Wis. Admin. Code Marriage and Family Therapy, Professional Counseling, and Social Work Examining Board MPSW 11.015 - Application for a professional counselor training license

(1) The professional counselor section shall grant a professional counselor training license to any individual who does all of the following:

(a) Submits a completed, signed application form.

(b) Pays the fee specified in s. 440.05 (6), Stats.

(c) Satisfies the requirements in s. 457.12 (1m) (b), Stats.

(d) Submits evidence satisfactory to the professional counselor section of one of the following:

1. The applicant is in a position or has an offer for a position as a professional counselor in a supervised clinical professional counseling practice.

2. The applicant is in a position or has an offer for a position in which the applicant will, in the opinion of the professional counselor section, receive training and supervision equivalent to the training and supervision received in a supervised clinical professional counseling practice.

(2) A professional counselor training license is valid for 48 months, and may be renewed in two year intervals at the discretion of the professional counselor section. In determining whether to renew a professional counselor training license, the professional counselor section may request any of the following from the applicant:

(a) A statement explaining why the applicant needs additional time to complete the hours of professional counselor practice experience required under s. MPSW 11.01 (3).

(b) Documentation of any continuing education or graduate level courses the applicant has completed since obtaining their professional counselor training license.

(c) A report from a person actively supervising the applicant under s. MPSW 12.02 (1), demonstrating that the applicant is making satisfactory progress towards completion of the professional counselor practice experience required under s. MPSW 11.01 (3).

(d) Other relevant documentation.

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Wis. Admin. Code Marriage and Family Therapy, Professional Counseling, and Social Work Examining Board MPSW 11.015

Cr. Register, January, 1995, No. 469, eff. 2-1-95; CR 01-027: rn. to be (1), cr. (2), Register December 2001 No. 552, eff. 1-1-02; CR 07-048: r. and recr. Register March 2008 No. 627, eff. 4-1-08. Amended by, CR 21-094: r. and recr. (2) Register August 2022 No. 800, eff. 9/1/2022 Amended by, correction in (1) (c) made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 7, Stats., Register January 2025 No. 829, eff. 1/1/2025