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State Board of Examiners of Professional Counselors
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New Information for Texans Licensed Professional Counselors; LPC-Interns, and new LPC Applicants.
Click here to view the NBCC, National Counselor Examination for Licensure and Certification, Candidate Handbook (Adobe Acrobat Reader, 159 KB)
Click here to view National Counseling Examination (NCE) additonal information (Adobe Acrobat format, 203 KB)
Click here to download or print the Texas Registration Form for the National Counselor Examination for Licensure and Certification (NCE) (Adobe Acrobat, 203 KB)
Click here to view changes to the Texas Exam (Word 25 KB)
Take the Jurisprudence Exam
Click here to pay the exam fee or return to your exam for the Texas State Board of Examiners of Professional Counselors Jurisprudence exam (In the eCommerce system, this payment is referred to as a "purchase".)
To Get Started and Returning Users:
How to get approval to sit for the state exam.
Anyone applying for licensure after September 1, 2005 must pass the National Counselor Examination (NCE) and the Texas Jurisprudence exam before submitting an application to the board. To register for the NCE, you must submit an exam registration form, the exam fee, and a copy of your transcript showing conferral of a master’s degree in counseling to the National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC).
Anyone who applied before September 1, 2005 may sit for the NCE at any time during the effective dates of his/her temporary license. You will need to submit a letter to the board office requesting to sit for the exam. Upon receiving the request the board office will mail you the approval letter and the exam registration form.
Information about Exam Reimbursement for Veterans
To access documents in Adobe Acrobat format, you must download the Acrobat Reader software. Please see the DSHS file viewing page for more information and a link to the Adobe website.
Last Updated August 7, 2007
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