4757-25-04 Requirements for licensure as an independent marriage and family therapist.
The requirements for licensure as a licensed independent marriage and family therapist are generally set forth in division (C) of section 4757.30 of the Revised Code.
(A) The applicant shall complete an application as prescribed in rule 4757-1-04 of the Administrative Code and submit the required fee established in rule 4757-1-05 of the Administrative Code.
(B)
An applicant for licensure as an independent marriage and family therapist shalldemonstrate compliance with the requirements of paragraph (C) or paragraph (D)of this rule.(C)
For an application postmarked no later than April 7, 2005, the applicant shall meet allof the following requirements:(1)Achieved one of the following:(a)A master's degree or a doctorate in marriage and family therapy from anaccredited institution at the time the degree was granted by a regionalaccrediting organization recognized by the board.(b)A graduate degree from an accredited institution that includes a minimumof sixty semester or ninety quarter hours of graduate level courseworkin marriage and family therapy training that was accepted by the"American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy" (AAMFT)for clinical or associate membership.(2)Engaged in the practice of marriage and family therapy for a total of not lessthan five years prior to April 7, 2003, defined as follows:(a)Activities that include the application of marriage and family theory,therapies, and techniques, treat, evaluate, assess, test, counsel andmanage emotional disorders within the context of marriage and familytherapy systems with individuals, couples, or families. Individualsinclude children, adolescents and adults. The activities include but notlimited to: training professionals in the field of marriage and familysystems, consultation, supervision, administration, case management,and treatment of mental and emotional disorders.(b)Experience will only count when the applicant is primarily engaged inactivities of marriage and family therapy for a minimum of twentyhours per week.(3)At the time of application is an associate or clinical member of the "AmericanAssociation for Marriage and Family Therapy" (AAMFT).(4)Completed a practicum that includes at least three hundred hours of clientcontact. Clinical members (AAMFT) have met this requirement.(5)After completion of the required education in paragraph (C)(1) of this rule, hascompleted at least two calendar years of work experience in marriage andfamily therapy that meets all of the following requirements (clinical membersof AAMFT have met these requirements):(a)The experience must include one thousand hours of documented clientcontact in marriage and family therapy.(b)During the thousand hours of client contact, the applicant must receivetwo hundred hours face-to-face supervision by a supervisor whosetraining and experience meet the standards established in paragraph (C)of rule 4757-29-01 of the Administrative Code.(c)Of the required two hundred hours of face-to-face supervision onehundred hours must be individual supervision.(D)(B) TheFor an application postmarked on or after April 8, 2005, theapplicant shall meet all of the following requirements:(1) Has a degree which meets the requirements set forth in rule 4757-25-01 of the Administrative Code.
(2) Passed the marriage and family therapy examination approved by the board.
(3) After completion of the required education in paragraph (A) of
(C)(1) of thisrule 4757-25-01 of the Administrative Code, has completed at least two calendar years of work experience in marriage and family therapy that meets all of the following requirements:(a) The experience shall
mustinclude a minimum of one thousand hours of documented client contact in marriage and family therapy.(b) During the thousand hours of client contact, the applicant shall
mustreceive a minimum of two hundred hours face-to-face supervision by a supervisor whose training and experience meet the standards established in paragraph (C) of rule 4757-29-01 of the Administrative Code.(c) Of the required two hundred hours of face-to-face supervision a minimum of one hundred hours shall
mustbe individual supervision.Effective: 09/20/2007
R.C. 119.032 review dates: 04/10/2009
CERTIFIED ELECTRONICALLY
Certification
09/10/2007
Date
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 4757.10
Rule Amplifies: 4757.30
Prior Effective Dates: 4-10-04
Document Information
- Effective Date:
- 9/20/2007
- File Date:
- 2007-09-10
- Last Day in Effect:
- 2007-09-20
- Rule File:
- 4757-25-04_PH_FF_A_RU_20070910_1615.pdf
- Related Chapter/Rule NO.: (1)
- Ill. Adm. Code 4757-25-04. Requirements for licensure as an independent marriage and family therapist