4757-25-01 Education requirements for admission to the examination for marriage and family therapist.

 

 

 

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

 

THE STATE OF OHIO ~ COUNSELOR, SOCIAL WORKER & MARRIAGE AND FAMILY

THERAPIST BOARD, pursuant to CHAPTER 119., OHIO REVISED CODE, hereby gives notice that it will conduct a public hearing for the purpose of considering: new rules 4757-25- 03, 4757-25-04 and 4757-25-07; amended rules 4757-1-02, 4757-1-04, 4757-3-01, 4757-3-02,

4757-6-01, 4757-6-02, 4757-7-01, 4757-9-01, 4757-9-05, 4757-9-06, 4757-11-01, 4757-11-02,

4757-25-01,  4757-25-02,  4757-25-05  and  4757-25-06;  and  rescinded  rules  4757-25-03  and 4757-25-04 of the Ohio Administrative Code.

 

New:

Rewrite of requirements for licensure as a marriage and family therapist for clarity.

Rewrite of requirements for licensure as an independent marriage and family therapist for clarity.

4757-25-07      Approval process for marriage and family therapist applications.

 

Amended:       Five year rule review for all

4757-1-02        Notice of board meetings minor changes for clarity.

4757-1-04        Clarify requirements for general requirements for applications.

4757-3-01        Add definition of electronic service delivery and other minor changes for clarity. 4757-3-02           Added abbreviations for temporary licenses.

4757-6-01        Minor changes to reports for court review for clarity. 4757-6-02            Minor changes to rule on summary suspensions.

4757-7-01        Minor changes to rule on renewal requirements. 4757-9-01 Minor changes to renewal for MFT licenses.

Changes to continuing education program approval process including definitions for provider status and other changes for clarity of requirements.

Added requirement for home study continuing education programs to include at least five post program questions for each hour of the program offered.

Minor change to remove duplicative paragraph.

Minor changes with revised paragraph's (B) & (D) for rule writing requirements and improve clarity.

                                                Minor changes for clarity

                                                Refines examination requirements to allow approval for the licensure examination for students in the last term of their master's program.

4757-25-05      Revised and simplified. 4757-25-06   Minor change for clarity.

 

Rescinded:

Rescinded for rewrite of requirements for licensure as a marriage and family therapist for clarity.

Rescinded for rewrite of requirements for licensure as a marriage and family therapist for clarity.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The public hearing on the proposed actions of the Counselor, Social Worker & Marriage and Family Therapist Board is scheduled for Monday, July 13, 2009.  The hearing will begin at 2:00

p.m. at the LeVeque Tower, 50 West Broad Street Suite 1075, Columbus, Ohio 43215, and from time to time thereafter as may be required by the Board to hear all relevant testimony, oral or written, by any person affected by the proposed action, his/her attorney, or both.

The full text of the proposed rules will be available on the Board's website,  http://cswmft.ohio.gov. All interested persons will be given an opportunity to be heard. Those persons who wish to provide oral testimony at the hearing are encouraged to inform the Board prior to the hearing date and may be given preference in the order of their testimony. Persons interested in providing written comments in lieu of oral testimony may direct them to the attention of James R. Rough, Executive Director, Counselor, Social Worker & Marriage and Family Therapist Board, 50 West Broad Street Suite 1075, Columbus, Ohio 43215-5919. These written comments must be received by the Board before the close of the hearing record.

Copies of the proposed Rules will be on file with the Secretary of State, the Legislative Service Commission, and the Joint Committee on Agency Rule Review, at least thirty days prior to the public hearing, and are available at the Counselor, Social Worker & Marriage and Family Therapist Board Offices at the aforementioned address.

COUNSELOR, SOCIAL WORKER & MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPIST BOARD

By:                                                                              James R. Rough, Executive Director