2012 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
TITLE 37 — Professions and occupations
RS 37:1116 — Licensure application for marriage and family therapists

§1116. Licensure application for marriage and family therapists

A. The board shall issue a license to each applicant who files an application upon a form and in such manner as the board prescribes, accompanied by such fee as required by R.S. 37:1106, and who furnishes evidence satisfactory to the board and the advisory committee that such person:

(1) Is of good moral character.

(2) Is not in violation of any provision of this Chapter and the rules and regulations adopted by the board.

(3) Is qualified for licensure pursuant to the requirements provided for in this Chapter.

B. An applicant who meets the requirements of Subsection A of this Section shall be recommended by the advisory committee to the board for issuance of a license by the board upon providing satisfactory evidence to the advisory committee that such person meets the following requirements:

(1) Successful completion of one of the following educational requirements:

(a) A master's degree or a doctoral degree in marriage and family therapy from a program in a regionally accredited educational institution accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Marriage and Family Therapy Education or a certificate from a postgraduate training institute in marriage and family therapy accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Marriage and Family Therapy Education.

(b) A master's or doctoral degree in marriage and family therapy or a related clinical mental health field from a regionally accredited institution of higher education with course work that includes practicum and internship work in marriage and family therapy determined by the advisory committee to be substantially equivalent to a graduate degree in marriage and family therapy from a program accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Marriage and Family Therapy Education.

(c) A certificate from a postgraduate training institute in marriage and family therapy with course work that includes practicum and internship work determined by the advisory committee to be substantially equivalent to a graduate degree in marriage and family therapy from a program accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Marriage and Family Therapy Education.

(d) A masters degree or a doctoral degree in marriage and family therapy from a regionally accredited institution of higher education whose program and curriculum was approved by the board through the advisory committee at any time prior to July 1, 2010, and the applicant for licensure has at least five hundred hours of client contact, and where the client contact shall include all of the following:

(i) Two hundred and fifty hours of relational therapy.

(ii) One hundred hours in which the applicant has been subjected to qualified supervision as is defined in R.S. 37:1103(11).

(2) Successful completion of two calendar years of work experience in marriage and family therapy under qualified supervision as defined in R.S. 37:1103(11) following receipt of a qualifying degree.

(3) Passage of an examination administered by the board.

Acts 2001, No. 1195, §1; Acts 2003, No. 1139, §1; Acts 2009, No. 311, §1; Acts 2010, No. 613, §1.