(A) The marriage and family therapist professional standards committee of the counselor, social worker, and marriage and family therapist board shall issue a license to practice as a marriage and family therapist to a person who has done all of the following:

1. (1) Properly completed an application for the license;
2. (2) Paid the required fee established by the board under section 4757.31 of the Revised Code;

3. (3) Achieved one of the following:

   1. (a) Received from an educational institution accredited at the time the degree was granted by a regional accrediting organization recognized by the board a master's degree or a doctorate in marriage and family therapy;
   2. (b) Completed a graduate degree that includes a minimum of ninety quarter hours of graduate level course work in marriage and family therapy training that is acceptable to the committee;
4. (4) Passed an examination administered by the board for the purpose of determining the person's ability to be a marriage and family therapist;
5. (5) Completed a practicum that includes at least three hundred hours of client contact.

(B) To be accepted by the committee for purposes of division (A)(3)(b) of this section, marriage and family therapist training must include instruction in at least the following:

1. (1) Research and evaluation;
2. (2) Professional, legal, and ethical responsibilities;
3. (3) Marriage and family studies;
4. (4) Marriage and family therapy, including therapeutic theory and techniques for individuals, groups, and families;
5. (5) Human development;
6. (6) Appraisal of individuals and families;
7. (7) Diagnosis of mental and emotional disorders;
8. (8) Systems theory.

(C) The marriage and family therapist professional standards committee shall issue a license to practice as an independent marriage and family therapist to a person who does both of the following:

1. (1) Meets all of the requirements of division (A) of this section;
2. (2) After meeting the requirements of division (A)(3) of this section, completes at least two calendar years of supervised training while engaged in the practice of marriage and family therapy. The two years of supervised training must include two hundred hours of face-to-face supervision while completing a minimum of one thousand hours of documented client contact in marriage and family therapy. Of the required two hundred hours, a minimum of one hundred hours must be individual supervision. Supervision shall be performed by a supervisor whose training and experience meets standards established by the board in rules adopted under section 4757.10 of the Revised Code.