Vermont Statutes Title 26 Sec. 4040
Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 26 Sec. 4040
- biennially: shall mean the year in which a regular session of the General Assembly is held. See
- Board: means the Board of Allied Mental Health Practitioners established under section 3262a of this title. See
- Commission: means the Commission on Accreditation for Marriage and Family Therapy Education, the committee of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy that reviews and accredits academic programs in marriage and family therapy that are offered at both regionally recognized colleges and universities and at independent post-graduate training institutes. See
- Fees: shall mean earnings due for official services, aside from salaries or per diem compensation. See
- Licensed marriage and family therapist: means a person who is licensed under this chapter. See
- Person: shall include any natural person, corporation, municipality, the State of Vermont or any department, agency, or subdivision of the State, and any partnership, unincorporated association, or other legal entity. See
§ 4040. Renewals
(a) Licenses shall be renewed every two years upon payment of the required fee, provided the person applying for renewal has completed at least 20 hours of continuing education, approved by the Board, during the preceding two-year period.
(1) The Board shall establish, by rule, guidelines and criteria for continuing education credit. Synchronous virtual continuing education credits shall be approvable and accepted as live in-person training. Continuing education requirements shall include requiring one or more continuing education units in the area of systematic oppression and anti-oppressive practice, or in related topic areas, consistent with the report recommendations from the Health Equity Advisory Commission required pursuant to 2021 Acts and Resolves No. 33, Sec. 5 for improving cultural competency, cultural humility, and antiracism in Vermont’s health care system.
(2) The continuing education requirement shall not apply for the first renewal period. If the licensee is licensed in one or more other mental health professions under this title, continuing education units completed for one mental health profession shall count toward the required continuing education units for the other mental health profession or professions for which the licensee is licensed under this title.
(b) Biennially, the Board shall forward a renewal form to each licensed marriage and family therapist. Upon receipt of the completed form and the renewal fee, the Board shall renew a license.
(c) Any application for renewal of a license that has expired shall be accompanied by the renewal fee and late fee. A person shall not be required to pay renewal fees for years during which the license was lapsed.
(d) [Repealed.] (Added 1993, No. 222 (Adj. Sess.), § 13; amended 1997, No. 40, §§ 64, 73(a); 1999, No. 52, § 33; 2013, No. 27, § 45; 2021, No. 117 (Adj. Sess.), § 5, eff. July 1, 2023.)