Section 4999.50.

(a) The board may issue a professional clinical counselor license to any person who meets all of the following requirements:

(1) He or she has received a master's or doctoral degree described in Section 4999.32 or 4999.33, as applicable.

(2) He or she has completed at least 3,000 hours of supervised experience in the practice of professional clinical counseling as provided in Section 4999.46.

(3) He or she provides evidence of a passing score, as determined by the board, on examinations designated by the board pursuant to Section 4999.52.

(b) An applicant who has satisfied the requirements of this chapter shall be issued a license as a professional clinical counselor in the form that the board may deem appropriate.

(c) The board shall begin accepting applications for examination eligibility on January 1, 2012.

(d) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2014, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2014, deletes or extends that date.

(Amended (as amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 387, Sec. 36) by Stats. 2012, Ch. 799, Sec. 66. Effective January 1, 2013. Repealed as of January 1, 2014, by its own provisions. See later operative version, as amended by Sec. 67 of Ch. 799.)