New Hampshire § 330-D-4 - Section 330-D:4 Obtaining a New Home State License Based On a Privilege to Practice.

§ 330-D-4. Section 330-D:4 Obtaining a New Home State License Based On a Privilege to Practice.

I. A licensed professional counselor may hold a home state license, which allows for a privilege to practice in other member states, in only one member state at a time. II. If a licensed professional counselor changes their primary state of residence by moving between 2 member states: (a) The licensed professional counselor shall file an application for obtaining a new home state license based on a privilege to practice, pay all applicable fees, and notify the current and new home state in accordance with applicable rules adopted by the commission; (b) Upon receipt of an application for obtaining a new home state license by virtue of a privilege to practice, the new home state shall verify that the licensed professional counselor meets the pertinent criteria outlined in RSA 330-D:3 via the data system, without need for primary source verification except: (1) A Federal Bureau of Investigation fingerprint-based criminal background check if not previously performed or updated pursuant to applicable rules adopted by the commission in accordance with Federal Public Law 92-544; (2) Other criminal background check(s) as required by the new home state; and (3) Completion of any requisite jurisprudence requirements of the new home state; (c) The former home state shall convert the former home state license into a privilege to practice once the new home state has activated the new home state license in accordance with applicable rules adopted by the commission; (d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this compact, if the licensed professional counselor cannot meet the criteria of RSA 330-D:3, the new home state may apply its requirements for issuing a new single state license; and (e) The licensed professional counselor shall pay all applicable fees to the new home state in order to be issued a new home state license. III. If a licensed professional counselor changes primary state of residence by moving from a member state to a non-member state, or from a non-member state to a member state, the state criteria shall apply for issuance of a single state license in the new state. IV. Nothing in this compact shall interfere with a licensee's ability to hold a single state license in multiple states, however for the purposes of this compact, a licensee shall have only one home state license. V. Nothing in this compact shall affect the requirements established by a member state for the issuance of a single state license.