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S1019.................................................by HEALTH AND WELFARE COUNSELORS - Amends existing law to update certain licensure provisions of the Idaho Counselor Licensing Board; and to establish the examination fee at the level required by the national examining entity. 01/21 Senate intro - 1st rdg - to printing 01/22 Rpt prt - to Health/Wel 02/10 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg 02/11 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg 02/15 3rd rdg - PASSED - 22-6-7 AYES--Andreason, Boatright, Bunderson, Burtenshaw, Cameron, Crow, Darrington, Davis, Deide, Dunklin, Geddes, Keough, McLaughlin, Noh, Risch, Sandy, Schroeder, Sorensen, Stegner, Twiggs, Wheeler, Whitworth NAYS--Branch, Frasure, Hawkins, Lee, Richardson, Thorne Absent and excused--Danielson, Ingram, Ipsen, King, Parry, Riggs, Stennett Floor Sponsor - Stegner Title apvd - to House 02/16 House intro - 1st rdg - to Health/Wel 03/09 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg 03/10 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg 03/16 3rd rdg - PASSED - 67-0-3 AYES -- Alltus, Barraclough, Barrett, Bell, Bieter, Black, Boe, Bruneel, Callister, Campbell, Chase, Clark, Cuddy, Deal, Denney, Ellsworth, Field(13), Field(20), Gagner, Geddes, Gould, Hadley, Hammond, Hansen(23), Hansen(29), Henbest, Hornbeck, Jaquet, Jones, Judd, Kellogg, Kempton, Kendell, Kunz, Lake, Limbaugh, Loertscher, Mader, Marley, McKague, Meyer(Duncan), Montgomery, Mortensen, Moyle, Pischner, Pomeroy, Reynolds, Ridinger, Ringo, Robison, Sali, Schaefer, Smith, Smylie, Stevenson, Stoicheff, Stone, Taylor, Tilman, Tippets, Trail, Watson, Wheeler, Williams, Wood, Zimmermann, Mr Speaker NAYS -- None Absent and excused -- Crow, Linford, Sellman Floor Sponsor - Williams Title apvd - to Senate 03/17 To enrol - rpt enrol - Pres signed 03/18 Sp signed 03/19 To Governor 03/23 Governor signed Session Law Chapter 152 Effective: 07/01/99
S1019|||| LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO |||| Fifty-fifth Legislature First Regular Session - 1999IN THE SENATE SENATE BILL NO. 1019 BY HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE 1 AN ACT 2 RELATING TO THE IDAHO COUNSELOR LICENSING BOARD; AMENDING SECTION 54-3405, 3 IDAHO CODE, TO STRIKE OBSOLETE LANGUAGE AND TO PROHIBIT LICENSURE OF CER- 4 TAIN INDIVIDUALS SANCTIONED BY ANOTHER LICENSING ENTITY; AMENDING SECTION 5 54-3408, IDAHO CODE, TO STRIKE LANGUAGE GOVERNING LICENSURE OF CERTAIN 6 INDIVIDUALS SANCTIONED BY ANOTHER LICENSING ENTITY; AND AMENDING SECTION 7 54-3411, IDAHO CODE, TO ESTABLISH THE EXAMINATION FEE TO BE CHARGED. 8 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho: 9 SECTION 1. That Section 54-3405, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby 10 amended to read as follows: 11 54-3405. QUALIFICATIONS FOR LICENSURE. Licensure as a "licensed profes- 12 sional counselor" shall be restricted to persons who have successfully com- 13 pleted each of the following requirements: 14 (1) A planned graduate program of sixty (60) semester hours which is pri- 15 marily counseling in nature, six (6) semester hours of which are earned in an 16 advanced counseling practicum, and including a graduate degree in a counseling 17 field from an accredited university or college offering a graduate program in 18 counseling. 19 (2) An examination if required by the board'sregulations20 rules . 21 (3) One thousand (1,000) hours of supervised experience in counseling 22 acceptable to the board. 23Within the period from the effective date of this chapter until July241, 1983, an applicant shall be exempt from the provisions of this section:25(1) Who holds at least a master's degree in counseling or a related field26from an accredited college or university.27(2) Who, if required by the board, passes an examination in counseling28skills and/or knowledge.29(3) Who has supervised counseling experience acceptable to the board.3031 (4) A license or conditional license will not be allowed an indi- 32 vidual whose license, certification or registration has been revoked or sus- 33 pended in this or any other state and in this or any other related field. Such 34 an individual may not be licensed under this chapter unless the period of 35 revocation or suspension has been completed and the board has conducted a com- 36 petency review and determined that an acceptable degree of rehabilitation has 37 been accomplished. 38 SECTION 2. That Section 54-3408, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby 39 amended to read as follows: 40 54-3408. CERTAIN ACTS PROHIBITED. The following acts shall be unlawful 41 and punishable as a misdemeanor: 2 1 (1) The violation of any of the provisions of this chapter and any rules 2 promulgated pursuant thereto; 3 (2) A person representing himself to be a licensed counselor or licensed 4 professional counselor without having first complied with the provisions of 5 this chapter; 6 (3) A person who shall practice or attempt to offer to practice profes- 7 sional counseling, as defined in this chapter, without having at the time of 8 so doing, a valid, unexpired, unrevoked and unsuspended license or conditional 9 license issued under this chapter or the laws of Idaho or any other state gov- 10 erning mental health professionals;11(4) A license or conditional license will not be allowed an individual12whose license, certification, or registration has been revoked or suspended in13this or any other state and in this or any other related field. Such an indi-14vidual may not be licensed under this chapter unless the period of revocation15or suspension has been completed and the board has conducted a competency16review and determined that an acceptable degree of rehabilitation has been17accomplished. 18 SECTION 3. That Section 54-3411, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby 19 amended to read as follows: 20 54-3411. FEES ON LICENSURE. The board shall establish fees for licensure 21 under the provisions of this chapter as follows: 22 (1) The fee for applications not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100). 23 (2) The fee for examination, when required,not to exceed fifty24dollars ($50.00)equal to that charged by the national examining 25 entity . 26 (3) The fee for reciprocity not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100). 27 (4) The fee for the original license not to exceed one hundred dollars 28 ($100). 29 (5) The fee for annual renewal not to exceed sixty dollars ($60.00). 30 (6) Fees under subsections (2) or (3) of this section shall be in addi- 31 tion to the application fee. 32 (7) All fees paid pursuant to this section shall be nonrefundable.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE RS08359Cl Amend existing statute by deleting obsolete language pertaining to grandfather provisions; move Section 54- 3408(4), Idaho Code, to a more appropriate section in the statute, Section 54-3406, Idaho Code, and to set examination fee to that charged by the national examining entity. FISCAL IMPACT There is no fiscal impact to the General Fund or dedicated funds . CONTACT Name: Carmen Westberg Agency: Bureau of Occupational Licenses; Idaho Counselor Licensing Board Phone: 334-3233 Statement of Purpose/Fiscal Impact S1019