Pennsylvania Code › Title 49 - PROFESSIONAL AND VOCATIONAL STANDARDS › Part I - DEPARTMENT OF STATE › Subpart A - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 48 - STATE BOARD OF SOCIAL WORKERS, MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPISTS AND PROFESSIONAL COUNSELORS-LICENSURE OF MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPISTS › LICENSURE › Section 48.15 - Exemption from licensure examination

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
A license will be issued without examination to an
						applicant who meets the following requirements. The applicant shall
						have:
(1) Satisfied the general
					 requirements for licensure of §
											48.12 (relating to general
					 qualifications for licensure).
(2)
					 Submitted an application provided by the Board and accompanied by the required
					 fee.
(3) Submitted an application
					 by February 19, 2002. (
Editor's Note
: The act of February 13,
					 2002 (P. L. 83, No. 4) extended the deadline for the filing of an application
					 by 1 year.)
(4) Demonstrated proof
					 of practice of marriage and family therapy for at least 5 of the 7 years
					 immediately prior to the date of application for license.
(5) Have successfully met one of the
					 following education requirements:
(i) Have a
					 doctoral degree in marriage and family therapy as defined in §
												48.1 (relating to definitions)
					 from an accredited educational institution.
(ii) Have a doctoral degree in a field
					 closely related to the practice of marriage and family therapy as defined in
					 §
												48.1 from an accredited
					 educational institution with graduate level coursework in marriage and family
					 therapy acceptable to the Board as defined in § 48.1.
(iii) Have a master's degree of at least 48
					 semester hours or 72 quarter hours in marriage and family therapy as defined in
					 §
												48.1 from an accredited
					 educational institution.
(iv) Have
					 a master's degree of at least 48 semester hours or 72 quarter hours in a field
					 closely related to marriage and family therapy as defined in §
												48.1 from an accredited
					 educational institution with graduate level course-work in marriage and family
					 therapy acceptable to the Board as defined in § 48.1.
(v) Have a master's degree of less than 48
					 semester hours or 72 quarter hours but not less than 36 semester hours or 54
					 quarter hours in marriage and family therapy as defined in §
												48.1 from an accredited
					 educational institution and have within the past 10 years completed sufficient
					 continuing education satisfactory to the Board to equal the number of hours
					 needed to achieve a total of 48 semester hours or 72 quarter hours at a ratio
					 of 15 continuing education hours equaling 1 semester hour. Continuing education
					 satisfactory to the Board shall meet the following requirements:
(A) Master's level difficulty.
(B) Excludes courses in office management or
					 practice building.
(C) Any course
					 which is related to the practice of marriage and family therapy that has been
					 approved for continuing education credit for licensed psychologists or licensed
					 social workers, has been approved by the National Board for Certified
					 Counselors, Inc. (NBCC), the Commission on Rehabilitation Counselor
					 Certification (CRCC), the Certification Board for Music Therapists (CBMT),
					 AATA, American Dance Therapy Association (ADTA) or the National Association for
					 Drama Therapy (NADT), or has been offered by AAMFT or the Pennsylvania
					 Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (PAMFT).
(vi) Have a master's degree of less than 48
					 semester hours or 72 quarter hours but not less than 36 semester hours or 54
					 quarter hours in a field closely related to the practice of marriage and family
					 therapy as defined in § 48.1, from an accredited educational institution
					 with graduate level coursework in marriage and family therapy as defined in
					 §
												48.1 and have within the past 10
					 years completed sufficient continuing education satisfactory to the Board to
					 equal the number of hours needed to achieve a total of 48 semester hours or 72
					 quarter hours at a ratio of 15 continuing education hours equaling 1 semester
					 hour. Continuing education satisfactory to the Board shall meet the following
					 requirements:
(A) Master's level
					 difficulty.
(B) Excludes courses in
					 office management or practice building.
(C) Any course which is related to the
					 practice of marriage and family therapy that has been approved for continuing
					 education credit for licensed psychologists or licensed social workers, has
					 been approved by NBCC, CRCC, CBMT, AATA, ADTA or NADT, or has been offered by
					 AAMFT or PAMFT.