Examinations

Prior to submitting an application to the Board for consideration for licensure, individuals shall pass the examinations required by this rule. (1) The Board adopts as its licensure examination for professional counselors the following examinations or their successor examinations given by the National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC): (a) The National Counselor Examination; and (b) The Tennessee jurisprudence examination concerning Tennessee’s professional counselor statutes and regulations and professional ethics based on the ACA Code of Ethics, which is administered by the NBCC. (c) If applying for licensure as a professional counselor with Mental Health Service Provider designation, the National Clinical Mental Health Counseling Examination. (2) Admission to, application for, and fees to sit for the examinations are governed by and must be submitted directly to NBCC. (3) The applicant may receive additional information concerning NBCC examinations and NBCC administered examinations by writing to NBCC, 3 Terrace Way, Suite D, Greensboro, NC 27403-3660. (4) Passing scores on NBCC examinations and NBCC administered examinations are determined by NBCC. Such passing scores as certified by the Board are adopted by the Board as constituting successful completion of the examinations. (5) Certification of passing the examinations must be submitted directly to the Board from NBCC in conjunction with the applicant’s filing an application for licensure with this Board. It is the applicant’s responsibility to initiate the submission of the exam scores to the Board. GENERAL RULES GOVERNING PROFESSIONAL COUNSELORS CHAPTER 0450-01 (6) If an applicant neglects, fails, or refuses to take an examination or fails to pass the examination for a license under these rules within twelve (12) months after being deemed eligible to sit by the Board, the application for licensure will be denied. However, such an applicant may thereafter make a new application accompanied by the required fee. The applicant shall meet any requirements in effect at the time of the new application.