36-33-45 . Applicants licensed out-of-state--Licensure requirements. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, the board may issue a license as a marriage and family therapist to an applicant who is licensed to practice marriage and family therapy in another state or territory of the United States, if the applicant demonstrates that: (1) The applicant is currently licensed as a marriage and family therapist and has been under the jurisdiction of the licensing authority in the other jurisdiction for at least three years before the time of submitting an application to the board; (2) The applicant is in good standing with the licensing authority in the other jurisdiction; (3) The applicant has been in an active practice during the three-year period before the time of submitting an application to the board; (4) The applicant passed a standard national examination approved by the board; and (5) The applicant has no record of unprofessional conduct or any pending disciplinary complaints in the other jurisdiction. For purposes of this section, the term, active practice, means at least one thousand five hundred hours of clinical experience. Source: SL 2020, ch 166, § 12.
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