New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY
Chapter 34 - BOARD OF MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPY EXAMINERS
Subchapter 29 - PROFESSIONAL COUNSELORS, ASSOCIATE COUNSELORS AND REHABILITATION COUNSELORS: ADVERTISING
Section 13:34-29.4 - Use of professional credentials and certifications

Universal Citation: NJ Admin Code 13:34-29.4

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024

(a) A licensee shall accurately and objectively represent his or her competence, education, training, and experience, as of the time of the representations.

(b) An advertisement that includes information on professional credentials shall contain the highest academic degrees attained related to the practice of professional, associate or rehabilitation counseling and shall refer only to degrees obtained from a regionally accredited academic institution.

(c) An advertisement that includes information on certification shall include the full name of the institute or agency conferring the certification or the recognized name or abbreviation of the certification.

(d) In addition to the information required to appear pursuant to 13:34-29.3, letters or abbreviations that may appear immediately following the licensee's name shall be limited to the following:

1. The highest academic degrees earned from a regionally accredited institution relating to the practice of professional or rehabilitation counseling. A licensee shall not include any degree earned at an institution that is not regionally accredited;

2. Professional specialty designations as defined in 13:34-4.1; and

3. Other licenses or certifications issued by another State or Federal agency.

(e) Letters or abbreviations appearing immediately following the licensee's name shall appear in the following order only:

1. Highest academic degrees earned from a regionally accredited institution related to the practice of professional, associate or rehabilitation counseling;

2. Licensure designation;

3. Professional specialty designation as defined in 13:34-14.1; and

4. Certifications.

(f) Nothing in this section shall preclude any truthful or nondeceptive statement in regard to education or experience in a particular area of professional, associate or rehabilitation counseling.

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