NEW REGULATIONS: New rules effective July 11, 2012 affect potential applicants for Delaware licensure as a Professional Counselor of Mental Health. If your Masters degree was conferred after June 30, 2012, you will receive credit only for post-Masters mental health counseling experience that you gain while a Delaware-licensed Associate Counselor of Mental Health. For detailed information about these experience requirements, see Section 2.1.3 - 2.1.4 of the Board's Rules and Regulations and the instructions on Professional Counselor of Mental Health Licensure. To apply for Delaware licensure as an Associate Counselor of Mental Health, see Application for Licensed Associate Counselor of Mental Health.

BOARD FUNCTION: The Board of Mental Health and Chemical Dependency Professionals (hereafter designated as "the Board") regulates the practice of counseling for professional counselors of mental health, associate counselors of mental health and Chemical Dependency Professionals. The Board licenses qualified applicants; develops rules and regulations; and conducts disciplinary hearings and imposes disciplinary sanctions, when necessary. (24 Del. C., Chapter 30, § 3001-3019)

To assure consideration of your license application at the next meeting, the Board office must receive all of these items no later than 4:30 PM ten full working days before the meeting date:

• Completed, signed and notarized application form
• Fee payment
• All required supporting documentation (see “License Requirements” on the menu to your left).