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| 4 | 4 | SENATE BILL 20 | |
| 5 | 5 | By Watson | |
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| 8 | 8 | SB0020 | |
| 9 | 9 | 000445 | |
| 10 | 10 | - 1 - | |
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| 12 | 12 | AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 63, | |
| 13 | 13 | relative to licensing requirements for professional | |
| 14 | 14 | counselors. | |
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| 16 | 16 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE: | |
| 17 | 17 | SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 63-22-104(3)(B), is amended by | |
| 18 | 18 | deleting the language "Has obtained" and substituting "Except as provided in subsection (b), | |
| 19 | 19 | has obtained". | |
| 20 | 20 | SECTION 2. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 63-22-104, is amended by | |
| 21 | 21 | designating the existing language as subsection (a), and adding the following as a new | |
| 22 | 22 | subsection (b): | |
| 23 | 23 | (b) Subdivision (a)(3)(B) does not apply to an applicant for licensure as a | |
| 24 | 24 | professional counselor if: | |
| 25 | 25 | (1) The applicant has a valid, unencumbered license as a professional | |
| 26 | 26 | counselor issued by another state, territory, or federal district of the United | |
| 27 | 27 | States; and | |
| 28 | 28 | (2) The requirements for licensure as a professional counselor by that | |
| 29 | 29 | issuing state, territory, or federal district are judged to be acceptable by the | |
| 30 | 30 | board. | |
| 31 | 31 | SECTION 3. For the purpose of promulgating rules to effectuate this act, this act takes | |
| 32 | 32 | effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it. For all other purposes, this act takes | |
| 33 | 33 | effect July 1, 2025, the public welfare requiring it. |