What the official sources support
Applicability and exclusions are shown with each finding. “Qualified” or “conflicting” findings are not simplified into an operational answer.
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