Title 58 Occupations and Professions Chapter 60 Mental Health Professional Practice Act Section 305 Qualifications for licensure.
58-60-305.Qualifications for licensure.
(1) All applicants for licensure as marriage and family therapists shall:
(a) submit an application on a form provided by the division;
(b) pay a fee determined by the department under Section 63J-1-504;
(c) be of good moral character;
(d) produce certified transcripts evidencing completion of a masters or doctorate degree
in marriage and family therapy from:
(i) a program accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Marriage and Family
Therapy Education; or
(ii) an accredited institution meeting criteria for approval established by rule under
Section 58-1-203;
(e) have completed a minimum of 4,000 hours of marriage and family therapy training as
defined by division rule under Section 58-1-203, in not less than two years, under the supervision
of a marriage and family therapist supervisor who meets the requirements of Section 58-60-307,
and obtained after completion of the education requirement in Subsection (1)(d);
(f) document successful completion of not less than 1,000 hours of supervised training in
mental health therapy obtained after completion of the education requirement described in
Subsection (1)(d)(i) or (1)(d)(ii), which training may be included as part of the 4,000 hours of
training described in Subsection (1)(e), and of which documented evidence demonstrates not less
than 100 of the supervised hours were obtained during direct, personal, face-to-face supervision
by a marriage and family therapist supervisor qualified under Section 58-60-307; and
(g) pass the examination requirement established by division rule under Section
58-1-203.
(2) (a) All applicants for certification as a marriage and family therapist intern shall
comply with the provisions of Subsections (1)(a), (b), (c), and (d).
(b) An individual's certification as a marriage and family therapist intern is limited to the
period of time necessary to complete clinical training as described in Subsections (1)(e) and (f)
and extends not more than one year from the date the minimum requirement for training is
completed, unless the individual presents satisfactory evidence to the division and the appropriate
board that the individual is making reasonable progress toward passing of the qualifying
examination for that profession or is otherwise on a course reasonably expected to lead to
licensure, but the period of time under this Subsection (2)(b) may not exceed two years past the
date the minimum supervised clinical training requirement has been completed.
Amended by Chapter 183, 2009 General Session
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