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<section article="gho" article_name="Health Occupations" number="17-508" title_number="17" title_name="Professional Counselors and Therapists" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="General Provisions; Disciplinary Actions">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this section, “regulated counselor or therapist” means:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>A licensed clinical alcohol and drug counselor;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A licensed clinical marriage and family therapist;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>A licensed clinical professional art therapist;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>A licensed clinical professional counselor;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>A licensed graduate alcohol and drug counselor;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>A licensed graduate marriage and family therapist;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>A licensed graduate professional art therapist;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="8">
      <text>A licensed graduate professional counselor;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="9">
      <text>A certified professional counselor–alcohol and drug counselor;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="10">
      <text>A certified associate counselor–alcohol and drug counselor;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="11">
      <text>A certified supervised counselor–alcohol and drug counselor;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="12">
      <text>A certified professional counselor–marriage and family therapist; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="13">
      <text>A certified professional counselor.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Unless the Board agrees to accept the surrender of a license or certificate, while the licensee or certificate holder is under investigation or while charges are pending against the licensee or certificate holder, a regulated counselor or therapist may not:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Surrender the license or certificate; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Allow the license or certificate to lapse by operation of law.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The Board may set conditions on its agreement with the regulated counselor or therapist under investigation or against whom charges are pending to accept surrender of the license or certificate.</text>
  </level>
</section>
