1. 1. A completed application;
2. 2. The application processing and initial licensure fee prescribed in 18VAC115-50-20;
3. 3. Documentation of licensure through verification of all mental health or health professional licenses or certificates ever held in any other jurisdiction. In order to qualify for endorsement, the applicant shall have no unresolved action against a license or certificate. The board will consider history of disciplinary action on a case-by-case basis;
4. 4. An affidavit of having read and understood the regulations and laws governing the practice of marriage and family therapy in Virginia; and
5. 5. A current report from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB).

Every applicant for licensure by endorsement shall hold or have held a valid and unrestricted marriage and family license in another jurisdiction in the United States and shall submit:

Statutory Authority

§ 54.1-2400 of the Code of Virginia.

Historical Notes

Derived from Virginia Register Volume 13, Issue 19, eff. July 9, 1997; amended, Virginia Register Volume 16, Issue 7, eff. January 19, 2000; Volume 16, Issue 13, eff. April 12, 2000; Volume 24, Issue 24, eff. September 3, 2008; Volume 25, Issue 20, eff. July 23, 2009; Volume 25, Issue 24, eff. September 2, 2009; Errata, 25:25 VA.R. 4446-4447 August 17, 2009; amended, Virginia Register Volume 26, Issue 1, eff. October 14, 2009; Volume 32, Issue 24, eff. August 24, 2016; Volume 41, Issue 2, eff. October 9, 2024.