20 : 71 : 02 : 10 . Academic requirements. Academic requirements to become a marriage and family therapist must be completed at a university or college accredited by the:

1. (1) Higher Learning Commission;
2. (2) Middle States Commission on Higher Education;
3. (3) New England State Association of Schools and Colleges Commission on Institutions of Higher Education;
4. (4) Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities;
5. (5) Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges; or

6. (6) Western Association of Schools and Colleges.

   The applicant's postgraduate degree in marriage and family therapy must be at least a 48 credit hour master's degree or doctoral degree.

Source: 47 SDR 42, effective October 14, 2020.

General Authority: SDCL 36-33-71.

Law Implemented: SDCL 36-33-43 .