Section

453D-1 Definitions

453D-2 Mental health counselors licensing program

453D-3 Powers and duties of the director

453D-4 Fees; disposition

453D-5 Prohibited acts

453D-6 Exemptions

453D-7 Application for licensure as a mental health counselor

453D-8 Reciprocity

453D-9 Examination

453D-10 Licensure; fees

453D-11 Renewal of license; fees

453D-12 Grounds for refusal to renew, reinstate, or restore,

and for revocation, suspension, denial, or condition

of, licenses

453D-13 Confidentiality and privileged communications

453D-14 Mental health counselor prohibited from testifying in

alimony and divorce actions

This chapter is repealed effective December 31, 2008 pursuant to §26H-4(b).

L 2004, c 209, §§4 and 5 provide:

"SECTION 4. The department of commerce and consumer affairs may appoint an administrative assistant and secretary, without regard to chapter 76, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to assist with the activities of the mental health counselors licensing program.

SECTION 5. Upon the issuance of a new license and at each license renewal period, each mental health counselor shall pay an additional fee of $75, which shall be maintained in a separate account within the compliance resolution fund established pursuant to section 26-9(o), Hawaii Revised Statutes. At the end of each quarter, the moneys contained in the separate account established pursuant to this section shall be transferred to the general fund until such time that the total transferred amounts equal the amount appropriated in section 6 [$61,000] of this Act. Thereafter, no surcharge shall be assessed, and any funds in excess of the amount appropriated in section 6 [$61,000] of this Act shall be deposited in the compliance resolution fund."