Virginia Regulatory Town Hall
Agency
Department of Health Professions
 
Board
Board of Counseling
 
chapter
Regulations Governing the Practice of Professional Counseling [18 VAC 115 ‑ 20]
Action Requirement for CACREP accreditation for educational programs
Stage Proposed
Comment Period Ended on 7/14/2017
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6/16/17  12:42 pm
Commenter: Jennifer Pierce, Hagerstown Counseling

Hurting military spouses
 

Requiring CACREP accreditation will cause major hardship on counselors who move to Virginia in the future.  Being a military spouse and a counselor, I know that moving is not easy.  It's difficult enough to move and get a new state licensure, but this will make it impossible for many to be licensed in Virginia, even after working in the field for decades.  Furthermore, students going into graduate programs in different states will be unaware of how choosing a non CACREP school may result in problems later if they want to practice in Virginia.  

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