§ 40-75-530 — Application procedures; qualifications.

South Carolina § 40-75-530

• Jurisdiction: South Carolina
• Title 40: PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS
• Ch. 75: PROFESSIONAL COUNSELORS, MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPISTS, AND LICENSED PSYCHO-EDUCATIONAL SPECIALISTS

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An applicant for licensure shall complete procedures for application as prescribed by the Board of Examiners for the Licensure of Professional Counselors, Marriage and Family Therapists, and Licensed Psycho-educational Specialists. An applicant must furnish the board with satisfactory evidence that the applicant: (1) holds from a regionally accredited institution of higher education whose program is approved by the National Association of School Psychologists or the American Psychological Association or from a degree program which the board finds to be substantially equivalent based on criteria established by the board in regulation: (a) a master's degree plus thirty hours; (b) a sixty hour master's degree; (c) a specialist's degree, which must require sixty semester hours or ninety quarter hours; or (d) a doctorate in school psychology; (2) is certified by the South Carolina Department of Education as a school psychologist level II or III; (3) has served successfully for at least two years as a certified school psychologist in a school psychology or comparable setting, at least one year of which must have been under the supervision of a licensed psycho-educational specialist; (4) has made a satisfactory score, as prescribed by the board, on the Educational Training Service's School Psychology Examination.

Legislative History

HISTORY: 1998 Act No. 396, SECTION 8.