Vermont Statutes Title 26 Sec. 4039
Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 26 Sec. 4039
- Board: means the Board of Allied Mental Health Practitioners established under section 3262a of this title. See
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Marriage and family therapy: means the rendering of professional marriage and family services to individuals, family groups, couples, singly or in groups, whether such services are offered directly to the general public or through organizations either private or public, for compensation, monetary or otherwise. See
§ 4039. Certification without examination
The Board may waive the examination requirement for licensure if the applicant is a marriage and family therapist regulated under the laws of another jurisdiction who is in good standing to practice marriage and family therapy in that jurisdiction and, in the opinion of the Board, the standards and qualifications required for regulation of marriage and family therapy in that jurisdiction are substantially equivalent to those required by this chapter. The Board may adopt by rule criteria for licensing marriage and family therapists who have five years’ licensed or certified practice experience in another jurisdiction of the United States or Canada. (Added 1993, No. 222 (Adj. Sess.), § 13; amended 1997, No. 40, § 73; 1999, No. 52, § 35; 2003, No. 60, § 19; 2007, No. 29, § 57.)