Can a Licensed Professional Counselor transfer a license to California as a military spouse?
Not through the compact — California is not currently a Counseling compact member. A military-spouse Licensed Professional Counselor relies on VAEIA 2022 / 50 U.S.C. § 4025a, which requires California to recognize a valid out-of-state license upon relocation for military orders.
Your counseling licensing board in California
Expedites licensure, offers a temporary 12-month nonrenewable license, and waives application and exam fees for spouses or partners of an active-duty service member assigned to a California duty station who already hold a current counselor license in another state.
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.
Official compact site ↗All Counseling member states
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