I have been licensed as a Professional Counselor in Virginia for 40 years, having graduated before CADREP existed.  I urge the Board to not adopt regulations which require 3 years of experience for those graduating from a CACREP program vs. 10 from other colleges and Universities before licensed by endorsement.  Only as I have been practicing for so long, and been a leader in the field (president of the state of Virginia affiliate of AMHCA), long term membership in ACA and AMHCA, do I know of the development of CACREP.  Were I a recent college graduate, seeking graduate school admission, I might not even know of CACREP to use it as a screen for application.  The current regulations screen effectively without adding a very biased 10 year requirement.  Further, there is no evidence of which I am aware which would allow the equating of 3 years of experience of a CACREP graduate with 10 of one from a different credentialing graduate program.  I would propose the Board instead adopt the Counseling Compact, which I know many of the Board members are following.  For those not familiar, I urge you to review the writings on the Counseling Compact by Counseling's national representation associations (ACA and AMHCA).  Now that all 50 states license counselors licensure by endorsement is in order and equitable measures from all 50 states is preferable.  Thank you for considering my point of view.