Section 61-9A-11 - Professional clinical mental health counselor; requirements for licensure. (Repealed effective July 1, 2016.) - New Mexico Statutes

61-9A-11. Professional clinical mental health counselor; requirements for licensure. (Repealed effective July 1, 2016.)

The board shall issue a license as a professional clinical mental health counselor to any person who files a completed application accompanied by the required fees and who submits satisfactory evidence that the applicant:

A.     has reached the age of twenty-one;

B.     holds a master's or doctoral degree in a counseling or counseling-related field, as defined by rule, from an accredited institution.  The applicant must have a master's degree and a total of no less than forty-eight graduate semester hours or seventy-two quarter hours in the mental health clinical core curriculum;

C.     demonstrates professional competency by passing the required examination as prescribed by the board;

D.     has a minimum of two years of professional clinical counseling experience, including at least three thousand clinical contact hours and at least one hundred hours of face-to-face supervision.  One thousand client clinical contact hours may be submitted from the applicant's internship or practicum; and

E.     is of good moral character with conduct consistent with the code of ethics.