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degree completion of academic requirements for licensure -- Professional counselor. An applicant whose graduate degree in counseling is based on less than 48 approved credit hours, who did not complete the necessary supervised professional practicum as part of the degree program, or who did not complete coursework in the areas prescribed by SDCL 36-32-64 may complete the missing academic requirements if: (1) No more than 12 semester credits are completed post degree for purposes of meeting the academic requirements of SDCL 36-32-64; (2) All necessary academic requirements are completed through an approved university or college that meets the requirements of this chapter; and (3) All necessary academic requirements are taken and passed for credit.

Source: 47 SDR 42, effective October 14, 2020.