KRS 335.505: Prohibition against unlicensed practice of professional counseling -- No

limitation on activities of specified service providers.

(1) No person shall engage in the practice of professional counseling or present in a

way as to imply or would reasonably be deemed to imply licensure to practice

professional counseling unless the person has first been issued a valid license by the

board.

(2) Subsection (1) of this section shall not apply to any person who is licensed,

certified, or registered under any other provisions of the Kentucky Revised Statutes,

including, but not limited to, physicians, social workers, psychologists, nurses,

professional art therapists, marriage and family therapists, or students in accredited

programs in those professions, and shal l not restrict their practice, descriptions of

services, or the manner in which they hold themselves out to the public.

(3) Subsection (1) of this section shall not be construed to alter, amend, or interfere

with the practice of those who engage in employm ent counseling, job placement

counseling, vocational rehabilitation counseling, victim counseling or advocacy,

pastoral counseling based on any tenet of one's religious beliefs, or school

counseling.

(4) Subsection (1) of this section shall not apply to th e activities and services of a

student intern or trainee in professional counseling who is pursuing a program of

studies in counseling at an accredited institution of higher education, if these

activities are performed under the supervision or direction of an approved

supervisor and the activities are a part of the supervised program of study as

reflected in an official transcript, and if the person is designated a professional

counselor intern or student in training.

(5) Nothing in this section shall be co nstrued to limit the activities of a sexual assault

counselor, victim advocate, or crisis response team as provided in KRE 506, or a

person certified under KRS Chapter 403 to provide court-ordered domestic violence

offender treatment services or a person providing services to sexual offenders under

KRS 197.400 to 197.440.