(a) The Board shall use the examinations by the national regulatory board of the respective discipline for each of the mental health professionals which the Board considers appropriate when testing applicants to determine their eligibility to become licensed professional counselors.
(b) The Board shall conduct exams at least twice a year, in the fall and in the spring.
(c) In any written examination, each applicant must be identified in such a manner as to maintain the confidentiality of the applicant’s examination.
(d) Examinations must include questions in such theoretical and applied fields as the Board considers most suitable to test an applicant’s knowledge and competence to practice in the area for which the applicant seeks a license.
(e) The Board may issue a license, without examination, for the practice of substance abuse counseling, marriage and family therapy or the professional counseling to persons who hold a valid and unrestricted license in the Virgin Islands on the effective date of this section and who meet the clinical and academic requirements for licensure as a marriage and family therapist or licensed substance abuse treatment practitioner, respectively. The applicant for such license shall present satisfactory evidence of qualifications equal to those required of applicants for licensure as marriage and family therapists or licensed substance abuse treatment practitioners, respectively, by examination in the Territory.