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Virginia Administrative Code
Title 18. Professional And Occupational Licensing
Agency 115. Board of Counseling
Chapter 20. Regulations Governing the Practice of Professional Counseling
7/15/2026

18VAC115-20-45.  Licensure by endorsement.

Every applicant for licensure by endorsement shall hold or have held a professional counselor license in another jurisdiction of the United States that allows independent assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of behavioral health conditions and shall submit the following:

1. A completed application;

2. The application processing and initial licensure fee as prescribed in 18VAC115-20-20;

3. Verification of all mental health or health professional licenses, certificates, or registrations ever held in any other jurisdiction. In order to qualify for endorsement, the applicant shall have no unresolved action against a license, certificate, or registration. The board will consider history of disciplinary action on a case-by-case basis;

4. Verification of a passing score on an examination required for counseling licensure in the jurisdiction in which licensure was obtained;

5. A current report from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB); and

6. Official transcript documenting the applicant's completion of a graduate degree program.

Statutory Authority

§ 54.1-2400 of the Code of Virginia.

Historical Notes

Derived from Virginia Register Volume 16, Issue 13, eff. April 12, 2000; amended, Virginia Register Volume 24, Issue 24, eff. September 3, 2008; Volume 25, Issue 20, eff. July 23, 2009; Volume 26, Issue 1, eff. October 14, 2009; Volume 30, Issue 19, eff. July 3, 2014; Volume 32, Issue 24, eff. August 24, 2016; Volume 42, Issue 20, eff. July 2, 2026.

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