HB 600 -- LICENSING OF PROFESSIONAL COUNSELORS After August 28, 2007, this bill requires an applicant for licensure as a professional counselor to provide the Committee for Professional Counselors with evidence of the completion of a minimum of three hours of graduate-level course work in diagnostic systems in the curriculum leading to his or her degree. The committee is authorized to establish continuing education requirements for professional counselors to maintain and renew their licenses.Copyright (c) Missouri House of Representatives