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AR Code § 17-27-104 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 27 - Counselors|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 17-27-104. Prohibitions — Penalties

 (a)  (1) A person who holds himself or herself out to the public as being engaged in the practice of counseling or marriage and family therapy as defined in § 17-27-102 or represents himself or herself by the title “licensed professional counselor”, “licensed associate counselor”, “licensed marriage and family therapist”, or “licensed associate marriage and family therapist” and shall not then possess in full force and effect a valid license to practice counseling under this chapter is guilty of:  (A) For a first offense, a Class A misdemeanor; and  (B) For a second or subsequent offense, a Class D felony.    (2)  (A) Each violation and conviction shall be deemed a separate offense.  (B) Notwithstanding the limits imposed for a Class A misdemeanor or a Class D felony as appropriate, if the defendant has derived pecuniary gain in the form of client fees received for services in violation of this chapter, the fees will be refunded.    (3) In addition to the criminal penalties provided under this section and in addition to any other laws under which a person may obtain relief, a person aggrieved or damaged by a violation of this section has a civil cause of action against the defendant for injunctive and other curative relief and may also recover:  (A) The greater of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) or the actual damages caused by the violation;  (B) Court costs;  (C) Reasonable attorney's fees;  (D) Costs and expenses reasonably related to the expenses of investigating and bringing the civil action; and  (E) Exemplary or punitive damages in an amount determined by the fact finder.      (b) No firm, partnership, or corporation may offer to the public or other firms, partnerships, or corporations any counseling services as specified in § 17-27-102 unless those services are performed or supervised by individuals fully and validly licensed under this chapter.
AR Code § 17-27-105 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 27 - Counselors|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 17-27-105. Injunctions

 The courts of this state are vested with the jurisdiction and power to enjoin the unlawful practice of counseling or false representation as a licensed counselor in any proceeding brought by the Arkansas Board of Examiners in Counseling or by any member thereof or by any citizen of this state.
AR Code § 17-27-201 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 27 - Counselors|Subchapter 2 - Arkansas Board of Examiners in Counseling|§ 17-27-201. Creation — Members

 (a) There is created a board to be known as the “Arkansas Board of Examiners in Counseling”, consisting of nine (9) members who shall be appointed by the Governor, subject to confirmation by the Senate.  (b) Appointments shall be made so as to ensure that the Arkansas Board of Examiners in Counseling consists of citizens of the United States, residents of Arkansas, at least one (1) member of each sex, and at least one (1) member of an ethnic minority.  (c)  (1) The composition of the Arkansas Board of Examiners in Counseling shall include:  (A)  (i) Six (6) licensed or licensable counselors, three (3) of whom are practicing counselors and three (3) of whom are counselor educators.  (ii) The Governor shall consult the Executive Committee of the Arkansas Counseling Association and the Executive Committee of the Arkansas Mental Health Counselors Association before making an appointment under this subdivision (c)(1)(A);    (B)  (i) One (1) licensed marriage and family therapist.  (ii) The Governor shall consult the Board of Directors of the Arkansas Association for Marriage and Family Therapists before making an appointment under this subdivision (c)(1)(B);    (C) One (1) member from the general public who is not licensed or licensable and not actively engaged in or retired from the profession of counseling who shall represent consumers; and  (D)  (i) One (1) member who shall represent the elderly.  (ii) This member shall be sixty (60) years of age or older and not actively engaged in or retired from the profession of counseling.  (iii) He or she shall be appointed from the state at large subject to confirmation by the Senate and shall be a full voting member but shall not participate in the grading of examinations.      (2) The same person may not be both the consumer representative and the representative of the elderly.    (d) Arkansas Board of Examiners in Counseling members shall be appointed for three-year terms.  (e) Any Arkansas Board of Examiners in Counseling member may be removed by the Governor after written notice and a hearing for incapacity, incompetence, neglect of duty, or malfeasance in office.  (f)  (1) The members shall immediately and before performing public duties take the constitutional oath of office.  (2) Each member may receive expense reimbursement in accordance with § 25-16-901 et seq., provided that the expenses shall in no case exceed funds available to the Arkansas Board of Examiners in Counseling.
AR Code § 17-27-202 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 27 - Counselors|Subchapter 2 - Arkansas Board of Examiners in Counseling|§ 17-27-202. Officers and proceedings

 (a) The Arkansas Board of Examiners in Counseling shall organize within thirty (30) days following the appointment of any new members by the Governor on January 2 of each year.  (b) The board shall elect a chair and a secretary from its members to serve for terms of one (1) year.  (c) The board shall hold at least one (1) meeting each year. Additional meetings may be held at the discretion of the Chair of the Arkansas Board of Examiners in Counseling or upon the written request of any three (3) members of the board.  (d) Five (5) members of the board shall at all times constitute a quorum.  (e) The board shall adopt a seal which must be affixed to all licenses issued by the board.
AR Code § 17-27-203 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 27 - Counselors|Subchapter 2 - Arkansas Board of Examiners in Counseling|§ 17-27-203. Duties and powers

 (a) The Arkansas Board of Examiners in Counseling shall perform those duties and have those powers as this chapter prescribes and confers upon it.  (b) The board shall adopt rules and procedures as it deems necessary for the performance of its duties.  (c) The board shall adopt the Code of Ethics of the American Counseling Association and any revisions or additions deemed appropriate by this board to govern appropriate practice or behavior referred to in this chapter.  (d) The board shall adopt the Code of Ethics of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy to govern licensed marriage and family therapists and licensed associate marriage and family therapists.  (e) The board is required to charge an application fee determined by the board.  (f) The board shall be empowered to accept grants from foundations and institutions to carry on its functions and to hire assistants as are necessary to perform its activities.
AR Code § 17-27-301 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 27 - Counselors|Subchapter 3 - Licensing|§ 17-27-301. Licensed professional counselor — Qualifications

 The Arkansas Board of Examiners in Counseling shall issue a license as a licensed professional counselor to each applicant who files an application upon a form and in the manner that the board prescribes accompanied by a fee as set by the board and who furnishes satisfactory evidence of the following to the board:   (1) The applicant is not a minor under the laws of Arkansas;  (2) The applicant is highly regarded in professional ethics;  (3) The applicant is not in violation of any of the provisions of this chapter and the rules adopted under this chapter;  (4) The applicant has applied for a criminal background check and has not been found guilty of, or pleaded guilty or nolo contendere to, any of the offenses listed in § 17-27-313(e) [repealed];  (5)  (A) The applicant has received a graduate degree from a regionally accredited institution of higher education that is primarily professional counseling in content and has accumulated the graduate semester hours that meet the academic and training content standards established by the board.  (B) The board shall use the standards for the preparation of counselors prepared by that special professional association nationally as a guide in establishing the standards for counseling;    (6)  (A) The applicant has three thousand (3,000) client contact hours of supervised full-time experience in professional counseling acceptable to the board.  (B) Two thousand (2,000) client contact hours of experience may be gained for each sixty (60) graduate semester hours earned beyond the master's degree, provided that the hours are clearly related to the field of counseling and are acceptable to the board.  (C) The applicant may not have less than one thousand (1,000) client contact hours of professional experience; and    (7)  (A) The applicant has declared special competencies and demonstrated professional competence in specialty areas by having passed a written, oral, or situational examination or any combination thereof as the board will prescribe.  (B) Upon the examination of credentials, the board, by a majority of the board members present and voting, may consider those credentials adequate evidence of professional competence and recommend to the Chair of the Arkansas Board of Examiners in Counseling that a license be approved in that specialty.
AR Code § 17-27-302 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 27 - Counselors|Subchapter 3 - Licensing|§ 17-27-302. Licensed associate counselor — Qualifications

 (a) The Arkansas Board of Examiners in Counseling shall issue a license of licensed associate counselor to each applicant who meets the requirements established in § 17-27-301, with the exception of § 17-27-301(6).  (b) The licensed associate counselor may practice only under direct supervision of a licensed professional counselor.  (c) The plan for supervision of the licensed associate counselor must be approved by the board before any actual performance of counseling on the part of the licensed associate counselor.  (d) Any licensed associate counselor may petition the board for licensure review for the licensed professional counselor, provided that the requirements of § 17-27-301(6) have been completed.
AR Code § 17-27-303 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 27 - Counselors|Subchapter 3 - Licensing|§ 17-27-303. Licensed marriage and family therapist — Qualifications — Application before January 1, 1998

 The Arkansas Board of Examiners in Counseling shall issue a license as a licensed marriage and family therapist to each applicant who files an application upon a form and in the manner as the board prescribes accompanied by a fee as set by the board and who furnishes satisfactory evidence of the following to the board:   (1) The applicant is not a minor under the laws of Arkansas;  (2) The applicant is highly regarded in professional ethics;  (3) The applicant is not in violation of any of the provisions of this chapter and the rules adopted hereunder;  (4) The applicant has received a graduate degree in either marriage and family therapy or a related field with specific course work in marriage and family therapy as approved by the board; and  (5) The applicant has at least five (5) years of clinical experience in the practice of marriage and family therapy or clinical membership in the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy or the National Academy of Certified Family Counselors or certification by an appropriate professional organization, as defined by the board.
AR Code § 17-27-304 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 27 - Counselors|Subchapter 3 - Licensing|§ 17-27-304. Licensed marriage and family therapist — Qualifications — Application after January 1, 1998

 The Arkansas Board of Examiners in Counseling shall issue a license as a marriage and family therapist to each applicant who files an application after January 1, 1998, upon a form and in a manner as the board prescribes accompanied by a fee as set by the board if he or she meets the qualifications set forth in § 17-27-303(1)-(3) and if the applicant provides satisfactory evidence to the board that he or she:   (1) Meets educational experience qualifications as follows:  (A) Educational Requirements. A master's degree or a doctoral degree in marriage and family therapy from a regionally accredited educational institution or a graduate degree in the allied fields referred to in § 17-27-303(4) from a regionally accredited educational institution and graduate level course work which is equivalent to a master's degree in marriage and family therapy as determined by the board; and  (B) Experience Requirements. The applicant has three thousand (3,000) client contact hours of supervised full-time experience in marriage and family therapy acceptable to the board. Two thousand (2,000) client contact hours may be gained for each sixty (60) graduate semester hours earned beyond the master's degree, provided that the hours are clearly related to the field of marriage and family therapy and are acceptable to the board. The applicant may not have less than one thousand (1,000) client contact hours of professional supervised experience; and    (2) Passes an examination or examinations administered by the board.
AR Code § 17-27-305 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 27 - Counselors|Subchapter 3 - Licensing|§ 17-27-305. Licensed associate marriage and family therapist — Qualifications

 (a) The Arkansas Board of Examiners in Counseling shall issue a license as a licensed associate marriage and family therapist to each applicant who meets the requirements of § 17-27-304, with the exception of § 17-27-304(1)(B).  (b) The licensed associate marriage and family therapist may practice only under direct supervision of a licensed marriage and family therapist.  (c) The plan for supervision of the licensed associate marriage and family therapist must be approved by the board before any actual performance of marriage and family therapy by the licensed associate marriage and family therapist.  (d) Any licensed associate marriage and family therapist may petition the board for licensure review for licensed marriage and family therapist, provided the requirements of § 17-27-304(1)(B) have been met.
AR Code § 17-27-306 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 27 - Counselors|Subchapter 3 - Licensing|§ 17-27-306. Examination

 (a)  (1) The Arkansas Board of Examiners in Counseling shall provide approval before an applicant is allowed to sit for examination.  (2) The board shall designate the time and place of any examination in advance of any examination.    (b) The board is required to preserve examination materials in accordance with state rules.  (c)  (1) In the event that an applicant fails to pass an examination, he or she may reapply and may be allowed to take a subsequent examination.  (2) An applicant who fails an examination shall wait three (3) months before taking a subsequent examination.
AR Code § 17-27-307 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 27 - Counselors|Subchapter 3 - Licensing|§ 17-27-307. Renewal

 (a)  (1) Biannually at the time of renewal, counselors and licensed marriage and family therapists licensed under this chapter shall be required to submit a license renewal fee to be established by the Arkansas Board of Examiners in Counseling.  (2)  (A) Failure to pay the biannual renewal fee within the time stated shall automatically suspend the right of any licensee to practice while delinquent.  (B) The lapsed license may be renewed within a period of one (1) year after payment of all fees in arrears.      (b) No license shall be renewed unless the renewal request is accompanied by evidence satisfactory to the board of the completion during the previous twenty-four (24) months of relevant professional or continued educational experience.  (c) If any licensed professional counselor, licensed associate counselor, licensed marriage and family therapist, or licensed associate marriage and family therapist duly licensed under this chapter by virtue of additional training and experience is qualified to practice in a specialty other than that for which he or she was deemed competent at the time of initial licensing and wishes to offer service under the provisions of this chapter, he or she is required to submit additional credentials and he or she is to be given the opportunity to demonstrate his or her knowledge and application thereof in areas deemed relevant to his or her specialty.
AR Code § 17-27-308 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 27 - Counselors|Subchapter 3 - Licensing|§ 17-27-308. Reciprocity

 At its discretion, the Arkansas Board of Examiners in Counseling may waive formal examination requirements of a candidate who is licensed or certified to practice counseling or marriage and family therapy by a similar board in another state if, in the opinion of the Arkansas Board of Examiners in Counseling, the standards and qualifications required for the practice of counseling in the candidate's licensing state are at least equal to those required by this chapter.
AR Code § 17-27-309 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 27 - Counselors|Subchapter 3 - Licensing|§ 17-27-309. Suspension or revocation

 (a) The Arkansas Board of Examiners in Counseling shall have the power to suspend or revoke a license issued under this chapter or impose other appropriate restrictions or additional sanctions, including without limitation supervision, probation, counseling, or additional education, for any person:  (1) Found guilty of violating any ethical or professional standard; or  (2) Placed upon a registry of this state or another state in regards to public safety, including without limitation a child maltreatment registry, an adult maltreatment registry, or a sex offender registry.    (b) The board shall revoke the license of any person who is found guilty of or pleads guilty or nolo contendere to any offense listed in § 17-27-313(e) [repealed] unless the person requests and the board grants a waiver pursuant to § 17-27-313(g) [repealed].
AR Code § 17-27-310 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 27 - Counselors|Subchapter 3 - Licensing|§ 17-27-310. Fees — Disposition of funds

 (a) All fees from applicants seeking licensure under this chapter and all license or renewal fees received shall be paid to the Arkansas Board of Examiners in Counseling.  (b) No part of any fee shall be returnable under any condition other than failure of the board to hold examinations at the time originally announced, whereupon the entire fee may be returned at the option of the applicant.  (c)  (1) All fees collected or gifts or grants shall be deposited into the State Treasury to the credit of the board via electronic transfer from a financial institution in this state chosen by the board.  (2) Expenses shall be paid under written direction of the Chair of the Arkansas Board of Examiners in Counseling and the secretary of the board in accordance with usual state procedures.
AR Code § 17-27-311 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 27 - Counselors|Subchapter 3 - Licensing|§ 17-27-311. Privileged communication

 (a) For the purposes of this chapter, the confidential relations and communications between a licensed counselor and a client, a licensed associate counselor and a client, a licensed marriage and family therapist and a client, or between a licensed associate marriage and family therapist and a client are placed upon the same basis as those between an attorney and a client.  (b) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to require that any privileged communication be disclosed.
AR Code § 17-27-312 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 27 - Counselors|Subchapter 3 - Licensing|§ 17-27-312. Application of laws pertaining to licensed professional counselors

 All laws of this state that pertain to licensed professional counselors shall likewise pertain to and include licensed marriage and family therapists.
AR Code § 17-27-313 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 27 - Counselors|Subchapter 3 - Licensing|§ 17-27-313. Criminal background checks

 (a) The Arkansas Board of Examiners in Counseling may require each applicant for license renewal and each first-time applicant for a license issued by the board to apply to the Identification Bureau of the Division of Arkansas State Police for a state and national criminal background check, to be conducted by the Identification Bureau of the Division of Arkansas State Police and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.  (b) The check shall conform to the applicable federal standards and shall include the taking of fingerprints.  (c) The applicant shall sign a release of information to the board and shall be responsible for the payment of any fee associated with the criminal background check.  (d) Upon completion of the criminal background check, the Identification Bureau of the Division of Arkansas State Police shall forward to the board all releasable information obtained concerning the applicant.  (e) The board may issue a six-month nonrenewable letter of provisional eligibility for licensure to a first-time applicant pending the results of the criminal background check.  (f) For the purposes of this section, the board shall follow the licensing restrictions based on criminal records under § 17-3-102.  (g)  (1) Any information received by the board from the Identification Bureau of the Division of Arkansas State Police under this section shall not be available for examination except by:  (A) The affected applicant for licensure, or his or her authorized representative; or  (B) The person whose license is subject to revocation, or his or her authorized representative.    (2) No record, file, or document shall be removed from the custody of the Division of Arkansas State Police.    (h) Any information made available to the affected applicant for licensure or the person whose license is subject to revocation shall be information pertaining to that person only.  (i) Rights of privilege and confidentiality established under this section shall not extend to any document created for purposes other than this background check.  (j) The board shall adopt the necessary rules to fully implement the provisions of this section.