{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-90-332.1","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90-332.1","heading":"Exemptions from licensure.","body":"(a)\tIt is not the intent of this Article to regulate members of other regulated professions who do counseling in the normal course of the practice of their profession. Accordingly, this Article does not apply to:\n(1)\tLawyers licensed under Chapter 84, doctors licensed under Chapter 90, and any other person registered, certified, or licensed by the State to practice any other occupation or profession while rendering counseling services in the performance of the occupation or profession for which the person is registered, certified, or licensed.\n(2)\tAny school counselor certified by the State Board of Education while counseling within the scope of employment by a board of education or private school.\n(3)\tAny student intern or trainee in counseling pursuing a course of study in counseling in a regionally accredited institution of higher learning or training institution, if the intern or trainee is a designated \"counselor intern\" and the activities and services constitute a part of the supervised course of study.\n(4)\tRepealed by Session Laws 2009-367, s. 3, effective October 1, 2009.\n(4a)\tAny person counseling within the scope of employment at: (i) a local community college as defined in G.S. 115D-2(2); (ii) a public higher education institution as defined in G.S. 116-2(4); or (iii) a nonprofit postsecondary educational institution as described in G.S. 116-280.\n(4b)\tRepealed by Session Laws 2009-367, s. 3, effective October 1, 2009.\n(5)\tAny ordained minister or other member of the clergy while acting in a ministerial capacity who does not charge a fee for the service, or any person invited by a religious organization to conduct, lead, or provide counseling to its members when the service is not performed for more than 30 days a year.\n(6)\tAny nonresident temporarily employed in this State to render counseling services for not more than 30 days in a year, if the person holds a license or certificate required for counselors in another state.\n(7)\tAny person employed by State, federal, county, or municipal government while counseling within the scope of employment.\n(8)\tthrough (10) Repealed by Session Laws 2009-367, s. 3, effective October 1, 2009.\n(b)\tPersons who claim to be exempt under subsection (a) of this section are prohibited from advertising or offering themselves as \"licensed clinical mental health counselors\".\n(c)\tPersons licensed under this Article are exempt from rules pertaining to counseling adopted by other occupational licensing boards.\n(d)\tNothing in this Article shall prevent a person from performing substance abuse counseling or substance abuse prevention consulting as defined in Article 5C of this Chapter. (1993, c. 514, s. 1; 1993 (Reg. Sess., 1994), c. 591, ss. 12, 16(a), 16(b); c. 685, s. 2; 1997-456, s. 27; 2001-487, s. 40(l); 2009-367, s. 3; 2011-145, s. 9.18(e); 2019-240, s. 2(a).)","path":["Chapter 90. Medicine and Allied Occupations.","Article 24. Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselors Act."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_90/GS_90-332.1.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:12:48Z","sha256":"57eea1e7a20c89c409bf4986a84a1aa46d2659b51a8ba9875b0c621dfaa20d70","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-90-332","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-90-333"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}