36-32-13. Application requirements. An applicant for a license as a licensed professional counselor shall file an application, and an application fee with the board on a form and in the manner prescribed by the board. The board shall issue a license as a licensed professional counselor to an applicant who pays a license fee and furnishes satisfactory evidence of the following to the board:

(1) The applicant is at least nineteen years of age;

(2) The applicant is of good moral character;

(3) The applicant resides in the State of South Dakota, or is granted an exemption to residency by the board, pursuant to § 36-32-16;

(4) The applicant is not in violation of any of the provisions of this chapter and the rules adopted pursuant to this chapter;

(5) The applicant has received a doctorate or master's degree in counseling including a supervised counseling internship, which consists of at least forty-eight semester credit hours, which are from an accredited institution of higher learning. The board shall use the standards of nationally recognized professional counseling associations as guides in establishing the standards for counselor licensure;

(6) The applicant has two thousand hours of supervised full-time experience in professional counseling acceptable to the board, all of which shall be obtained subsequent to the granting of the master's degree; and

(7) The applicant demonstrates competence in professional counseling by passing an examination, written, oral or situational, or all three, as the board may prescribe by rule promulgated pursuant to chapter 1-26.Source: SL 1990, ch 313, § 13; SL 1998, ch 240, § 1.