N.M. Stat. Ann. § 61-9A-10 – Professional mental health counselor; requirements for licensure. (Repealed effective July 1, 2028.)

Effective July 1, 2007, the board will no longer license professional mental health counselors. Prior to the effective date, the board shall issue a license as a professional mental health counselor to any person who files a completed application accompanied by the required fees and who submits satisfactory evidence that the applicant:
A. has reached the age of twenty-one;
B. holds a master's or doctoral degree in counseling or a counseling-related field from an accredited institution and has a total of no less than forty-eight graduate semester hours or seventy-two quarter hours in the mental health clinical core curriculum;
C. demonstrates professional competency by passing the required examinations prescribed by the board;
D. has completed one thousand client contact hours of postgraduate professional counseling experience under appropriate clinical supervision consisting of at least one hundred supervision hours; and
E. is of good moral character with conduct consistent with the code of ethics.

History: Laws 1993, ch. 49, § 10; 1999, ch. 161, § 8; 2003, ch. 422, § 8; 2005, ch. 210, § 7.

ANNOTATIONS

Delayed repeals. — For delayed repeal of this section, see 61-9A-30 NMSA 1978.

The 2005 amendment, effective June 17, 2005, in Subsection B, provided that the applicant must have a total of not less that forty-eight graduate semester hours or seventy-two quarter hours in the mental health clinical core curriculum; and in Subsection D, changed "supervision" to "clinical supervision".

The 2003 amendment, effective June 20, 2003, in Subsection B, substituted "a counseling-related field, as defined by rule" for "an allied mental health field"; in Subsection C, substituted "the required examinations" for "an examination as".

The 1999 amendment, effective July 1, 1999, deleted "The board may approve, on a case-by-case basis, applicants who have a master's degree or doctoral degree from non-accredited institutions" at the end of Subsection B, deleted "satisfactorily" preceding "passing" in Subsection C, and added Subsection E.