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<section article="gho" article_name="Health Occupations" number="17-301" title_number="17" title_name="Professional Counselors and Therapists" subtitle_number="3">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this section or §§ 10–14A–03 and 10–14B–03 of the State Government Article, an individual may not practice, attempt to practice, or offer to practice clinical alcohol and drug counseling, clinical marriage and family therapy, clinical professional art therapy, or clinical professional counseling in the State unless licensed by the Board.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Subject to the regulations of the Board, subsection (a) of this section does not apply to:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>A student working under the supervision of a licensed mental health care provider while pursuing a supervised course of study in counseling that the Board approves as qualifying training and experience under this title;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>An individual who, in accordance with § 17–406 of this title, is working as a trainee under the supervision of a licensed clinical alcohol and drug counselor or another health care provider licensed or certified under this article and approved by the Board while fulfilling the experiential or course of study requirements under § 17–302 of this subtitle or § 17–403 or § 17–404 of this title; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>An individual who:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Is licensed and in good standing in another state;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Established a client–counselor relationship with a client outside the State;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Is no longer able to provide in–person counseling to the client because the client is located in the State; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>Provides the counseling through telehealth, as defined in § 1–1001 of this article, for the purpose of providing continuity of care to the client for not more than 6 months after:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>The client relocated to the State; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>The client returned to the State following a continuous and nonincidental period of relocation outside the State.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>This subtitle may not be construed to limit the scope of practice of any individual who is duly licensed under this article.</text>
  </level>
</section>
