Puerto Rico licenses independent clinical counselors as the LPC (Licensed Professional Counselor (Consejero Profesional)), through the Junta Examinadora de Consejeros Profesionales (Puerto Rico Board of Examiners of Professional Counselors), Departamento de Salud. Puerto Rico is not a Counseling Compact member. Below: what Puerto Rico asks of a counselor already licensed in another state, and where those applications slow down.
Puerto Rico LPC License Requirements
The independent clinical license in Puerto Rico is the LPC (Licensed Professional Counselor (Consejero Profesional)).
Exams named for licensure: NCE. Ley 147-2002 Art. 8(g) requires passing the written exam the Junta administers and requires; the NBCC state board directory lists the NCE (with English and Spanish candidate handbooks) for the Puerto Rico LPC.
500 hours of post-degree supervised experience for the independent license.
Licensed elsewhere: Ley 147-2002 Art. 13 lets the Junta sign reciprocity agreements with other U.S. jurisdictions, granting a license to holders who met equal or greater requirements; whether any agreement is in force could not be confirmed. The statute also requires legal residence in Puerto Rico for licensure.
How Much Does a Puerto Rico LPC License Cost?
We have not published a Puerto Rico figure yet
We have not verified Junta Examinadora de Consejeros Profesionales (Puerto Rico Board of Examiners of Professional Counselors), Departamento de Salud's current schedule, and board fees change between legislative sessions
We handle the Puerto Rico application end-to-end.
Eligibility screening, document prep, board follow-ups, and tracking — so you don't lose a board meeting cycle to a missing form.
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The 500 supervised hours come after passing the exam and must be supervised by a board-certified mentor (Mentor Certificado); the provisional license lasts at most three years and cannot be extended (Ley 147-2002 Arts. 8(h) and 9).
Licensure requires being a legal resident of Puerto Rico and a master's in counseling from an institution accredited or validated by Puerto Rico's Consejo de Educación Superior (Art. 8(b), (f)).
The governing law is Ley 147 of August 9, 2002 (amended 2006 and 2007), not a 1997 law. Search results point to a 2026 Junta resolution (Resolución 2026-002) on supervision of provisional licensees that could not be opened.
Supervisor attestations and verifications from other boards take the longest. Request them the week you decide to apply, not the week you file.
Renewing Your Puerto Rico LPC License
Renewal Cycle
Every 3 years
CE Requirement
45 CE hours per renewal cycle
The Counseling Compact and Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico is not a Counseling Compact member, so there is no privilege-to-practice route here. Practicing with clients located in Puerto Rico takes a Puerto Rico license, through endorsement where the state offers it or a full application where it does not.
Keeping it current
Puerto Rico renews the LPC every 3 years, with 45 hours of continuing education per cycle. Renewal every three years with at least 45 hours of continuing education in the knowledge areas listed in Art. 8(f) (Ley 147-2002 Art. 11). If you hold licenses in several states, each runs its own calendar and its own CE rules, which is most of what our annual compliance service tracks.
Puerto Rico LPC License FAQ
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Where these facts come from
Checked against primary sources. Boards change rules between sessions, so we confirm the current process again before anything is filed.
- Ley 147-2002 as amended (OGP compilation rev. 2024-04-15): titles, provisional license, exam, 500 mentored hours, residency, 3-year renewal with 45 CE hours, reciprocity — checked 2026-10-08
- board name, LPC title, NCE, board URL — checked 2026-10-08
- board page listed by NBCC; refused connections from this server on 2026-10-08 (not read) — checked 2026-10-08
- not a Compact member — checked 2026-10-08
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