71st OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2001 Regular Session
 
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LC 1058
 
                         Senate Bill 409
 
Printed pursuant to Senate Interim Rule 213.28 by order of the
  President of the Senate in conformance with presession filing
  rules, indicating neither advocacy nor opposition on the part
  of the President (at the request of Governor John A. Kitzhaber,
  M.D., for Oregon Board of Licensed Professional Counselors and
  Therapists)
 
 
                             SUMMARY
 
The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the
measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure as
introduced.
 
  Requires certain applicants for license to register internship
plan for work experience with Oregon Board of Licensed
Professional Counselors and Therapists.
 
                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to internship plans for applicants for license from
  Oregon Board of Licensed Professional Counselors and
  Therapists; amending ORS 675.720.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1. ORS 675.720 is amended to read:
  675.720. (1) If an applicant for a license under ORS 675.715
possesses the graduate degree required by ORS 675.715 but has not
submitted documentation satisfactory to the Oregon Board of
Licensed Professional Counselors and Therapists that the
applicant has the required supervised clinical work experience,
the applicant   { - may - }   { + must + } register an internship
plan to obtain acceptable post-degree supervised work experience
to qualify for a license as a professional counselor or as a
marriage and family therapist.
  (2) To register as a professional counselor intern or as a
marriage and family therapist intern under this section, the
applicant shall submit in the form and manner determined by the
board:
  (a) A request for registration; and
  (b) A plan to obtain or complete the supervised clinical work
experience required for licensure.
  (3) The board shall register the applicant as an intern upon
receipt and approval of the completed request and plan as
required in subsection (2) of this section.
  (4)(a) A registered intern shall renew the certificate of
registration annually on or before the first day of the month in
which the board approved the initial registration. To renew a
certificate of registration, a registered intern shall:
  (A) Submit a renewal application in the form and manner
established by the board accompanied by a renewal fee pursuant to
ORS 675.785; and
  (B) Document fulfillment of all other requirements established
by the board by rule.
  (b) Failure to renew a registration within 30 days of the
annual renewal date shall terminate the registration and the
application for licensure.
  (5) Registered interns are subject to all ethical standards
adopted by the board.
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