Bill > HB777

This bill proposes several changes to the licensing laws for professional counselors in Mississippi: 1. It clarifies that certain fees charged to applicants for licensure as a licensed professional counselor or a provisional licensed professional counselor are application fees, not licensing fees. 2. It removes the requirement that applicants for renewal of a provisional licensed professional counselor license undergo a fingerprint-based criminal history records check. 3. It clarifies that applicants for renewal of a licensed professional counselor license will undergo a fingerprint-based criminal history records check as required by the board. 4. It clarifies the renewal of license fee and licensing period for provisional licensed professional counselors, setting the renewal fee at $50 per annual licensing period. 5. It deletes the authority of the board to increase renewal fees. 6. It clarifies the continuing education requirements for renewal of a provisional licensed professional counselor license, requiring 6 continuing education hours per annual renewal period, 2 of which must involve professional ethics or legal issues.

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