A person may not engage in the practice of professional counseling unless the person is:
(1) licensed under this chapter; or
(2) exempt from this chapter under Subchapter B.
LICENSE REQUIRED
Known as the Licensed Professional Counselor Act
The act spans §§ 503–503 (46 sections).
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Brokamp v. James (2023)
Most recently applied in Brokamp v. James (April 2023)
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
A person may not engage in the practice of professional counseling unless the person is:
(1) licensed under this chapter; or
(2) exempt from this chapter under Subchapter B.
Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.