PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor                             Ch. 598

(d) "Certificate" means a certificate issued by the Board to practice professional
counseling.

(e) "Certified professional counselor" means a professional counselor who is
certified by the Board.

(f) "Counseling" moans assisting an individual, family, or group through the
client counselor relationship:

(1) To develop understanding of intrapersonal and interpersonal problems;

(2)    To define goals;

(3)     To make decisions;

(4)     To plan a course of action reflecting the needs, interests, and abilities of
the individual, family, or group; and

(5) To use informational and community resources, as those procedures are
related to personal, social, emotional, educational, and vocational development and
adjustment.

(g) "COUNSELOR" MEANS AN INDIVIDUAL WHO IS CERTIFIED BY THE BOARD
AS A CERTIFIED PROFESSIONAL COUNSELOR OR A CERTIFIED PROFESSIONAL
COUNSELOR MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPIST.

(H) "Marriage and family therapy" means applying marriage and family systems
theory, principles, methods, therapeutic techniques, and research in:

(1) Resolving emotional conflict and modifying perception and behavior in
the context of marriage and family life; and

(2) The identification and assessment of client needs and the
implementation of therapeutic intervention.

[(h)](I) "Certified professional counselor marriage and family therapist" means
an individual who is certified by the Board to practice marriage and family therapy in the
State.

[(i)] (J) "Practice marriage and family therapy" means to engage professionally
and for compensation in marriage and family therapy activities while representing oneself
to be a certified professional counselor marriage and family therapist.

[(j)](K) "Practice professional counseling" means to engage professionally and
for compensation in counseling and appraisal activities while representing oneself to be a
professional counselor.

17-302.2.

(A) SUBJECT TO SUBSECTIONS (B) AND (C) OF THIS SECTION, THE BOARD MAY
ADOPT REGULATIONS TO ALLOW INDIVIDUALS TO:

(1) PROVIDE COUNSELING UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF A CERTIFIED
PROFESSIONAL COUNSELOR; OR

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