Licensed professional counselor-mental health--Exception to minimum hour degree requirement--Compact eligibility

Notwithstanding subsection 36-32-65 (2)(b), the board may issue a license as a professional counselor--mental health to an applicant who has received a master's or a doctoral degree, consisting of less than sixty credit hours but no less than forty-eight credit hours in counseling, if the applicant otherwise satisfies the requirements for licensure in §