Counseling requirements / Michigan
Michigan counseling continuing education requirements
What the Michigan Board of Counseling (Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs) asks of a licensed counselor at renewal.
Verified Read on October 25, 2026
Read from the board’s own source. What follows was read on October 25, 2026 in the sources named on this page. Rules change, and the board decides: confirm before you rely on it.
LPC
Licensed Professional Counselor
| Requirement | Amount |
|---|---|
| Total hours of implicit bias training each cycle | 3 hours of implicit bias training |
| Implicit bias training Within the total. | 3 hours |
| Identifying victims of human trafficking Once, not at every renewal (R 338.1771). | Once |
| Carried into the next cycle | None |
| Renewal cycle | Every 3 years |
| Hours are dueThe source as read gives no date that can be worked out for you. | The date on your license |
- The counseling rules require no continuing education hours for renewal; the 3 hours are the department-wide implicit bias training, 1 hour for each year of the 3-year license.
- The 3 hours may be taken in a single course; they need not be spread one per year.
- Keep the training records for 6 years.
- A bill introduced in 2025 (House Bill 4655) would end the implicit bias requirement; until it becomes law, the rule applies.
LLPC
Limited Licensed Professional Counselor
| Requirement | Amount |
|---|---|
| Total hour of implicit bias training each cycle | 1 hour of implicit bias training |
| Implicit bias training Within the total. | 1 hour |
| Identifying victims of human trafficking Once, not at every renewal (R 338.1771). | Once |
| Carried into the next cycle | None |
| Renewal cycle | Every year |
| Hours are dueThe source as read gives no date that can be worked out for you. | The date on your license |
- A limited license renews every year, for no more than 10 years (R 338.1776).
- Keep the training records for 6 years.
- Who decides
- Michigan Board of Counseling (Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs)
- Profession
- Counseling
- Licenses on this page
- LPC, LLPC
- Read on
- October 25, 2026
- Sources
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- Counseling - General Rules, final rule package 2020-033 LR (Michigan Legislature, JCAR) R 338.1771, R 338.1776
- FAQs for Implicit Bias Training (LARA, March 23, 2023) Public Health Code - General Rules, R 338.7001-338.7005
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