HARRY HUGHES, Governor                                      3431

(2) PROVIDES ADEQUATE EVIDENCE THAT THE APPLICANT:

(I)  MEETS THE QUALIFICATIONS OTHERWISE REQUIRED
BY THIS TITLE; AND

(II)  BECAME CERTIFIED IN THE OTHER STATE OR
COUNTRY AFTER PASSING AN EXAMINATION THAT IS SIMILAR TO THE
EXAMINATION FOR WHICH THE APPLICANT IS SEEKING THE WAIVER
APPROVED BY THE BOARD.

15.5-306.

(A) UNTIL JULY 1, 1987 JULY 1, 1988, THE BOARD SHALL WAIVE
THE REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTIFICATION AS A PROFESSIONAL COUNSELOR
UNDER § 15.5-304 OF THIS SUBTITLE FOR ANY PERSON WHO:

(1) HOLDS A MASTER'S DEGREE IN PROFESSIONAL

COUNSELING OR A CLOSELY RELATED FIELD FROM AN ACCREDITED

EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION, OR THE SUBSTANTIAL EQUIVALENT IN BOTH
SUBJECT MATTER AND EXTENT OF TRAINING, AND HAS COMPLETED NOT LESS
THAN 3 YEARS OF SUPERVISED EXPERIENCE IN COUNSELING OF A TYPE
APPROVED BY THE BOARD, 2 YEARS OF WHICH SHALL HAVE BEEN COMPLETED
AFTER THE AWARD OF THE MASTER'S DEGREE; OR AND

(2) HAS BEEN DULY CERTIFIED BY 1 OF THE FOLLOWING
ORGANIZATIONS OF PROFESSIONAL COUNSELORS:

(I) NATIONAL BOARD FOR CERTIFIED COUNSELORS;

(II) NATIONAL ACADEMY OF CERTIFIED CLINICAL
MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELORS; OR

(III) COMMISSION FOR CERTIFICATION OF

REHABILITATION COUNSELORS.

(1) HOLDS A MASTER'S DEGREE IN A PROFESSIONAL
COUNSELING FIELD OR COMPLETED A PROGRAM OF STUDIES JUDGED BY THE
BOARD TO BE SUBSTANTIALLY EQUIVALENT IN SUBJECT MATTER AND EXTENT
OF TRAINING TO A MASTER'S DEGREE IN A PROFESSIONAL COUNSELING
FIELD;

(2) COMPLETED NOT LESS THAN 3 YEARS OF SUPERVISED
EXPERIENCE IN COUNSELING APPROVED BY THE BOARD, 2 YEARS OF WHICH
SHALL HAVE BEEN COMPLETED AFTER THE AWARD OF THE MASTER'S DEGREE
OR ITS SUBSTANTIAL EQUIVALENT; AND

(3) PASSED AN EXAMINATION APPROVED BY THE BOARD.

(B) UNTIL JULY 1, 1987, THE BOARD SHALL WAIVE THE

REQUIREMENTS FOR ENDORSEMENT AS A CLINICAL MENTAL HEALTH

SPECIALIST FOR AN APPLICANT WHO HAS BEEN DULY CERTIFIED BY THE
NATIONAL ACADEMY OF CERTIFIED CLINICAL MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELORS.

15.5-307.