{"data":{"id":"us-sd/sdcl-36-32-65.1","jurisdiction":"us-sd","citation":"SDCL § 36-32-65.1","heading":"Licensed professional counselor-mental health--Exception to minimum hour degree requirement--Compact eligibility.","body":"Notwithstanding subsection 36-32-65(2)(b), the board may issue a license as a professional counselor--mental health to an applicant who has received a master's or a doctoral degree, consisting of less than sixty credit hours but no less than forty-eight credit hours in counseling, if the applicant otherwise satisfies the requirements for licensure in § 36-32-65.\nAn applicant who is issued a license as a professional counselor--mental health under this section is not eligible to participate in the counseling licensure compact adopted by § 36-32A-2.","path":["TITLE 36. PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS","CHAPTER 36-32. PROFESSIONAL COUNSELORS"],"source_url":"https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/36-32-65.1","current_through":"2026-08-31","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T15:18:57Z","sha256":"3626c7528c42df8b42cf3b6e5f7002180b07a8e6364c4f0b1ebfa4ee746a2c9f","source_id":"us-sd","stale":true,"prev":"us-sd/sdcl-36-32-65","next":"us-sd/sdcl-36-32-66"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}