Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 30 - Professions and Occupations › Part 1903 - RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPISTS › Chapter 4 - Continuing Education and Licensure Renewal; Reinstatement › Rule 30-1903-4.2 - Renewal of License

Current through June 25, 2024
A.
Expiration Date
: All licenses expire on September 30
				of the second year of the initial license and all future two (2) year renewal
				terms. All licenses not renewed on or before September 30 of the appropriate
				year will lapse. The Board will not assume responsibility for late renewal
				applications delayed or lost in the mail.
B.
Renewal Term of Two
				Years
: All renewals will be for a full two (2) year term beginning
				October 1 and ending September 30.
C.
Notice of
				Renewal
: The Board will send a reminder of renewal and a renewal
				application to all licensees at the latest address of record on file with the
				Board. Failure to receive a renewal notice from the Board will not relieve the
				license holder from the renewal requirement. It is the responsibility of the
				licensee to maintain an accurate address in their file by sending promptly to
				the Board a signed notice of any change of address.
D. Online renewal became available on August
				1, 2008. Licensees are encouraged to renew using the online format. Renewal
				windows will be available from August 1 to September 30 each renewal cycle.
				Online renewal is available only to active licensees in good
				standing.
E. Completed Application
				for Renewal: The Board cannot act on an application for renewal until it is
				complete with all the supporting documents, continuing education summary and
				the renewal fee. If the licensee has never had to submit to a Criminal History
				Record Information Check, renewing licensees must submit to a current
				fingerprint criminal history record information check (or FBI name check)
				conducted by the appropriate governmental authority or authorities within
				one-hundred eighty (180) calendar days of the completed application. This
				criminal history record information check must be received by the Board
				directly from the appropriate governmental authority or authorities, not from
				the applicant.
F.
Renewal Fee
: the renewal fee covers the two (2) year
				term, and must be paid in full with the renewal application and supporting
				documentation and no later than the expiration date of the license.
G.
Responsibility of Licensee for
				Renewal
: It is the responsibility of the licensee to obtain
				renewal application materials from the Board, to obtain the required approved
				continuing education with verification, and to see that their license is
				renewed on time. These materials are available online at the Board's website.
				Failure to receive a notice of renewal does not absolve the licensee of their
				responsibility to renew the license before the expiration date. Practicing
				under an expired or a lapsed license is prohibited. It is, likewise, a
				misdemeanor punishable by law.
H.
Inactive Renewals
: Anyone returning from inactive
				status must meet the continuing education requirements for the immediate two
				(2) years prior to the application for renewal or reactivation of
				license.
Miss. Code
				  Ann. §§
										73-53-11(1) (c) and
				  (e),
				  73-53-15,
				  73-54-11(1) and
				  73-54-27.