(1)
Submission of a completed application on the forms prescribe by the Board (see
536-X-5 APPENDICES 2: FORMS ASSOCIATED WITH THESE RULES AND REGULATIONS); and
submission of applicable fees for application and license prescribed by the
Board (see 536-X-5 APPENCIES 1: FEES).
(2) Evidence that the applicant is of good
moral character and has not and is not engaged in any practice or conduct that
would make the applicant ineligible to receive a designation pursuant to the
Marriage and Family Therapy Licensure Act;
(3) Graduating from a regionally accredited
educational institute with a master's or doctoral degree in marriage and family
therapy (or in an allied field with graduate level course work in marriage and
family therapy) meets the Board course requirements. (see 536-X-5: BOARD COURSE
REQUIREMENTS).
(4) Completion of an
internship either during the qualifying degree or as a post-degree experience
consisting of the following:
(a) minimum of
12 months of the internship;
(b)
minimum of 100 supervision hours based on the ratio of one (1) supervision
hours for every five (5) direct client contact hours completed concurrently;
fifty (50) of these hours must be individual supervision. Group supervision is
encouraged. A Board Approved Supervisor must provide the supervision;
(c) minimum of five hundred (500) direct
client contact hours obtained concurrently with the required supervision; two
hundred fifty (250) of these direct client contact hours must be with couples
or families physically present in the therapy room.
(5) MFT Associates are continuously
practicing under supervision by an AAMFT Approved Supervisor, AAMFT Supervisor
Candidate, ABEMFT Approved Supervisor, or ABEMFT Supervisor
Candidate.
(6) It is the
responsibility of the candidate and the supervisor to ensure that direct client
contact hours and supervision hours are concurrent. This applies for hours
toward the internship and post-degree requirements.
(7) Submission of a contract for supervision
that must be approved by the Board (see
536-X-1-.01(11): Definition of Terms:
Supervision).
(8) For an MFT
Associate license to be renewed, the Associate must have completed the required
Continuing Education Units during the previous twenty-four (24) months. (see
536-X-6 REQUIRED RELEVANT PROFESSIONAL AND CONTINUING EDUCATION EXPERIENCE);
and submission of applicable fees for license renewal prescribed by the Board
(see 536-X-5: APPENDICES 1: FEES).
