Missouri Revised Statutes § 337.715 - Qualifications for licensure, exceptions

337.715. Qualifications for licensure, exceptions. — 1. Each applicant for licensure or provisional licensure as a marital and family therapist shall furnish evidence to the committee that: (1) The applicant has a master's degree or a doctoral degree in marital and family therapy from a program accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Marriage and Family Therapy Education, or its equivalent as defined by committee regulation, from an educational institution accredited by a regional accrediting body that is recognized by the United States Department of Education; (2) The applicant for licensure as a marital and family therapist has twenty-four months of postgraduate supervised clinical experience acceptable to the committee, as the state committee determines by rule; (3) After August 28, 2008, the applicant shall have completed a minimum of three semester hours of graduate-level course work in diagnostic systems either within the curriculum leading to a degree as defined in subdivision (1) of this subsection or as post-master's graduate-level course work. Each applicant shall demonstrate supervision of diagnosis as a core component of the postgraduate supervised clinical experience as defined in subdivision (2) of this subsection; (4) Upon examination, the applicant is possessed of requisite knowledge of the profession, including techniques and applications research and its interpretation and professional affairs and ethics; (5) The applicant is at least eighteen years of age, is a United States citizen or has status as a legal resident alien, and has not been finally adjudicated and found guilty, or entered a plea of guilty or nolo contendere, in a criminal prosecution under the laws of any state, of the United States, or of any country, for any offense directly related to the duties and responsibilities of the occupation, as set forth in section 324.012, regardless of whether or not sentence is imposed. 2. Any person otherwise qualified for licensure holding a current license, certificate of registration, or permit from another state or territory of the United States or the District of Columbia to practice marriage and family therapy may be granted a license without examination to engage in the practice of marital and family therapy in this state upon application to the state committee, payment of the required fee as established by the state committee, and satisfaction of the following: (1) Determination by the state committee that the requirements of the other state or territory are substantially the same as Missouri; (2) Verification by the applicant's licensing entity that the applicant has a current license; and (3) Consent by the applicant to examination of any disciplinary history in any state. 3. The state committee shall issue a license to each person who files an application and fee as required by the provisions of sections 337.700 to 337.739. (L. 1995 S.B. 69, et al., A.L. 2004 H.B. 1195, A.L. 2007 H.B. 780 merged with S.B. 272 merged with S.B. 308, A.L. 2009 S.B. 296, A.L. 2010 H.B. 2226, et al., A.L. 2013 S.B. 234, A.L. 2020 H.B. 2046)