Can a Licensed Professional Counselor transfer a license to Missouri as a military spouse?
Yes. Missouri is a member of the Counseling Compact, so a Licensed Professional Counselor holding a multistate/compact license can practice in MO without re-applying. Explicit military-spouse provision: practice on home-state license in any Compact state, plus expedited home-license process when moving.
Your counseling licensing board in Missouri
Under Missouri Revised Statutes 324.009, Division of Professional Registration licensing boards, including the Committee for Professional Counselors, must within 30 days waive examination, education, and experience requirements and issue a license to a military spouse who holds a valid current license in the same profession from 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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