PURPOSE: This rule describes the organization and general methods of administration and communication concerning the Missouri State Committee of Marital and Family Therapists.
- (1) The purpose of the state committee is to advise the division on the regulation of the practice of marital and family therapy concerning the health, safety and welfare of the inhabitants of this state; to protect the inhabitants of this state from harm through the dangerous, dishonest, incompetent, or the unlawful practice of marital and family therapy and to assist the division in implementing and sustaining a system for the examination and regulation of marital and family therapists and marital and family therapists under supervision for licensure (hereinafter referred to as supervised-marital and family therapist (S-MFT)).
- (2) The state committee shall meet at least once a year and as frequently as the business of the division and state committee requires. Annually, the state committee shall elect a chairperson and secretary by a majority of state committee member votes and in the absence of the chairperson, the secretary shall preside. All notices of meetings shall be posted in compliance with Chapter 610, RSMo.
- (3) The director of the Division of Professional Registration or a designated representative of the division shall be responsible for keeping the minutes of state committee proceedings and perform other duties as requested by the division or state committee.
- (4) State committee meetings will generally consist of receiving applications, interviewing applicants, investigating complaints and inquiries, determining disciplinary actions regarding licensed marital and family therapists and making recommendations to the division concerning state committee matters.
- (5) Unless otherwise provided by the statutes or regulations, all meetings of the board may be conducted according to Robert’s Rules of Order. AUTHORITY: section 337.727.1(10), RSMo Supp. 1997.* This rule originally filed as 4 CSR 233-1.010. Original rule filed Dec. 31, 1997, effective July 30, 1998. Moved to 20 CSR 2233-1.010, effective Aug. 28, 2006. *Original authority: 337.727, RSMo 1995.