Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 9, September 1, 2024
To qualify for licensure as a professional counselor under ORS
675.715(1)(b),
an applicant must hold a graduate degree from one of the following:
(1) A counseling program approved by the
Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs
(CACREP) as of the date the degree was conferred;
(2) A counseling program approved by the
Council on Rehabilitation Education (CORE) as of the date the degree was
conferred;
(3) A program at an
institution of higher learning that was accredited by a regional accrediting
agency as of the date the degree was conferred; or
(4) A foreign program that has been evaluated
by a credentialing body recognized by the Board. Submission of foreign degree
evaluation and cost of the foreign degree qualification determination are the
responsibility of the applicant.
(5) A graduate degree under sections (1) or
(2) must have included at least two semester credit hours or three credit
quarter hours of coursework in the diagnosis of mental disorders.
(6) A graduate degree under sections (3) or
(4) must have included all of the following requirements:
(a) At least two years in duration, including
at least:
(A) 48 semester credit hours or 72
quarter hours for graduate degrees granted before October 1, 2014; or
(B) 60 semester credit hours or 90 quarter
credit hours for graduate degrees granted on or after October 1,
2014.
(b) At least two
semester credit hours or three credit quarter hours in each of the following
coursework:
(A) Counseling Theory;
(B) Human Growth and Development;
(C) Social and Cultural
Foundations;
(D) The Helping
Relationship;
(E) Group Dynamics
Processing and Counseling;
(F)
Lifestyle and Career Development;
(G) Diagnosis of mental disorders;
(H) Research and Evaluation; and
(I) Professional Orientation
(Ethics).
(c) At least
16 semester hours or 24 quarter hours of supporting coursework for specialty
areas; and
(d) A supervised
clinical practicum or internship experience that:
(A) Included at least 600 total clock hours,
including 240 direct client contact hours, for graduate degrees granted before
October 1, 2014;
(B) Included at
least 700 total clock hours, including 280 direct client contact hours, for
graduate degrees granted on or after October 1, 2014;
(C) Had supervisory staff with a minimum of a
master's degree in the program emphasis and with pertinent professional
experience;
(D) Made provision for
faculty monitoring of operations;
(E) Kept records of student-client contact
hours including summary of student progress by the supervisor;
(F) Had a written agreement with the program
and student specifying learning objectives; and
(G) Had a mechanism for program
evaluation.
(e)
Deficiencies in the credit hour requirements of sections (a), (b) or (c) may be
remedied by completing graduate level coursework in the deficient area(s) at a
regionally accredited institution.
(f) For reciprocity applicants only, three
years or more of active licensure to practice professional counseling in
another U.S. state may substitute the requirements of Sections (a) through (d)
above.
(g) Deficiencies in the
supervised experience requirement of section (d) may be remedied by completion
of:
(A) At least 700 clock hours of supervised
clinical experience, including 280 direct client contact hours; or
(B) At least five years of full-time
post-degree clinical experience.
