                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

LICENSE REQUIRED (§ 54.1-3506)

In order to engage in the practice of counseling or marriage and family therapy
or in the independent practice of substance abuse treatment, as defined in this
chapter, it shall be necessary to hold a license issued by the Board.

The Board may issue a license, without examination, for the practice of marriage
and family therapy or the independent practice of substance abuse treatment to
persons who hold a current and unrestricted license as a professional counselor
within the Commonwealth and who meet the clinical and academic requirements for
licensure as a marriage and family therapist or licensed substance abuse
treatment practitioner, respectively. The applicant for such license shall
present satisfactory evidence of qualifications equal to those required of
applicants for licensure as marriage and family therapists or licensed substance
abuse treatment practitioners, respectively, by examination in the Commonwealth.

Any person who renders substance abuse treatment services as defined in this
chapter and who is not licensed to do so, other than a person who is exempt
pursuant to § 54.1-3501, shall render such services only when he is (i) under
the supervision and direction of a person licensed under this chapter who shall
be responsible for the services performed by such unlicensed person, or (ii) in
compliance with the regulations governing an organization or a facility licensed
by the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services.

HISTORY: 1979, c. 408, § 54-935.1; 1988, c. 765; 1995, c. 820; 1997, c. 901;
2009, cc. 813, 840; 2013, c. 264.