Can a Licensed Professional Counselor transfer a license to Arizona as a military spouse?
Not through the compact — Arizona is not currently a Counseling compact member. A military-spouse Licensed Professional Counselor relies on VAEIA 2022 / 50 U.S.C. § 4025a, which requires Arizona to recognize a valid out-of-state license upon relocation for military orders.
Your counseling licensing board in Arizona
Arizona grants licensure by universal recognition under A.R.S. 32-4302 to a person married to an active duty armed forces member who relocates to Arizona on permanent change of station orders, a pathway that reaches the professional counselor licenses issued by the Board of Behavioral Health Examiners.
Official source ↗About the Counseling Compact
For licensed professional counselors (LPC, LMHC, LCMHC). Member-state license is recognized in all other member states; military spouses can use home-state license in any compact state.
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