36-33-18. Qualifications for licensing of out-of-state licensees. Notwithstanding the provisions of § 36-33-9, the board may issue a license to an applicant licensed to practice marriage and family therapy in another state if the applicant demonstrates the following qualifications:
(1) Verification from the authority that issued the applicant's license that:
(a) The applicant is currently licensed and has been licensed by the authority for at least five years;
(b) The applicant has been licensed at the highest level of independent practice in the state for at least three years; and
(c) The applicant is in good standing with the authority;
(2) Verification from the applicant that the applicant has an active practice in the state of current licensure;
(3) Verification that the applicant passed the national examination for marriage and family therapy; and
(4) An absence of unprofessional conduct by the applicant.
For purposes of this section, the term, active practice, means the applicant accumulated at least one thousand five hundred hours of clinical experience in the three years immediately preceding the application.
Source: SL 1995, ch 227, § 18; SL 2018, ch 238, § 3, eff. Feb. 5, 2018.