Section 12.62.120. Approved degrees.

	(a)  To meet the requirements of AS 08.29.110(a)(5), an applicant's degree must be from an institution of higher education in the United States that is accredited by a regional or national accrediting agency and the degree must have included course work in at least eight of the following subject areas:  
		(1) the helping relationship, including counseling theory and practice;  
		(2) human growth and development;  
		(3) lifestyle and career development;  
		(4) group dynamics, processes, counseling, and consulting;  
		(5) assessment, appraisal, and testing of individuals;  
		(6) social and cultural foundation, including multicultural issues;  
		(7) principles of etiology, diagnosis, treatment planning, and prevention of mental and emotional disorders and dysfunctional behavior;  
		(8) marriage and family counseling and therapy;  
		(9) research and evaluation;  
		(10) professional counseling orientation; and ethics.  
	(b)  To meet the requirements of AS 08.29.130, an applicant's degree must be from a foreign college or university approved by the board that meets the standards of a regionally or nationally accredited education institution in the United States. To be approved, a degree from a foreign college or university must have included course work in at least eight of the subject areas listed in (a)(1) - (10) of this section.  
	(c)  An applicant who has not obtained enough graduate semester hours in the applicant's earned master's degree in counseling or a related professional field to meet the 60 graduate semester hours required under AS 08.29.110(a)(5)(B) may obtain the additional graduate semester hours needed to meet that requirement from an accredited program in (a) of this section either online or at an institution.  
	(d)  If applying on or after February 1, 2012, an applicant must have a minimum of three graduate level credits in ethics.  

Authorities

08.29.020;08.29.110;08.29.130

Notes

Reference

12 AAC 62.100

Authority

AS 08.29.020 AS 08.29.110 AS 08.29.130

History

Eff. 10/30/99, Register 152; am 1/28/2005, Register 173; am 1/13/2012, Register 201; am 9/20/2015, Register 215