§1135. Obtaining a new home state license based upon the privilege to practice
A. A licensed professional counselor may hold a license issued by the home state,
which allows for a privilege to practice, in only one member state at a time.
B. If a licensed professional counselor changes his primary state of residence by
moving between two member states:
(1)The licensed professional counselor shall file an application for obtaining a new
home state license based on a privilege to practice, pay all applicable fees, and notify the
current and new home state in accordance with applicable rules adopted by the commission.
(2)Upon receipt of an application for obtaining a new home state license by virtue
of a privilege to practice, the new home state shall verify that the licensed professional
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§1135. Obtaining a new home state license based upon the privilege to practice
A. A licensed professional counselor may hold a license issued by the home state,
which allows for a privilege to practice, in only one member state at a time.
B. If a licensed professional counselor changes his primary state of residence by
moving between two member states:
(1) The licensed professional counselor shall file an application for obtaining a new
home state license based on a privilege to practice, pay all applicable fees, and notify the
current and new home state in accordance with applicable rules adopted by the commission.
(2) Upon receipt of an application for obtaining a new home state license by virtue
of a privilege to practice, the new home state shall verify that the licensed professional
counselor meets the pertinent criteria outlined in R.S. 37:1134 via the data system, without
need for primary source verification except for:
(a) A Federal Bureau of Investigation fingerprint-based criminal background check
if not previously performed or updated pursuant to applicable rules adopted by the
commission in accordance with P.L. 92-544.
(b) Other criminal background checks as required by the new home state.
(c) Completion of any requisite jurisprudence requirements of the new home state.
(3) The former home state shall convert the former home state license into a privilege
to practice once the new home state has activated the new home state license in accordance
with applicable rules adopted by the commission.
(4) If a licensed professional counselor does not meet the criteria for a privilege to
practice described in R.S. 37:1134, the new home state for the licensed professional
counselor shall apply its requirements for issuing a new single-state license.
(5) The licensed professional counselor who obtains a new home state license by the
criteria described in this Section shall pay all applicable fees to the new home state in order
to be issued a new home state license.
C. If a licensed professional counselor changes his primary state of residence by
moving from a member state to a nonmember state, or from a nonmember state to a member
state, the state criteria shall apply for issuance of a single-state license in the new state.
D. Nothing in this compact shall interfere with a licensee's ability to hold a
single-state license in multiple states; however, for the purposes of this compact, a licensee
shall have only one home state license.
E. Nothing in this Section shall affect the requirements established by a member state
for the issuance of a single-state license.