# Health Occupations (GHO)

## Title 17. Professional Counselors and Therapists

### Subtitle 3

#### Section 17-310

(a) In this section "advanced assessment activities" means the use of appraisal instruments that require specialized psychological training for administration and interpretation.

(b) A licensed counselor or therapist may engage in advanced assessment activities if the licensed counselor or therapist has completed training that includes:

  (1) Possession of a doctoral or master's degree in counseling or a related field that includes a minimum of nine graduate courses of at least 3 semester hours in each of the following courses:

    (i) Psychopathology;

    (ii) Biological bases of behavior;

    (iii) Research methods;

    (iv) Advanced statistics;

    (v) Tests and measures;

    (vi) Intellectual assessment;

    (vii) Personality assessment;

    (viii) Ethics; and

    (ix) Practicum in advanced assessment;

  (2) Completion of 500 hours of supervised, direct, client-related, advanced assessment testing that is completed not less than 2 years following the completion of the master's degree, of which a minimum of 100 hours shall include face-to-face supervision by a supervisor who is:

    (i) A licensed mental health professional;

    (ii) Proficient in the use of advanced assessment tests; and

    (iii) Approved by the Board; and

  (3) Passage of a national examination that includes items on advanced assessment that evaluate knowledge of advanced assessment procedures.

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Md. Code Ann., Health Occ. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)