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House File 601

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 262.9, Code 1999, is amended by adding
  1  2 the following new subsection:
  1  3    NEW SUBSECTION.  30.  Adopt rules prescribing that each
  1  4 institution of higher learning under its control which
  1  5 provides graduate practitioner preparation programs requires
  1  6 not more than thirty-six semester hours, or the trimester or
  1  7 quarter equivalent, for a graduate degree leading to an
  1  8 elementary or secondary counselor endorsement.
  1  9    Sec. 2.  NEW SECTION.  272.32  ALTERNATIVE COUNSELING
  1 10 LICENSE.
  1 11    The board shall adopt rules not later than January 1, 2000,
  1 12 to allow a person licensed to practice psychology pursuant to
  1 13 chapter 154B, a licensed social worker pursuant to chapter
  1 14 154C, a licensed marital and family therapist pursuant to
  1 15 chapter 154D, or a licensed mental health counselor pursuant
  1 16 to chapter 154D, or a person who is licensed by a comparable
  1 17 examining board in another state that has entered into
  1 18 reciprocal relations with this state, to be licensed by the
  1 19 board for the purposes of counseling students in an accredited
  1 20 school or school district without further educational
  1 21 qualifications, except as provided in section 272.6.  The
  1 22 rules shall provide for the recognition of the individual's
  1 23 professional license issued by a professional licensing board
  1 24 other than the board of educational examiners, and shall
  1 25 require an individual who receives an alternative counseling
  1 26 license pursuant to this section to comply with the code of
  1 27 professional rights and responsibilities, practice, and ethics
  1 28 established by the board pursuant to section 272.2, subsection
  1 29 1.  The board shall not require the individual to complete or
  1 30 to have completed a practitioner preparation program in order
  1 31 to receive a license under this section.  
  1 32                           EXPLANATION 
  1 33    This bill directs the state board of regents to adopt rules
  1 34 prescribing that all institutions of higher learning under its
  1 35 control, which are providing graduate practitioner preparation
  2  1 programs, require not more than 36 semester hours for a
  2  2 graduate degree leading to an elementary or secondary
  2  3 counselor endorsement.
  2  4    The bill also directs the board of educational examiners to
  2  5 adopt rules to allow a person licensed to practice psychology,
  2  6 a licensed social worker, a licensed marital and family
  2  7 therapist, or a licensed mental health counselor, or a person
  2  8 who is licensed by a comparable examining board in another
  2  9 state that has entered into reciprocal relations with this
  2 10 state, to be licensed by the board for the purposes of
  2 11 counseling students in a school or school district without
  2 12 meeting any further educational qualifications.  The rules
  2 13 must require an individual who receives an alternative
  2 14 counseling license to comply with the code of professional
  2 15 rights and responsibilities, practice, and ethics established
  2 16 by the board for other licensees.  The board shall not require
  2 17 the individual to complete or to have completed a practitioner
  2 18 preparation program in order to receive an alternative license
  2 19 to counsel students.  
  2 20 LSB 2290YH 78
  2 21 kh/gg/8
     

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