S.D. Codified Laws § 36-32-65.1

Current through the 2024 Legislative Session
Section 36-32-65.1 - Licensed professional counselor-mental health-Exception to minimum hour degree requirement-Compact eligibility

Notwithstanding subsection 36-32-65(2)(b), the board may issue a license as a professional counselor--mental health to an applicant who has received a master's or a doctoral degree, consisting of less than sixty credit hours but no less than forty-eight credit hours in counseling, if the applicant otherwise satisfies the requirements for licensure in § 36-32-65.

An applicant who is issued a license as a professional counselor--mental health under this section is not eligible to participate in the counseling licensure compact adopted by § 36-32A-2.

SDCL 36-32-65.1

SL 2024, ch 164, §4.
Added by S.L. 2024, ch. 164,s. 4, eff. 7/1/2024.