Virginia Administrative Code › Title 18 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING › Agency 115 - BOARD OF COUNSELING › Chapter 20 - REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE PRACTICE OF PROFESSIONAL COUNSELING › Part I - General Provisions › Section 18VAC115-20-10 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
A. The following
				  words and terms when used in this chapter shall have the meaning ascribed to
				  them in §
										54.1-3500 of the Code
				  of Virginia:
"Board"
"Counseling"
"Professional counselor"
B. The following words and terms when used in
				  this chapter shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly
				  indicates otherwise:
"Ancillary counseling services" means activities such as
					 case management, recordkeeping, referral, and coordination of services.
"Applicant" means any individual who has submitted an
					 official application and paid the application fee for licensure as a
					 professional counselor.
"CACREP" means the Council for Accreditation of Counseling
					 and Related Educational Programs.
"Candidate for licensure" means a person who has
					 satisfactorily completed all educational and experience requirements for
					 licensure and has been deemed eligible by the board to sit for its
					 examinations.
"Clinical counseling services" means activities such as
					 assessment, diagnosis, treatment planning, and treatment implementation.
"Competency area" means an area in which a person possesses
					 knowledge and skill and the ability to apply them in the clinical
					 setting.
"Conversion therapy" means any practice or treatment as
					 defined in §
											54.1-2409.5A
					 of the Code of Virginia.
"CORE" means Council on Rehabilitation Education.
"Exempt setting" means an agency or institution in which
					 licensure is not required to engage in the practice of counseling according to
					 the conditions set forth in §
											54.1-3501
					 of the Code of Virginia.
"Face-to-face" means the in-person delivery of clinical
					 counseling services for a client.
"Group supervision" means the process of clinical
					 supervision of no more than six persons in a group setting provided by a
					 qualified supervisor.
"Internship" means a formal academic course from a
					 regionally accredited college or university in which supervised, practical
					 experience is obtained in a clinical setting in the application of counseling
					 principles, methods, and techniques.
"Jurisdiction" means a state, territory, district,
					 province, or country that has granted a professional certificate or license to
					 practice a profession, use a professional title, or hold oneself out as a
					 practitioner of that profession.
"Nonexempt setting" means a setting that does not meet the
					 conditions of exemption from the requirements of licensure to engage in the
					 practice of counseling as set forth in §
											54.1-3501
					 of the Code of Virginia.
"Regional accrediting agency" means one of the regional
					 accreditation agencies recognized by the U.S. Secretary of Education
					 responsible for accrediting senior postsecondary institutions.
"Residency" means a postgraduate, supervised, clinical
					 experience.
"Resident" means an individual who has a supervisory
					 contract and has been issued a temporary license by the board to provide
					 clinical services in professional counseling under supervision.
"Supervision" means the ongoing process performed by a
					 supervisor who monitors the performance of the person supervised and provides
					 regular, documented individual or group consultation, guidance, and instruction
					 that is specific to the clinical counseling services being performed with
					 respect to the clinical skills and competencies of the person
					 supervised.
"Supervisory contract" means an agreement that outlines the
					 expectations and responsibilities of the supervisor and resident in accordance
					 with regulations of the board.
Statutory Authority: §
												54.1-2400
						of the Code of Virginia.