TITLE XXX
OCCUPATIONS AND PROFESSIONS

CHAPTER 330-A
MENTAL HEALTH PRACTICE

Section 330-A:26

    330-A:26 Applicants From Other States. –
I. The board shall license any applicant who is licensed in any other state, provided the other state's licensure requirements are substantially equivalent to or higher than those of this state.
II. An applicant whose state licensure meets the requirements in paragraph I shall be allowed to practice in this state not more than 30 days after the application is received by the board, pending final approval or denial of the license for other reason by the board. The board shall adopt rules under RSA 330-A:10, I relative to procedures for expedited licensure for applicants from other states.
III. The board shall waive provisions of this chapter requiring supervised work experience and practical training and grant a license as a clinical social worker, clinical mental health counselor, marriage and family therapist, or pastoral psychotherapist to any applicant who presents proof of active licensed practice, in good standing, in another jurisdiction of the United States for a period of 5 years or more.

Source. 1998, 234:1, eff. Oct. 31, 1998. 2017, 220:1, eff. Sept. 8, 2017. 2018, 364:8, eff. Sept. 30, 2018. 2019, 228:4, eff. Sept. 10, 2019. 2021, 197:82, eff. July 1, 2021.