{"data":{"id":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-20-195ii","jurisdiction":"us-ct","citation":"Conn. Gen. Stat. § 20-195ii","heading":"State and national fingerprint-based criminal history records check.","body":"The Commissioner of Public Health shall require each person applying for licensure as a professional counselor to submit to a state and national fingerprint-based criminal history records check pursuant to section 29-17a. For the purposes of this section, “professional counselor” means an individual licensed for the independent practice of professional counseling and “licensure” means authorization by a state professional counseling regulatory authority to engage in the independent practice of professional counseling, the practice of which would be unlawful without such authorization.","path":["TITLE 20. PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING, CERTIFICATION, TITLE PROTECTION AND REGISTRATION. EXAMINING BOARDS","CHAPTER 383c*. PROFESSIONAL COUNSELORS"],"source_url":"https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_383c.htm#sec_20-195ii","current_through":"Revised to January 1, 2026 (2026 Supplement to the General Statutes of Connecticut, applied over the base revision of January 1, 2025)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T19:07:04Z","sha256":"9971ed65c81fab0522f22c6bd13a893115c230d36600458e10dbdb6b8053eac7","source_id":"us-ct","stale":false,"prev":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-20-195hh","next":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-20-195jj-to-20-195oo"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}