Maine Revised Statutes
Chapter 147: INTERSTATE COUNSELING COMPACT
32 §18556. Obtaining a new home state license based on a privilege to practice

§18556. Obtaining a new home state license based on a privilege to practice
1. Home state license. A licensed professional counselor may hold a home state license that allows for a privilege to practice in other member states in only one member state at a time.
[PL 2021, c. 547, §1 (NEW).]
2. Change of primary state of residence. If a licensed professional counselor changes the primary state of residence by moving between 2 member states:
A. The licensed professional counselor shall file an application for obtaining a new home state license based on a privilege to practice, pay all applicable fees and notify the current and new home state in accordance with applicable rules adopted by the commission; [PL 2021, c. 547, §1 (NEW).]
B. Upon receipt of an application for obtaining a new home state license by virtue of a privilege to practice, the new home state shall verify that the licensed professional counselor meets the pertinent criteria outlined in section 18555 via the data system, without need for primary source verification except for:
(1) A Federal Bureau of Investigation fingerprint-based criminal background check if not previously performed or updated pursuant to applicable rules adopted by the commission in accordance with Public Law 92-544;
(2) Any other criminal background check as required by the new home state; and
(3) Completion of any requisite jurisprudence requirements of the new home state; [PL 2021, c. 547, §1 (NEW).]
C. The former home state shall convert the former home state license into a privilege to practice once the new home state has activated the new home state license in accordance with applicable rules adopted by the commission; [PL 2021, c. 547, §1 (NEW).]
D. Notwithstanding any other provision of this compact, if the licensed professional counselor cannot meet the criteria in section 18555, the new home state may apply its requirements for issuing a new single-state license; and [PL 2021, c. 547, §1 (NEW).]
E. The licensed professional counselor shall pay all applicable fees to the new home state in order to be issued a new home state license. [PL 2021, c. 547, §1 (NEW).]
[PL 2021, c. 547, §1 (NEW).]
3. Change of residence; nonmember states. If a licensed professional counselor changes the primary state of residence by moving from a member state to a nonmember state, or from a nonmember state to a member state, the state criteria applies for issuance of a single-state license in the new state.
[PL 2021, c. 547, §1 (NEW).]
4. Single-state licenses. Nothing in this compact interferes with a licensee's ability to hold a single-state license in multiple states; however, for the purposes of this compact, a licensee may have only one home state license.
[PL 2021, c. 547, §1 (NEW).]
5. Single-state license requirements. Nothing in this compact affects the requirements established by a member state for the issuance of a single-state license.
[PL 2021, c. 547, §1 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 2021, c. 547, §1 (NEW).