Can a Licensed Professional Counselor transfer a license to Minnesota as a military spouse?
Not through the compact — Minnesota is not currently a Counseling compact member. A military-spouse Licensed Professional Counselor relies on VAEIA 2022 / 50 U.S.C. § 4025a, which requires Minnesota to recognize a valid out-of-state license upon relocation for military orders.
Your counseling licensing board in Minnesota
Under Minnesota Statutes 197.4552, every professional licensing board, including the Board of Behavioral Health and Therapy that licenses counselors, must provide expedited processing and a temporary license of up to six months to the spouse of an active duty military member.
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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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