CHAPTER 20:73:03
ACADEMIC REQUIREMENTS AND APPROVED PROGRAMS
Section
20:73:03:01 Academic requirements.
20:73:03:02 Approved counseling program.
20:73:03:03 Post degree completion of academic requirements for licensure -- Professional counselor-mental health.
20:73:03:04 Credit hour equivalency.
20:73:03:01. Academic requirements. Academic requirements to become a professional counselor-mental health must be completed at a university or college accredited by the:
(1) Higher Learning Commission;
(2) Middle States Commission on Higher Education;
(3) New England State Association of Schools and Colleges Commission on Institutions of Higher Education;
(4) Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities;
(5) Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges; or
(6) Western Association of Schools and Colleges.
The applicant's postgraduate degree in counseling with an emphasis in mental health must be at least a 48 credit hour master's degree or doctoral degree.
Source: 25 SDR 85, effective December 22, 1998; 47 SDR 42, effective October 14, 2020.
General Authority: SDCL 36-32-56.
Law Implemented: SDCL 36-32-65.
20:73:03:02. Approved counseling program. Academic requirements to become a professional counselor-mental health must be completed through a program prescribed by SDCL subdivision 36-32-65(2) at a university or college accredited pursuant to § 20:73:03:01.
Source: 25 SDR 85, effective December 22, 1998; 47 SDR 42, effective October 14, 2020.
General Authority: SDCL 36-32-56.
Law Implemented: SDCL 36-32-65.
20:73:03:03. Post degree completion of academic requirements for licensure -- Professional counselor-mental health. An applicant whose graduate degree in counseling is based on less than 48 approved credit hours, who did not complete the necessary supervised professional practicum as part of the degree program, or who did not complete coursework in the areas prescribed by SDCL 36-32-65 may complete the missing academic requirements if:
(1) No more than 12 semester credits are completed post degree for purposes of meeting the academic requirements of SDCL 36-32-65;
(2) All necessary academic requirements are completed through an approved university or college that meets the requirements of this chapter; and
(3) All necessary academic requirements are taken and passed for credit.
Source: 47 SDR 42, effective October 14, 2020.
General Authority: SDCL 36-32-56.
Law Implemented: SDCL 36-32-65.
20:73:03:04. Credit hour equivalency. For purposes of this article, 48 semester credit hours equal 72 quarter credit hours.
Source: 47 SDR 42, effective October 14, 2020.
General Authority: SDCL 36-32-56.
Law Implemented: SDCL 36-32-65.
