Authority, credentials, and scope
Regulator, governing authority, credential names, regulated titles, scope boundaries, exemptions, and prohibited activities.
Professional counselor license
Published research · ConfirmedSouth Carolina regulates professional counseling and protected counselor titles under Title 40, Chapter 75.
- Applies to
- Use for LPC Associate, LPC, LPC Supervisor research in SC.
- Known exclusions
- A payer, facility, employer, local government, or another professional board may impose additional requirements.
- Effective date
- No separate future date recorded
- Fact checked
- 2026-08-11
Application and practice status
Application, education, examination, background check, fees, temporary authority, endorsement, and supervised versus independent practice.
Associate supervision
Published research · ConfirmedAn LPC Associate practices under the Board supervision route and should not be treated as independently licensed.
- Applies to
- Use for LPC Associate, LPC, LPC Supervisor research in SC.
- Known exclusions
- A payer, facility, employer, local government, or another professional board may impose additional requirements.
- Effective date
- No separate future date recorded
- Fact checked
- 2026-08-11
Supervision and workforce evidence
Supervisor qualifications, written agreements, settings, hours, reporting, license verification, and hiring or credentialing evidence.
Out-of-state telehealth registration
Published research · ConfirmedA qualifying out-of-state professional counselor located outside South Carolina may use the Board behavioral telehealth registration route, which does not authorize in-person practice or a South Carolina office.
- Applies to
- Use for LPC Associate, LPC, LPC Supervisor research in SC.
- Known exclusions
- A payer, facility, employer, local government, or another professional board may impose additional requirements.
- Effective date
- No separate future date recorded
- Fact checked
- 2026-08-11
Cross-border and practice structure
Telehealth location rules, registration, compact privileges, ownership, entity naming, fee sharing, and multidisciplinary practice.
Counseling Compact is not yet live for South Carolina
Enacted, not operational · ConfirmedSouth Carolina enacted and joined the Counseling Compact, but the Compact Commission currently marks South Carolina as not live; no compact practice should begin until a privilege is issued.
- Applies to
- Use for LPC Associate, LPC, LPC Supervisor research in SC.
- Known exclusions
- A payer, facility, employer, local government, or another professional board may impose additional requirements.
- Effective date
- No separate future date recorded
- Fact checked
- 2026-08-11
Client-facing operations and records
Disclosure, consent, telehealth, emergencies, advertising, confidentiality, access, retention, minors, subpoenas, closure, fees, billing, and termination.
Compact profession boundary
Published research · ConfirmedThe Counseling Compact is a professional-counselor route and should not be extended to LMFT, social work, psychology, or behavior-analysis credentials.
- Applies to
- Use for LPC Associate, LPC, LPC Supervisor research in SC.
- Known exclusions
- A payer, facility, employer, local government, or another professional board may impose additional requirements.
- Effective date
- No separate future date recorded
- Fact checked
- 2026-08-11
Maintenance, complaints, and monitoring
Renewal, continuing education, audits, inactive status, reinstatement, complaints, discipline, effective dates, exclusions, and unresolved interpretations.
Professional counselor license
Published research · ConfirmedSouth Carolina regulates professional counseling and protected counselor titles under Title 40, Chapter 75.
- Applies to
- Use for LPC Associate, LPC, LPC Supervisor research in SC.
- Known exclusions
- A payer, facility, employer, local government, or another professional board may impose additional requirements.
- Effective date
- No separate future date recorded
- Fact checked
- 2026-08-11