Academic requirements to become a professional counselor-mental health must be completed at a university or college accredited by the:

1. (1) Higher Learning Commission;
2. (2) Middle States Commission on Higher Education;
3. (3) New England State Association of Schools and Colleges Commission on Institutions of Higher Education;
4. (4) Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities;
5. (5) Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges; or

6. (6) Western Association of Schools and Colleges.

   The applicant's postgraduate degree in counseling with an emphasis in mental health must be at least a 48 credit hour master's degree or doctoral degree.

Source: 25 SDR 85, effective December 22, 1998 ; 47 SDR 42, effective October 14, 2020 .

General Authority: SDCL 36-32- 56 .

Law Implemented: SDCL 36-32- 65 .

Prior versions effective: 1998-12-22.