HB0034 - Amendment to licensure and certification of counselors.
2001 |
State of Wyoming |
01LSO-0261 |
HOUSE BILL NO. HB0034
Amendment to licensure and certification of counselors.
Sponsored by: Representative(s) Tipton and Miller, D.
A BILL
for
1 AN ACT relating to
licensure and certification of
2 professional
counselors; allowing a person establishing
3
domicile in this state who is on active military duty and
4
employed in an appropriate field within two (2) years prior
5 to
December 31, 1997 to receive licensure; and providing
6 for
an effective date.
7
8 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:
9
10 Section
1. W.S. 33-38-102(a) by creating a new
11 paragraph (xv) and 33-38-106(e)(iv),
(f)(ii), (g)(ii),
12 (h)(ii), (j)(i), (k)(iv) and (m)(i) are
amended to read:
13
14 33-38-102. Definitions.
15
16 (a) As used in this act:
17
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1 (xv) "Domicile"
means that place where a person
2 has his true, fixed and permanent home
to which whenever
3 the person is absent the person has
the intention of
4 returning.
5
6 33-38-106. Requirements for licensure
and
7 certification.
8
9 (e) The board
shall issue a license without
10 examination as a licensed professional
counselor, licensed
11 clinical social worker, licensed marriage
and family
12 therapist or a licensed addictions therapist
to any
13 applicant who files an application upon a
form and in the
14 manner prescribed by the board, accompanied
by the
15 appropriate fee and who furnishes
satisfactory evidence to
16 the board of the following:
17
18 (iv) The
applicant was primarily employed in
19 this state in an area of practice defined by
W.S.
20 33-38-102(a)(iv) through (vii) within two
(2) years prior
21 to December 31, 1997 or the applicant, while on active
22 military duty,
was domiciled in this state and was
23 primarily
employed in an area of practice defined by W.S.
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1 33-38-103(a)(iv) through (vii) within two (2) years prior
2 to December 31, 1997;
3
4 (f) The board
shall issue a license without
5
examination as a licensed addictions therapist to any
6
applicant who meets the requirements of paragraphs (e)(i),
7
(ii), (iv) and (v) of this section and who files an
8
application upon a form and in the manner prescribed by the
9
board, accompanied by the appropriate fee and who furnishes
10 satisfactory evidence to the board of the
following:
11
12 (ii) The
applicant was primarily employed in
13 this state in an area of practice defined by
W.S.
14 33-38-102(a)(iv) through (vii) within two
(2) years prior
15 to December 31, 1997 or the applicant, while on active
16 military duty,
was domiciled in this state and was
17 primarily
employed in an area of practice defined by W.S.
18 33-38-103(a)(iv)
through (vii) within two (2) years prior
19 to December 31,
1997.
20
21 (g) The board
shall issue a license without
22 examination as a licensed professional
counselor, to any
23 applicant who meets the requirements of
paragraphs (e)(i),
24 (ii), (iv) and (v) of this section and who
files an
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1
application upon a form and in the manner prescribed by the
2
board, accompanied by the appropriate fee and who furnishes
3
satisfactory evidence to the board of the following:
4
5 (ii) The
applicant was primarily employed in
6
this state in an area of practice defined by W.S.
7 33-38-102(a)(iv)
through (vii) within two (2) years prior
8 to
December 31, 1997 or the applicant, while on active
9 military duty, was domiciled in this state and was
10 primarily
employed in an area of practice defined by W.S.
11 33-38-103(a)(iv)
through (vii) within two (2) years prior
12 to December 31,
1997.
13
14 (h) The board
shall issue a license with examination
15 as a licensed professional counselor, to any
applicant who
16 meets the requirements of paragraphs (e)(i),
(ii), (iv) and
17 (v) of this section and who files an
application upon a
18 form and in the manner prescribed by the
board, accompanied
19 by the appropriate fee and who furnishes
satisfactory
20 evidence to the board of the following:
21
22 (ii) The
applicant was primarily employed in
23 this state in an area of practice defined by
W.S.
24 33-38-102(a)(iv) through (vii) within two (2)
years prior
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1 to
December 31, 1997 or the applicant, while on active
2 military duty, was domiciled in this
state and was
3 primarily employed in an area of
practice defined by W.S.
4 33-38-103(a)(iv) through (vii) within
two (2) years prior
5 to December 31, 1997.
6
7 (j) The board
shall grant certification without
8
examination as a certified social worker to any applicant
9 who
files an application upon a form and in the manner
10 prescribed by the board, accompanied by the
appropriate fee
11 and who furnishes satisfactory evidence to
the board of the
12 following:
13
14 (i) The
applicant was primarily employed in this
15 state in an area of practice defined by W.S.
16 33-38-102(a)(iv) through (vii) within two (2)
years prior
17 to December 31, 1997 or the applicant, while on active
18 military duty,
was domiciled in this state and was
19 primarily
employed in an area of practice defined by W.S.
20 33-38-103(a)(iv)
through (vii) within two (2) years prior
21 to December 31,
1997;
22
23 (k) The board
shall grant certification without
24 examination as a certified addictions
practitioner to any
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1
applicant who files an application upon a form and in the
2
manner prescribed by the board, accompanied by the
3
appropriate fee and who furnishes satisfactory evidence to
4 the
board of the following:
5
6 (iv) The
applicant was primarily employed in
7
this state in the practice of addictions therapy defined by
8
W.S. 33-38-102(a)(iv) through (vii) within two (2) years
9
prior to December 31, 1997 or the applicant,
while on
10 active military
duty, was domiciled in this state and was
11 primarily
employed in the practice of addictions therapy
12 defined by W.S.
33-38-102(a)(iv) through (vii) within two
13 (2) years prior
to December 31, 1997;
14
15 (m) The board
shall issue certification without
16 examination as a certified mental health
worker to any
17 applicant who files an application upon a
form and in the
18 manner prescribed by the board, accompanied
by the
19 appropriate fee and who furnishes
satisfactory evidence to
20 the board of the following:
21
22 (i) The
applicant was primarily employed in this
23 state in an area of practice defined by W.S.
24 33-38-102(a)(iv) through (vii) within two
(2) years prior
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1 to
December 31, 1997, and has five (5) years experience
2
practicing in that area or the applicant,
while on active
3 military duty, was domiciled in this state and was
4 primarily employed in an area of practice defined by W.S.
5 33-38-103(a)(iv) through (vii) within two (2) years prior
6 to December 31, 1997;
7
8 Section 2. This act is effective immediately upon
9
completion of all acts necessary for a bill to become law
10 as provided by Article 4, Section 8 of the
Wyoming
11 Constitution.
12
13 (END)
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