Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 6, March 18, 2024
(a) In addition to the requirements listed in 13:34-11.2, an applicant for licensure as a professional counselor shall submit to the Committee documentation indicating that the applicant has met the supervised professional counseling experience requirements for licensure as set forth below:
1. Three calendar years of supervised professional counseling experience in a professional counseling setting, only one calendar year of which may be obtained prior to the granting of the master's degree. Two calendar years of supervised professional counseling experience shall have been obtained following licensure as an associate counselor. Hours of supervised professional counseling experience obtained during college or university graduate level practicums or internships may be counted toward satisfying a portion of the supervised counseling experience requirement provided the courses labeled practicums or internships are not also used to satisfy the 45 hours distributed in the eight areas of the educational requirements for licensure as set forth in 13:34-11.2; or
2. Two calendar years of supervised professional counseling experience as a licensed associate counselor in a professional counseling setting, provided that the applicant has earned, subsequent to completing the 60 graduate semester hours to include a master's degree, an additional 30 graduate semester hours clearly related to counseling as contained in 13:34-11.2(a)3 ii(1) through (9). Hours of supervised professional counseling experience obtained during college or university graduate level practicums may be counted toward satisfying a portion of the supervised professional counseling experience requirement provided the courses labeled graduate level practicums or internships are not also used to satisfy the 45 hours distributed in the eight areas of the educational requirements for licensure as set forth in 13:34-11.2. No more than one calendar year of supervised professional counseling experience may be obtained prior to the completion of the 60 graduate semester hours.
(b) An applicant for licensure may take up to a maximum of six years to satisfy the supervised professional counseling experience requirement within the definitions stated in N.J.A.C. 13:34-10.2. Professional counseling experience submitted to the Committee that occurs before the date of the application may be accepted toward the fulfillment of the experience requirement if the experience meets the criteria stated above, including supervision by a qualified supervisor.
1. An applicant for licensure as a professional counselor who is a licensed associate counselor has six years from the date he or she was licensed as an associate counselor to satisfy the supervised professional counseling experience requirement.
2. An applicant for licensure as a professional counselor who, prior to October 5, 2011, completed the educational requirements set forth in N.J.A.C. 13:34-11.2 and began obtaining the supervised professional counseling experience set forth in this section has six years from the date his or her degree was conferred to satisfy the supervised professional counseling experience requirement.
