18 Va. Admin. Code § 115-20-10
"Board"
"Counseling"
"Professional counselor"
"Ancillary counseling services" means activities such as case management, recordkeeping, referral, and coordination of services.
"Applicant" means any individual who has submitted an official application and paid the application fee for licensure as a professional counselor.
"CACREP" means the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs.
"Candidate for licensure" means a person who has satisfactorily completed all educational and experience requirements for licensure and has been deemed eligible by the board to sit for its examinations.
"Clinical counseling services" means activities such as assessment, diagnosis, treatment planning, and treatment implementation.
"Compact" means the Counseling Compact.
"Compact privilege" means a legal authorization, which is equivalent to a license, permitting the practice of professional counseling in a remote state.
"Competency area" means an area in which a person possesses knowledge and skill and the ability to apply them in the clinical setting.
"Conversion therapy" means any practice or treatment as defined in § 54.1-2409.5A of the Code of Virginia.
"CORE" means Council on Rehabilitation Education.
"Counseling Compact Commission" or "commission" means the national administrative body whose membership consists of all states that have enacted the compact.
"Exempt setting" means an agency or institution in which licensure is not required to engage in the practice of counseling according to the conditions set forth in § 54.1-3501 of the Code of Virginia.
"Face-to-face" means the in-person delivery of clinical counseling services for a client.
"Group supervision" means the process of clinical supervision of no more than six persons in a group setting provided by a qualified supervisor.
"Home state" means the member state of the compact that is the licensee's primary state of residence.
"Internship" means a formal academic course from a regionally accredited college or university in which supervised, practical experience is obtained in a clinical setting in the application of counseling principles, methods, and techniques.
"Jurisdiction" means a state, territory, district, province, or country that has granted a professional certificate or license to practice a profession, use a professional title, or hold oneself out as a practitioner of that profession.
"Member state" means a state that has enacted the compact.
"Nonexempt setting" means a setting that does not meet the conditions of exemption from the requirements of licensure to engage in the practice of counseling as set forth in § 54.1-3501 of the Code of Virginia.
"Practitioner" means an individual who holds a license to practice professional counseling, license to practice as a resident in counseling, or a compact privilege to practice professional counseling in Virginia.
"Regional accrediting agency" means one of the regional accreditation agencies recognized by the U.S. Secretary of Education responsible for accrediting senior postsecondary institutions.
"Remote state" means a member state of the compact other than the home state where the licensee is exercising or seeking to exercise the privilege to practice.
"Residency" means a postgraduate, supervised, clinical experience.
"Resident" means an individual who has a supervisory contract and has been issued a temporary license by the board to provide clinical services in professional counseling under supervision.
"Supervision" means the ongoing process performed by a supervisor who monitors the performance of the person supervised and provides regular, documented individual or group consultation, guidance, and instruction that is specific to the clinical counseling services being performed with respect to the clinical skills and competencies of the person supervised.
"Supervisory contract" means an agreement that outlines the expectations and responsibilities of the supervisor and resident in accordance with regulations of the board.
18 Va. Admin. Code § 115-20-10
Statutory Authority: § 54.1-2400 of the Code of Virginia.