New Mexico Register / Volume XXXIV,
Issue 1 / January 18, 2023
This is an amendment to
16.27.4 NMAC, Sections 4, 6, 9, 11 and 12, effective 1/18/2023.
16.27.4.2 SCOPE: All individuals
applying for licensure by examination as professional clinical mental
health counselors.
[16.27.4.2 NMAC - Rp,
16.27.4.2 NMAC, 11/30/2021; A, 1/18/2023]
16.27.4.6 OBJECTIVE: The objective
of Part 4 is to state the minimum requirements for licensure by examination
as a professional clinical mental health counselor and to list the
documentation required for application.
[16.27.4.6 NMAC - Rp,
16.27.4.6 NMAC, 11/30/2021; A, 1/18/2023]
16.27.4.9 APPLICANTS FOR LICENSURE BY
EXAMINATION: AS A PROFESSIONAL
CLINICAL MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELOR (LPCC) MUST POSSESS THE FOLLOWING
QUALIFICATIONS AND PROVIDE THE REQUIRED DOCUMENTATION WITH THE APPLICATION:
A. Age
requirement. Be at least 21 years of
age.
B. Applicant must sign a statement
provided in the application indicating the applicant has read the code of
ethics and agrees to be bound and governed by the code of ethics.
C. Education requirement. Hold a master's or doctoral degree in
counseling or a counseling-related field from an accredited institution. Applicants who hold a degree in a related-field must complete attachment E. The board may
request syllabi as needed to clarify course content.
D. Applicants must have a masters or
doctoral degree in counseling or a counseling-related field and a total of no
less than 48 graduate semester hours or 72 quarter graduate hours in the mental
health clinical core curriculum as defined in 16.27.2 NMAC. The hours must be acquired as a part of a
master’s or doctoral degree, or acquired as additional graduate education to
complete the required clinical core curriculum hours.
E. Experience requirements.
(1) A
minimum of two years' postgraduate professional clinical counseling experience.
(2) Evidence of having participated in a
total of 3,000 hours of postgraduate clinical client contact and 100 hours of
appropriate face to face postgraduate supervision. Up to 1,000 clinical client
contact hours may be from the applicant's internship or practicum. Credit is
automatically awarded by board staff based on the number of semester or quarter
hours in practicum and internship listed on official transcripts. This credit
should not be included on the attachment B form used for verifying postgraduate
experience.
F. Application fee of $75.00 as
provided for in Part 17.
[16.27.4.9 NMAC - Rp,
16.27.4.9 NMAC, 11/30/2021; A, 1/18/2023]
16.27.4.11 DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED FOR
LICENSURE BY EXAMINATION:
A. A completed application as specified
in 16.27.3.8 NMAC.
B. Proof of education and experience
requirements:
(1) The
applicant is required to submit an official transcript in a sealed envelope
from each institution contributing to the applicant's master or doctoral
degree, a total of no less than 48 graduate semester hours or 72 quarter
graduate hours which includes the required clinical core curriculum. Applicants
who have just graduated with an appropriate degree field, and whose degrees
have not yet been conferred by their university, may submit the following
documentation in while awaiting official transcripts to become available:
(a) A verification
letter from a university official verifying
(i) their degree program;
(ii) that
all courses have been completed and they have earned passing grades;
(iii) their
degrees will be conferred by the university; and
(b) A receipt
verifying that they have ordered their transcripts to be sent to the board
office once their degree is conferred.
(2) A statement from each supervisor in a
sealed envelope on a form provided by the board (attachment B) verifying the
applicant's supervised experience and setting forth the nature and extent of
such supervision must be submitted with the application. The statement shall verify that the
applicant's performance was in accordance with adequate counseling and therapy
standards of practice. If a supervisor's
statement is not available, the applicant may submit documentation explaining
why the supervisor's statement is not available and sworn affidavits from other
individuals verifying that supervision took place and describing the nature and
the extent of the supervision.
(3) Documentation
of 3,000 hours of postgraduate direct clinical client contact and 100 hours of
appropriate face to face postgraduate supervision.
(4) Attachment E, listing only specific
graduate coursework. The board may
request syllabi as needed to clarify course content.
(5) If submitting hours obtained in
another jurisdiction, documentation of the applicant's licensure, registration
or certification status must be submitted on attachment form A which must be
sent directly to the board by the jurisdiction in which the applicant is
licensed, certified or registered.
[16.27.4.11 NMAC - Rp,
16.27.4.11 NMAC, 11/30/2021; A, 1/18/2023]
16.27.4.12 [LICENSURE
BY CREDENTIALS:
A. A completed application as specified
in 16.27.3.8 NMAC.
B. Verification (attachment A) that the
applicant holds and has held a current independent license for two years issued
by the appropriate examining board under the law of any other state or
territory of the United States, the District of Columbia
or any foreign nation.
C. Verification that the applicant is
in good standing with no disciplinary action pending or brought against the
applicant within the past two years.
D. Holds masters or doctoral degree in
counseling or a counseling-related field from an accredited institution.
E. Application fee of $75.00 as
provided for in Part 17.
F. Applicants who do not meet the
licensure by reciprocity requirements must meet the current standard licensure
requirements.] [RESERVED]
[16.27.4.12 NMAC - Rp,
16.27.4.12 NMAC, 11/30/2021; Repealed, 1/18/2023]