Section R156-60b-302b - Qualifications for Licensure - Experience Requirements(1) Under Subsection 58-60-305(1)(d) the minimum 3,000 hours of supervised marriage and family therapy experience required to obtain marriage and family therapist licensure shall include: (a) 1,000 hours providing marriage and family therapy as defined in Subsection 58-60-305(1)(e) with a minimum of 500 of those hours including two or more clients participating; and(b) 75 hours of marriage and family therapy performed continually and uniformly under direct personal supervision per Subsection R156-60b-102(7).(2) Marriage and family therapy experience shall include:(a) individual, couple, family, and group therapy;(c) mediating relationships; and(d) breaking dysfunction cycles.(3) Supervised experience shall be obtained:(a) while the individual is a licensed associate marriage and family therapist or as a doctoral program student who is not paid as a 1 099 independent contractor;(b) while the applicant is a W-2 employee providing clinical mental health therapy at one of the following facilities: (i) mental health agency;(ii) in-patient or out-patient hospital;(iii) educational institution;(iv) non-profit organization; or(c) in accordance with the supervision experience requirements of Section R156-60b-305b;(d) under a supervisor who meets the requirements of Section R156-60b-305a; and (e) in not less than 18 months.(4) Training and experience completed in group therapy sessions shall only be counted if the applicant functioned as the primary therapist or co-therapist.(5) Notwithstanding Subsection (3)(b), an individual may qualify for licensure when:(a) exempt under Subsection 58-1-307(1)(a);(b) they completed training in another jurisdiction while: (i) licensed as the equivalent of an AMFT; or(ii) engaged in the legal practice of marriage and family therapy while not required to be licensed; and(c) provides satisfactory evidence to the Division and Board documenting training is equivalent to and meets the experience requirements under this section and Subsections 58-60-305(1)(d) and (e).(5) The exemption in Subsection 58-1-307(1)(b) does not permit an applicant to engage in the required hours of marriage and family therapy training and experience without first becoming licensed as an AMFT. Utah Admin. Code R156-60b-302b
Amended by Utah State Bulletin Number 2020-22, effective 11/10/2020Amended by Utah State Bulletin Number 2022-06, effective 3/7/2022Amended by Utah State Bulletin Number 2023-02, effective 1/10/2023Amended by Utah State Bulletin Number 2024-03, effective 1/25/2024