CODE OF VIRGINIA

EXEMPTION FROM REQUIREMENTS OF LICENSURE (§ 54.1-3701)

The requirements for licensure provided for in this chapter shall not be
applicable to:

   1.  Persons who render services that are like or similar to those falling
   within the scope of the classifications or categories in this chapter, so long
   as the recipients or beneficiaries of such services are not subject to any
   charge or fee, or any financial requirement, actual or implied, and the person
   rendering such service is not held out, by himself or otherwise, as a licensed
   practitioner.

   2.  The activities or services of a student pursuing a course of study in
   social work in an institution recognized by the Board for purposes of
   licensure upon completion of the course of study or under the supervision of a
   practitioner licensed under this chapter; if such activities or services
   constitute a part of his course of study and are adequately supervised.

   3.  The activities of rabbis, priests, ministers or clergymen of any religious
   denomination or sect when such activities are within the scope of the
   performance of their regular or specialized ministerial duties, and no
   separate charge is made or when such activities are performed, whether with or
   without charge, for or under auspices or sponsorship, individually or in
   conjunction with others, of an established and legally cognizable church,
   denomination or sect, and the person rendering service remains accountable to
   its established authority.

   4.  Persons employed as salaried employees or volunteers of the federal
   government, the Commonwealth, a locality, or of any agency established or
   funded, in whole or part, by any such governmental entity or of a private,
   nonprofit organization or agency sponsored or funded, in whole or part, by a
   community-based citizen group or organization. Any person who renders
   psychological services, as defined in Chapter 36 (§ 54.1-3600 et seq.) of
   this title, shall be subject to the requirements of that chapter. Any person
   who, in addition to the above enumerated employment, engages in an independent
   private practice shall not be exempt from the requirements for licensure.

   5.  Persons regularly employed by private business firms as personnel
   managers, deputies or assistants so long as their counseling activities relate
   only to employees of their employer and in respect to their employment.

HISTORY: 1976, c. 608, § 54-944; 1986, c. 581; 1988, c. 765.