Licensed Professional Counselor Examiners Board

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Use this web portal to

  • Learn about licensing requirements
  • Download an application for licensure
  • Find out how to reinstate a lapsed or expired license
    (For purposes of licensure status, the terms "lapsed" and "expired" have the same meaning.)
  • Check license renewal dates
  • View and download laws and rules
  • Check the current licensure fees
  • Plus links to online address changes, license verification, and more!

Click here to access the licensing information you need.

Provisional Licensure for Mental Health Professionals
Employed in Residential Child Care Facilities

The Colorado legislature passed House Bill 06-1395, restructuring residential treatment centers in the state and further defining residential child care facilities. Please visit this web page for detailed information about the legislation and relevant licensing issues.

Colorado Public Health and Medical Volunteer System
Colorado is building a public health and medical volunteer system to enhance the state's ability to respond and recover from all types of emergencies. If you are interested in participating as an emergency medical or public health professional, please visit this web page for more information.


Evaluation of educational equivalency
Effective January 5, 2007, educational equivalency reviews for Licensed Professional Counselor applications will not be performed by the Mental Health Board staff at the Division of Registrations.

If you are applying for LPC licensure by exam and your Master's Degree is NOT from a CACREP program, you must submit your educational documentation to the Center for Credentialing and Education (CCE) for a determination of equivalency with Colorado's requirements. An application for a Colorado Educational Equivalency Review can be downloaded from CCE's website at http://cce-global.org/review-management.

Colorado LPC exam applications containing a revision date prior to 1/2007 will not be accepted after January 12, 2007.


New information about examinations
Effective July 1, 2006, applicants for LPC licensure by examination do not need pre-authorization from the Division of Registrations to sit for the NCE exam. Visit this web page for more information.


Notice to Licensees Requesting Verification of License
Verifications of Licensure include the licensee name, license number and status, original date of issue, basis of licensure, last renewal date, expiration date, and disciplinary action, if applicable. Examination scores are no longer provided by this department. However, licensees may access the following websites for score verifications:


The Board of Licensed Professional Counselor Examiners consists of seven members who are residents of Colorado.  Three of the members are Licensed Professional Counselors, and the remaining four are chosen from the general public. 

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