NOTICE On January 16, 2024, New Jersey became a member of the Counseling Compact ("the Compact"). The Compact is an agreement between states that will allow a professional counselor licensed in one member state to apply for a privilege to practice in another member state. The Compact has proposed rules regarding fees. The proposal is available at
https://counselingcompact.org/compact-commission/rulemaking/. Interested persons may submit written comments on the proposed rule to
gsearls@clear-ams.org with the subject line "Counseling Compact Rule Comment."
Public Comments must be submitted by January 12, 2025.
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NOTICE The Counseling Compact allows eligible licensed counselors an alternative method for providing services in other member states. If you are interested in learning more about the Counseling Compact, including information about meetings, rulemaking, and any rules open for public comment, please use the following link:
https://counselingcompact.org/compact-commission/.
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NOTICE OF DISCONTINUATION OF TEMPORARY EMERGENCY RECIPROCITY LICENSURE PROGRAMS
SUPERSEDING ALL PRIOR NOTICES
EFFECTIVE DATE: July 15, 2022
This notice is to advise that the Division of Consumer Affairs (the "Division") will be discontinuing the Temporary Emergency Reciprocity Licensure Program on August 1, 2022, for all classes of Group 2 health care practitioners, with the sole exception of respiratory care therapists. This notice supersedes all prior notices that have been posted to the Division's website or communicated to you in prior emails. Click
here to read the full notice and its impact on your temporary license.
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NOTICE OF EXTENSION OF TEMPORARY EMERGENCY GRADUATE LICENSURE PROGRAMS SUPERSEDING ALL PRIOR NOTICES
EFFECTIVE DATE: July 15, 2022
Effective immediately, the Division has determined that all temporary emergency graduate licensure programs will be continued until further notice. Individuals currently holding TEGLs will remain authorized to practice under the TEGL, subject to the requirements set forth in
AO 2020-05 and
2020-12. The Division will continue to accept applications for TEGLs from recent graduates until further notice. Click
here to read the
full notice and its impact on your temporary license.
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The Professional Counselor Examiners Committee was established on December 10, 1997 (pursuant to N.J.S.A. 45:8B- 34 et seq.) to function as a committee of the State Board of Marriage and Family Therapy Examiners. The Committee consists of six residents of New Jersey, four of whom are licensed professional counselors engaged primarily in the practice of counseling, one of whom is a licensed professional counselor engaged in teaching, training or research in counseling, and one of whom is a licensed rehabilitation counselor primarily engaged in the practice of rehabilitation counseling. The members are appointed by the Governor. Regular meetings of the Committee are held on the first Thursday of every month at 124 Halsey Street, Newark, New Jersey, beginning at 9:30 a.m.
The purpose of the Committee is:
- to protect the health, safety and welfare of the people of New Jersey;
- to regulate the practice of professional counseling and rehabilitation counseling; and
- to take action against the unprofessional, improper, unauthorized or unqualified practice of professional counseling and guard against unprofessional conduct by the licensed individuals who practice professional counseling.
The Committee protects the public by:
- making sure all professional counselors meet the requirements set by statute;
- investigating and prosecuting professional counselors who break the State's consumer protection laws; and
- requiring all professional counselors to be licensed and to renew their licenses biennially.
