Measure Title: | RELATING TO PROFESSIONAL COUNSELORS. |
Report Title: | Professional Counselor Licensure |
Description: | Establishes a professional counselors licensing program effective 7/1/05, subject to the accumulation of a minimum $43,000 in a startup trust fund by 10/1/04. Requires DCCA to report on the fund to the 2004 Legislature. Terminates the fund on 6/30/05 and mandates the fund balance to be deposited into the compliance resolution fund. Allows counselors with current national certification to be licensed upon application and payment of fees within one year of the licensing program's effective date. Authorizes the appointment of an administrative assistant and secretary. Repeals the program on 6/30/10. |
Package: | None |
Companion: | |
Introducer(s): | HALE, MINDO, Sonson, Hamakawa, B. Oshiro, Evans |
Current Referral: | HLT, CPC/JUD, FIN |
Date | Status Text | |
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1/22/2003 | H | Introduced |
1/24/2003 | H | Pass First Reading |
1/27/2003 | H | Referred to HLT, CPC/JUD, FIN, referral sheet 4. |
8/21/2003 | D | Carried over to 2004 Regular Session |
$ = Appropriation measure
ConAm = Constitutional Amendment