A counselor found to lack competence can face education, retesting, or suspension
What the document says“``(A) require continued education coupled with successful completion of a probationary period; ``(B) require retesting if the counselor continues to demonstrate a lack of competence under paragraph (7)(B); and ``(C) suspend an individual certification if a counselor fails to demonstrate competence after not fewer than 2 retesting opportunities under subparagraph (B).'';”
The new paragraph 106(e)(8) lets the Secretary require more education and a probationary period, require retesting, or suspend a counselor's certification after at least two retests. The Secretary may act only after the comparison in paragraph (7)(B) and only where doing so will not create a significant loss of counseling capacity in the service area.
What the document actually says“``(A) require continued education coupled with successful completion of a probationary period; ``(B) require retesting if the counselor continues to demonstrate a lack of competence under paragraph (7)(B); and ``(C) suspend an individual certification if a counselor fails to demonstrate competence after not fewer than 2 retesting opportunities under subparagraph (B).'';”
The agency can make a counselor study more and pass a trial time. It can make the counselor take a test again. It can stop the counselor from working after two failed tests.
Certification is proof that a person is trained to do a job. Losing it means the person cannot counsel. The steps here go from mild to strong.
No action is recorded against this proposal. That is not evidence that none has been taken, and nobody has yet read it against the record. See what the tracker does not yet cover.