and secretary. Meetings may be called by the chairperson or the director of the department of health or by written request of four (4) members…

The board is authorized to recommend to the director of the department of health, for his or her approval, the adoption, and from time to time, the revision of the rules and regulations not inconsistent with law that may be necessary to enable it to carry into effect the provisio…

Members of the board shall serve without compensation.

The administrator of professional regulation of the department of health shall maintain a register of all clinical mental health counselors and marriage and family therapists licensed under this chapter which shall be open at all reasonable times to public inspection. The adminis…

(a) The department shall issue the appropriate license to applicants who meet the qualifications in this section. (1) Prerequisites for licensure of a clinical mental health counselor associate. A license as a “clinical mental health counselor associate” shall be issued to an app…