PURPOSE: This rule provides information and the requirements regarding the annual renewal of a license and the procedure for notifying the committee of name and address changes.

1. (1) A licensed professional counselor, counselor-in-training, or provisional licensed professional counselor shall inform the committee in writing within thirty (30) days of a name and/or address change. If a name is changed by marriage or court order, a copy of the documentation authorizing the name change shall be submitted to the committee. No other name changes shall be accepted.
2. (2) A license shall be renewed on or before the expiration of the license by submitting the renewal notice and fee pursuant to 4 CSR 95- 1.040(1)(D). Renewals shall be postmarked no later than the expiration date of the license to avoid the late fee as defined in 4 CSR 95- 1.020(1)(D)1. and 2.
3. (3) Failure to receive a renewal notice shall not excuse the licensee from the requirement to renew a license as outlined in sections 337.507.2 and 337.515, RSMo.
4. (4) Failure to provide information for a renewal and/or failure to pay the required renewal fee by the expiration date of the license shall result in the license becoming lapsed and expired. The licensee shall be prohibited from practicing professional counseling until applying for reinstatement to the committee and paying the applicable fee(s).
5. (5) Any licensed professional counselor failing to renew a license on or before the license expiration date may apply to the committee for reinstatement of the license within two (2) years subsequent to the date the license expired and pay the required fee as defined in 4 CSR 95-1.020(1)(D)2. If a license is not current for more than two (2) years subsequent to the license renewal date, the former licensee shall submit a new application for licensure, comply with current licensure requirements as defined by law and regulations and pay the required fee as defined in 4 CSR 95-1.020(1)(A).

AUTHORITY: sections 337.507, RSMo Supp. 2004 and 337.515 and 337.520(1), RSMo 2000.* This rule originally filed as 4 CSR 95- 1.060. Original rule filed Dec. 1, 2004, effective June 30, 2005. Moved to 20 CSR 2095-1.060, effective Aug. 28, 2006. *Original authority: 337.507, RSMo 1985, amended 1989, 2004; 337.515, RSMo 1985, amended 1989; and 337.520, RSMo 1985, amended 1989, 1993, 1995.