{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-45-8b-36","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 45:8B-36","heading":"Definitions relative to counseling","body":"3. As used in this act:\n\"Board\" means the State Board of Marriage and Family Therapy Examiners.\n\"Committee\" means the Professional Counselor Examiners Committee.\n\"Counseling\" means offering to assist or assisting, for a fee or other compensation, an individual or group through a counseling relationship to develop an understanding of interpersonal and intra personal problems and to plan and act on a course of action to restore optimal functioning to that individual or group but does not mean rehabilitation counseling.\n\"Counseling specialty\" means a field of specialization in which counseling takes place and which has been designated as a counseling specialty by the committee.\n\"Licensed associate counselor\" means an individual who holds a current, valid license as a licensed associate counselor pursuant to this act and who practices counseling under the direct supervision of a licensed professional counselor or a supervisor acceptable to the committee.\n\"Licensed professional counselor\" means an individual who holds a current, valid license as a licensed professional counselor pursuant to this act.\n\"Licensed rehabilitation counselor\" means an individual who holds a current, valid license as a licensed rehabilitation counselor pursuant to this amendatory and supplementary act.\n\"Rehabilitation counseling\" means offering to assist or assisting, for a fee or other compensation, an individual through a rehabilitation counseling relationship to develop an understanding of the personal, social and vocational impact of the person's disabilities and to plan and implement a rehabilitation program, which may include training to help the person become more independent and employable.\nL.1993,c.340,s.3; amended 1995, c.366, s.18; 1997, c.155, s.3; per s.20 of 1993, c.340, act to expire if certain contingency met.","path":["TITLE 45 PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS"],"source_url":"https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/statutes/STATUTES-TEXT.zip","current_through":"P.L.2025, c.405, and J.R.22","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:54:13Z","sha256":"15b77293935ff7a2f74bbcb9395578f433355dc494d1eb6db051ea3f8164aa71","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-45-8b-35","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-45-8b-37"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}