2014 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 335 - SOCIAL WORKERS AND PROFESSIONAL COUNSELORS 335.305 Use of titles "licensed marriage and family therapist" and "marriage and family therapy associate" -- Application and construction of KRS 335.300 to 335.399.
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335.305 Use of titles "licensed marriage and family therapist" and "marriage
and family therapy associate" -- Application and construction of KRS
335.300 to 335.399.
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Except as provided in KRS 335.307 and subsection (2) of this section:
(a) No person shall use the title "licensed marriage and family therapist,"
"LMFT," or a title which is substantially the same, or hold himself or
herself out as having this status, unless licensed by the board.
(b) No person shall use the title "marriage and family therapy associate" or
hold himself or herself out as having this status, unless holding a permit
issued by the board.
The provisions of KRS 335.300 to 335.399 shall not apply to persons licensed,
certified, or registered under any other provision of the Kentucky Revised
Statutes, including, but not limited to, physicians, social workers, psychologists,
art therapists, and nurses, or students within accredited training programs of
these professions. Nothing in KRS 335.300 to 335.399 shall be construed to
limit, interfere with, or restrict the practice, descriptions of services, or manner
in which these persons hold themselves out to the public.
Nothing in KRS 335.300 to 335.399 shall be construed to alter, amend, or
interfere with the practice of employment counseling, job placement
counseling, or school counseling.
Nothing in KRS 335.300 to 335.399 shall be construed to apply to the activities
and services of a student intern or trainee in marriage and family therapy who
is pursuing a program of studies in marriage and family therapy at an
accredited institution of higher learning if these activities are performed under
the supervision and constitute a part of the supervised program of study, and if
the person is designated a counseling intern, a marriage and family therapist
intern, or student in training.
Effective:January 1, 1999
History: Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 594, sec. 3, effective January 1, 1999. -Created 1994 Ky. Acts ch. 352, sec. 8, effective July 15, 1994.
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