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 Virginia Administrative Code (Last Updated: January 10, 2017)
 Title 18. Professional and Occupational Licensing
 Agency 115. Board of Counseling
 Chapter 20. Regulations Governing the Practice of Professional Counseling

  Section 49. Degree program requirements  

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  • A. The applicant shall have completed a graduate degree from a program that prepares individuals to practice counseling, as defined in § 54.1-3500 of the Code of Virginia, which is offered by a college or university accredited by a regional accrediting agency and which meets the following criteria:

    1. There must be a sequence of academic study with the expressed intent to prepare counselors as documented by the institution;

    2. There must be an identifiable counselor training faculty and an identifiable body of students who complete that sequence of academic study; and

    3. The academic unit must have clear authority and primary responsibility for the core and specialty areas.

    B. Programs that are approved by CACREP or CORE are recognized as meeting the requirements of subsection A of this section.

Historical Notes

Derived from Volume 16, Issue 13, eff. April 12, 2000; Errata, 16:16 VA.R. 2081 April 24, 2000; amended, Virginia Register Volume 30, Issue 19, eff. July 3, 2014; Volume 32, Issue 24, eff. August 24, 2016.

Statutory Authority

§ 54.1-2400 of the Code of Virginia.