1. Each applicant for licensure as a marital and family therapist shall furnish evidence to the division that:
- (1) The applicant has a master's degree or a doctoral degree in marital and family therapy, or its equivalent, from an acceptable educational institution accredited by a regional accrediting body or accredited by an accrediting body which has been approved by the United States Department of Education;
- (2) The applicant has twenty-four months of postgraduate supervised clinical experience acceptable to the division, as the division determines by rule;
- (3) Upon examination, the applicant is possessed of requisite knowledge of the profession, including techniques and applications research and its interpretation and professional affairs and ethics;
- (4) The applicant is at least eighteen years of age, is of good moral character, is a United States citizen or has status as a legal resident alien, and has not been convicted of a felony during the ten years immediately prior to application for licensure.
- 2. Any person not a resident of this state holding a valid unrevoked and unexpired license, certificate or registration from another state or territory of the United States having substantially the same or higher requirements as this state for marital and family therapists may be granted a license to engage in the person's occupation in this state upon application to the division accompanied by the appropriate fee as established by the division pursuant to section 337.712.
- 3. The division shall issue a license to each person who files an application and fee as required by the provisions of sections 337.700 to 337.739, and who furnishes evidence satisfactory to the division that the applicant has complied with the provisions of subdivisions (1) to (4) of subsection 1 of this section or with the provisions of subsection 2 of this section.
(L. 1995 S.B. 69, et al.)