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§ 61-9A-11.1 NMSA 1978

Professional clinical mental health counselor; requirements for licensure. (Repealed effective July 1, 2028.)

Known as the Counseling and Therapy Practice Act

The act spans §§ 61–61 (34 sections).

Laws 1999, ch. 161, § 10; 2003, ch. 422, § 10; 2005, ch. 210, § 9.

The board shall issue a license as a professional clinical mental health counselor to any person who files a completed application accompanied by the required fees within the July 1, 2005 through July 1, 2007 period and who submits satisfactory evidence that the applicant:

A. has reached the age of twenty-one;

B. holds a current professional mental health counselor license;

C. holds a master's or doctoral degree from an accredited institution;

D. demonstrates professional competency by satisfactorily passing the required examinations as prescribed by the board;

E. has a minimum of three thousand hours of client contact experience, including at least one hundred hours of face-to-face supervision or a minimum of ten thousand hours of client contact experience, including at least two hundred hours of face-to-face supervision; and

F. is of good moral character with conduct consistent with the code of ethics.

Official source: NMOneSource (New Mexico Compilation Commission). Reproduced from public-domain New Mexico statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.