If I’m a Licensed Professional Counselor and I’m Charged with a Crime, is my Career Over?

If you are a Licensed Professional Counselor in Minnesota, you have spent years of your life to acquire your professional license. Without this license, you simply don’t have the ability to work in your profession. A criminal conviction, even relatively low level offenses like domestic assaults and drug crimes can be catastrophic and ultimately destroy everything that you have worked for. You could face suspension or even worse, revocation.

Some criminal convictions mean that your healthcare career is over.

Jack Rice and his team has helped countless professionals and can help you too. Looking at the controlling Board as well as some of the applicable Minnesota statutes is a good place to start.

Occupation - Licensed Professional Counselor, Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor

Regulating Body - Board of Behavioral Health and Therapy

Grounds for Disciplinary Action - 148B.59

Deadline for Taking Disciplinary Action -Not Specified

Discipline and Penalties - 148B.59; 148B.5901

Investigation/ Hearing - 148B.5901; 148B.5905; 148B.5915

Immunity - 148B.5916

Records Access - 148B.5905, para. (b); 148B.5915

If you are Licensed Professional Counselor and facing criminal charges, it is critical you contact a criminal defense attorney as soon as possible.  If the police want to “just talk”, talk to your lawyer first.  

Jack Rice is the founder of Jack Rice Defense, a Criminal Defense firm based in St. Paul Minnesota.  Jack is a former prosecutor, a Board Certified Criminal Law Special and an award winning criminal defense attorney.  For a free confidential consultation, contact Jack Rice Defense at 651-447-7650 or click this link to leave a message.  We will follow up.