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BSRB advisory committee backs recommendation to extend student temporary addiction-counselor license to master's students
Summary
The Behavioral Sciences Regulatory Board advisory committee voted Oct. 14, 2024 to recommend the board pursue statutory language clarifying the student temporary addiction-counselor license applies to students enrolled in either bachelor's or master's programs; the measure will go to the board for consideration before the 2025 legislative session.
The Eviction Counselor Advisory Committee of the Behavioral Sciences Regulatory Board voted to recommend that the board pursue statutory language making the existing student temporary addiction-counselor license explicitly available to graduate (master's) students enrolled in addiction-counseling or related programs. The motion, moved by Charity Causon and seconded by Zenova Williams, passed by voice vote and will be forwarded to the full board for possible inclusion in spring 2025 legislation.
The recommendation grew from a review of the student temporary license created during the 2023 legislative session (Sub. First Senate Bill 131), which established a temporary pathway for students who had…
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