Section 23Sec./Art. 23

Practice Through Special/Temporary Permit. - Special/Temporary Permit maybe issued by the Board, subject to the approval of the Commission and payment of the fees the latter has prescribed and charged thereof, to the following persons:

(1) Licensed Guidance Counselors from foreign countries/states whose services are either for a fee or free;

(a) If they are internationally well-known counselors or outstanding experts in any branch or specialty of Guidance and Counseling; and

(b) If their services are urgently and importantly necessary for lack of, or inadequacy of available local specialists/experts for the promotion or advancement of the practice of guidance and counseling through transfer of technology.

(2) Licensed Guidance Counselors from foreign countries/states whose services shall be free and limited to indigent patients in a particular hospital, center or clinic;

(3) Licensed Guidance Counselors from foreign countries/states employed as exchange professors in branch or specialty of Guidance and counseling in schools, colleges, universities offering the course of guidance and counseling.

The permit shall, among other things, include these limitations and conditions for a period of not more than one (1) year subject to renewal, the branch or specialty of guidance and counseling, and the specific place of practice such as clinic, hospital, center, school/college/university offering the course of guidance and counseling. The Board, subject to approval by the Commission, shall prescribe rules and regulations on the implementation of this particular section.