{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-45-8b-39","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 45:8B-39","heading":"License required","body":"6. a. No person shall engage in the practice of counseling as a licensed professional counselor or licensed associate counselor or represent or hold himself out as a licensed professional counselor or licensed associate counselor unless licensed pursuant to this act.  No person licensed as a professional counselor or an associate counselor shall engage in the practice of rehabilitation counseling unless licensed as a rehabilitation counselor pursuant to this amendatory and supplementary act.\nb.  No person shall engage in the practice of rehabilitation counseling as a licensed rehabilitation counselor or represent or hold himself out as a licensed rehabilitation counselor unless licensed pursuant to this amendatory and supplementary act.  No person licensed as a rehabilitation counselor shall engage in the practice of professional counseling unless licensed as a professional counselor pursuant to section 7 of P.L.1993, c.340 (C.45:8B-40).\nL.1993,c.340,s.6; amended 1997, c.155, s.6; 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":"59862ce04ba576d258f9545b7d800f0c985a9521ac1cfcda3f6a70995c837a86","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-45-8b-38","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-45-8b-40"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}