Title 26, Title 26: Professions and Occupations

§ 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 cour…

§ 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 jurisdictio…

§ 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 l…

§ 3270a. Fees (a) Applicants and persons regulated under this chapter shall pay the following fees: (b) A licensee of a remote state under the Counseling Compact established in subchapter 2 of this chapter shall pay a biennial $50.00 privilege to practice fee. (Added 1997, No. 15…

§ 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 …

§ 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,…

§ 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…

§ 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 indi…

§ 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, t…

§ 3275. Counseling Compact; adoption This subchapter is the Vermont adoption of the Counseling Compact. The form, format, and text of the Compact have been conformed to the conventions of the Vermont Statutes Annotated. It is the intent of the General Assembly that this subchapte…

§ 3275a. Purpose (a) The purpose of this Compact is to facilitate interstate practice of licensed professional counselors with the goal of improving public access to professional counseling services. The practice of professional counseling occurs in the state where the client is …

§ 3275b. Definitions As used in this Compact, and except as otherwise provided, the following definitions shall apply: (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 …

§ 3275c. State participation in the Compact (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…

§ 3275d. Privilege to practice (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 elig…

§ 3275e. Obtaining a new home state license based on privilege (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 change…

§ 3275f. Active duty military personnel or their spouses 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 m…

§ 3275g. Compact privilege to practice telehealth (a) Member states shall recognize the right of a licensed professional counselor, licensed by a home state in accordance with section 3275c of this title and under rules promulgated by the Commission, to practice professional coun…

§ 3275h. Adverse actions (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)(A) Take adverse action against a licensed professional counselor’s privilege to practice within…

§ 3275i. Establishment of Counseling Compact Commission (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 pro…

§ 3275j. Data system (a) The Commission shall provide for the development, maintenance, operation, and utilization of a coordinated database and reporting system containing licensure, adverse action, and investigative information on all licensed individuals in member states. (b) …

§ 3275k. Rulemaking (a) The Commission shall promulgate reasonable rules in order to effectively and efficiently achieve the purpose of the Compact. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event the Commission exercises its rulemaking authority in a manner that is beyond the scope …

§ 3275l. Oversight, dispute, resolution, and enforcement (a) Oversight. (1) The executive, legislative, and judicial branches of state government in each member state shall enforce this Compact and take all actions necessary and appropriate to effectuate the Compact’s purposes an…

§ 3275m. Date of implementation of the Counseling Compact Commission and associated rules, withdrawal, and amendment (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 effecti…

§ 3275n. Construction and severability This Compact shall be liberally construed so as 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 constitu…

§ 3275o. Binding effect of Compact and other laws (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 th…