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H0552aa...............................................by HEALTH AND WELFARE
COUNSELORS - THERAPISTS - Amends existing law relating to professional
counselors and marriage and family therapists to revise terminology; to
authorize the Board of Professional Counselors and Marriage and Family
Therapists to adopt rules requiring annual continuing education; and to
delete certain continuing education requirements for marriage and family
therapists.
01/27 House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
01/28 Rpt prt - to Health/Wel
02/20 Rpt out - to Gen Ord
Rpt out amen - to engros
02/23 Rpt engros - 1st rdg - to 2nd rdg as amen
02/24 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg as amen
03/01 3rd rdg as amen - PASSED - 67-0-3
AYES -- Andersen, Barraclough, Barrett, Bauer, Bayer, Bedke, Bell,
Black, Block, Boe, Bolz, Bradford, Campbell, Cannon, Clark, Collins,
Crow, Cuddy, Deal, Denney, Douglas, Eberle, Edmunson, Ellsworth,
Eskridge, Field(18), Field(23), Gagner, Garrett, Harwood, Henbest,
Jaquet, Jones, Kellogg, Kulczyk, Lake, Langford, Langhorst, Martinez,
McGeachin, McKague, Meyer, Miller, Mitchell, Moyle, Naccarato,
Nielsen, Pasley-Stuart, Raybould, Ridinger, Ringo, Roberts, Robison,
Rydalch, Sali, Sayler, Schaefer, Shepherd, Skippen, Smith(30),
Smith(24), Smylie, Snodgrass, Stevenson, Trail(Bennett), Wills, Wood,
Mr. Speaker
NAYS -- None
Absent and excused -- Ring, Roberts, Shirley
Floor Sponsor - Henbest
Title apvd - to Senate
03/02 Senate intro - 1st rdg - to Health/Wel
03/11 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/12 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/19 3rd rdg - PASSED - 35-0-0
AYES -- Andreason, Bailey, Brandt, Bunderson, Burkett(Maxand),
Burtenshaw, Calabretta, Cameron, Compton, Darrington, Davis, Gannon,
Geddes, Goedde, Hill, Ingram, Kennedy, Keough, Little, Lodge,
Malepeai, Marley, McKenzie, McWilliams, Noble, Noh, Pearce,
Richardson, Schroeder, Sorensen, Stegner, Stennett, Sweet, Werk,
Williams
NAYS -- None
Absent and excused -- None
Floor Sponsor - Ingram
Title apvd - to House
03/20 To enrol - Rpt enrol - Sp signed - Pres signed
03/22 To Governor
03/24 Governor signed
Session Law Chapter 312
Effective: 07/01/04
]]]] LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO ]]]]
Fifty-seventh Legislature Second Regular Session - 2004
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
HOUSE BILL NO. 552
BY HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE
1 AN ACT
2 RELATING TO COUNSELORS AND MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPISTS; AMENDING SECTION
3 54-3404, IDAHO CODE, TO REVISE TERMINOLOGY, TO PROVIDE REFERENCES TO
4 PASTORAL COUNSELORS AND TO AUTHORIZE THE BOARD TO ADOPT RULES REQUIRING
5 ANNUAL CONTINUING EDUCATION AS A CONDITION FOR THE RENEWAL OF LICENSES;
6 AMENDING SECTION 54-3405A, IDAHO CODE, TO DELETE CERTAIN CONTINUING EDUCA-
7 TION REQUIREMENTS FOR PASTORAL COUNSELORS, TO REVISE TERMINOLOGY, TO MAKE
8 TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS AND TO DELETE LANGUAGE REFERRING TO THE MEANING OF
9 "LICENSED PASTORAL COUNSELOR" AND "LICENSED PROFESSIONAL COUNSELOR"; AND
10 AMENDING SECTION 54-3405C, IDAHO CODE, TO REVISE TERMINOLOGY AND TO DELETE
11 CERTAIN CONTINUING EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS FOR MARRIAGE AND FAMILY
12 THERAPISTS.
13 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
14 SECTION 1. That Section 54-3404, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
15 amended to read as follows:
16 54-3404. IDAHO STATE LICENSING BOARD OF PROFESSIONAL COUNSELORS AND MAR-
17 RIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPISTS -- POWERS. The board shall have the following
18 powers:
19 (1) To regulate the practice of licensed counselors and licensed profes-
20 sional counselors, and licensed marriage and family therapists and pastoral
21 counselors in the state of Idaho.
22 (2) To pass upon the qualifications and fitness of applicants for
23 licenses and to adopt rules requiring annual continuing education as a condi-
24 tion for the renewal of licenses issued under this chapter.
25 (3) To adopt and from time to time revise such rules as may be necessary
26 to carry into effect the provisions of this chapter. Such rules shall include,
27 but not be limited to, a code of ethics for licensed professional counselors
28 and a code of ethics for marriage and family therapists in the state, which
29 shall be adopted in compliance with chapter 52, title 67, Idaho Code.
30 (4) To review the practice of professional counselors, pastoral counsel-
31 ors and marriage and family therapists licensed under this chapter and charged
32 with a violation of the provisions of this chapter. This review may include
33 the notes of the license holder and other materials related to the practice.
34 The review will remain subject to disclosure according to chapter 3, title 9,
35 Idaho Code, unless the written consent of the client is received by the board.
36 (5) To establish a peer review system whereby each license holder's prac-
37 tice may be reviewed to ensure continuing practice in an appropriate and ethi-
38 cal manner.
39 (6) To examine for, deny, approve, issue, revoke, suspend and renew the
40 licenses of applicants pursuant to this chapter, and to conduct hearings in
41 connection therewith.
42 (7) To conduct hearings to suspend or revoke licenses for violations of
43 the law and rules adopted pursuant to this chapter and cause the prosecution
2
1 and enjoinder of all such violations.
2 (8) In any proceeding before the board authorized by this chapter, the
3 board or its designee may administer oaths or affirmations to witnesses
4 appearing before it.
5 (9) To authorize, by written agreement, the chief of the bureau of occu-
6 pational licenses as agent to act in its interest.
7 (10) To provide, by rule, licensed professional counselor and licensed
8 marriage and family therapist specialty standards.
9 SECTION 2. That Section 54-3405A, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
10 amended to read as follows:
11 54-3405A. QUALIFICATIONS FOR LICENSURE FOR LICENSED PASTORAL COUNSELORS.
12 (1) Licensure as a "licensed "pastoral counselor" shall be restricted to per-
13 sons of good moral character who have successfully completed the following
14 requirements who have applied for licensed pastoral counselors licensure
15 (L.Pas.C.) and who have successfully completed the following requirements:
16 (1a) Holds a master of divinity (M.Div.) degree or doctoral degree with a
17 major in pastoral counseling from an accredited university or religious
18 institution with a requirement of sixty (60) semester credit hours of
19 counseling related courses in a minimum of eight (8) of the following
20 eleven (11) areas with the areas of study being specified by the American
21 association of pastoral counselors (AAPC):
22 (ai) Theories of personality and personality development;
23 (bii) Theories of counseling and psychotherapy;
24 (ciii) Marriage and family dynamics and counseling;
25 (div) Group dynamics and counseling;
26 (ev) Personality, culture and ethics;
27 (fvi) Psychology of religious experience;
28 (gvii) Pastoral assessment and treatment;
29 (hviii) Psychopathology;
30 (ix) Theories of pastoral care;
31 (jxi) Research methods;
32 (kxii) Orientation to the helping professions.
33 (2b) Completion of a practicum of supervised counseling experience of
34 four hundred (400) contact hours, supervised at a ratio of one (1) hour of
35 supervision for each ten (10) contact hours.
36 (3c) Graduate studies shall have been at a university or institution
37 which has been accredited by one (1) of the following: The middle states
38 association of colleges and secondary schools, the New England state asso-
39 ciation of colleges and secondary schools, the north central association
40 of colleges and secondary schools, the northwest association of colleges
41 and secondary schools, the southern association of colleges and secondary
42 schools or the western colleges association. The pastoral counselor pro-
43 gram may also be accredited by the association of theological schools
44 (ATS).
45 (4d) Completion of two thousand (2,000) contact hours of postgraduate
46 supervised counseling experience, with an approved supervisor. Approved
47 supervisors include an American association of pastoral counselors
48 approved supervisor, a licensed pastoral counselor, a licensed psychia-
49 trist, a licensed psychologist, or a licensed professional counselor. The
50 ratio of supervision to contact hours shall be one (1) to twenty (20).
51 (5e) Successful completion of the national counselor examination as
52 required by the board.
53 (6) Each licensed pastoral counselor must obtain twenty (20) contact
3
1 hours of continuing education in an area that is approved by the board per
2 year.
3 (72) Each licensed pastoral counselor shall adhere to the code of ethics
4 of the American counseling association.
5 (83) The board shall have the option of employing a consultant to assist
6 in the review of applications and in disciplinary actions. The cost of the
7 consultation shall be included in the fee for the pastoral counselor license.
8 (94) The board may issue licenses to those persons meeting the qualifica-
9 tions for licensure as a licensed pastoral counselor (L.Pas.C.) and the
10 licensed pastoral counselor license shall be a separate and distinct license
11 from the licensed professional counselor license.
12 (105) For the purposes of this chapter, fees and disciplinary actions,
13 the terms "licensed pastoral counselor" and "licensed professional counselor"
14 shall have the same meaning. The board may promulgate rules to implement the
15 provisions of this section in compliance with chapter 52, title 67, Idaho
16 Code.
17 SECTION 3. That Section 54-3405C, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
18 amended to read as follows:
19 54-3405C. QUALIFICATIONS FOR LICENSURE. Licensure as a "licensed "mar-
20 riage and family therapist" shall be restricted to persons who have success-
21 fully completed each of the following requirements:
22 (1) A graduate degree which consists of at least sixty (60) semester
23 hours or ninety (90) quarter credits in marriage and family therapy from a
24 program accredited by the commission on accreditation for marriage and family
25 therapy education, or a marriage and family counseling or therapy program
26 which is accredited by the council for accreditation of counseling and related
27 educational programs, or a graduate degree from a regionally accredited educa-
28 tional institution and an equivalent course of study as approved by the board.
29 The course of study for any graduate degree shall include a minimum of thirty-
30 nine (39) semester credits in the following areas:
31 (a) Marriage and family studies -- nine (9) semester credit minimum.
32 Studies in this area shall include:
33 (i) Theoretical foundations, history, philosophy, etiology and con-
34 temporary conceptual directions of marriage and family therapy or
35 marriage and family counseling;
36 (ii) Family systems theories and other relevant theories and their
37 application in working with a wide variety of family structures,
38 including families in transition, nontraditional families and blended
39 families, and a diverse range of presenting issues; and
40 (iii) Preventative Preventive approaches, including premarital coun-
41 seling, parent skill training and relationship enhancement, for work-
42 ing with couples, families, individuals, subsystems and other sys-
43 tems.
44 (b) Marriage and family therapy -- nine (9) semester credit minimum.
45 Studies in this area shall include:
46 (i) The practice of marriage and family therapy related to theory,
47 and a comprehensive survey and substantive understanding of the major
48 models of marriage and family therapy or marriage and family counsel-
49 ing; and
50 (ii) Interviewing and assessment skills for working with couples,
51 families, individuals, subsystems and other systems, and skills in
52 the appropriate implementation of systematic interventions across a
53 variety of presenting clinical issues including, but not limited to,
4
1 socioeconomic disadvantage, abuse and addiction.
2 (c) Human development -- nine (9) semester credit minimum. Studies in
3 this area shall include:
4 (i) Individual development and transitions across the life span;
5 (ii) Family, marital and couple life cycle development and family
6 relationships, family of origin and intergenerational influences,
7 cultural influences, ethnicity, race, socioeconomic status, religious
8 beliefs, gender, sexual orientation, social and equity issues and
9 disability;
10 (iii) Human sexual development, function and dysfunction, impacts on
11 individuals, couples and families, and strategies for intervention
12 and resolution; and
13 (iv) Issues of violence, abuse and substance use in a relational
14 context, and strategies for intervention and resolution.
15 (d) Psychological and mental health competency -- six (6) semester credit
16 minimum. Studies in this area shall include:
17 (i) Psychopathology, including etiology, assessment, evaluation and
18 treatment of mental disorders, use of the current diagnostic and sta-
19 tistical manual of mental disorders, differential diagnosis and
20 multiaxial diagnosis;
21 (ii) Standard mental health diagnostic assessment methods and
22 instruments, including standardized tests; and
23 (iii) Psychotropic medications and the role of referral to and coop-
24 eration with other mental health practitioners in treatment planning,
25 and case management skills for working with individuals, couples and
26 families.
27 (e) Professional ethics and identity -- three (3) semester credit mini-
28 mum. Studies in this area shall include:
29 (i) Professional identity, including professional socialization,
30 professional organizations, training standards, credentialing bodies,
31 licensure, certification, practice settings and collaboration with
32 other disciplines;
33 (ii) Ethical and legal issues related to the practice of marriage
34 and family therapy, legal responsibilities of marriage and family
35 therapy and marriage and family counseling practice and research,
36 business aspects, reimbursement, recordkeeping, family law, confiden-
37 tiality issues and the relevant codes of ethics, including the code
38 of ethics specified by the board; and
39 (iii) The interface between therapist responsibility and the profes-
40 sional, social and political context of treatment.
41 (f) Research -- three (3) semester credit minimum. Studies in this area
42 shall include:
43 (i) Research in marriage and family therapy or marriage and family
44 counseling and its application to working with couples and families;
45 and
46 (ii) Research methodology, quantitative and qualitative methods,
47 statistics, data analysis, ethics and legal considerations of con-
48 ducting research, and evaluation of research.
49 (2) Completion of a one (1) year practicum of supervised marriage and
50 family therapy experience, consisting of a minimum of three hundred (300)
51 direct client contact hours, of which one hundred fifty (150) hours shall be
52 with couples or families, as part of the graduate program.
53 (3) Supervised experience in marriage and family therapy of three thou-
54 sand (3,000) hours, acceptable to the board as defined by rule. A minimum of
55 two hundred (200) hours of supervision of the postgraduate experience. Super-
5
1 vision may be provided by a clinical member of the American association for
2 marriage and family therapy, by a licensed marriage and family therapist, or
3 another qualified licensed professional as determined by the board who has a
4 minimum of five (5) years experience providing marriage and family therapy,
5 including: a licensed professional counselor, private practice; psychologist;
6 certified social worker, private and independent practice; or psychiatrist.
7 (4) Successful completion of a written examination as approved by the
8 board and defined by rule.
9 (5) Once licensed, a licensed marriage and family therapist shall obtain
10 twenty (20) hours of continuing education per year as approved by the board.
11 (6) From the effective date of this section until June 30, 2003, any per-
12 son who meets the educational qualifications for an appropriate graduate
13 degree, as defined by the board, from an accredited educational institution so
14 recognized at the time of granting such degree, and who demonstrates three
15 thousand (3,000) hours of postgraduate experience providing marriage and fam-
16 ily therapy may upon application, finding of fitness, and payment of fees, be
17 issued a marriage and family therapist license. In determining if the educa-
18 tion and experience qualifications have been met, the board may consider a
19 current clinical membership in the American association of marriage and family
20 therapy or the national association of certified family therapy, or membership
21 in or certification by another appropriate professional organization, as
22 defined by the board, to be sufficient demonstration of the qualifications,
23 and may issue a marriage and family therapy license.
24 (76) A license or conditional license will not be allowed an individual
25 whose license, certification or registration has been revoked or suspended in
26 this or any other state and in this or any other related field. Such an indi-
27 vidual may not be licensed under this chapter unless the period of revocation
28 or suspension has been completed and the board has conducted a competency
29 review and determined that an acceptable degree of rehabilitation has been
30 accomplished.
]]]] LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO ]]]]
Fifty-seventh Legislature Second Regular Session - 2004
Moved by Henbest
Seconded by Sali
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
HOUSE AMENDMENT TO H.B. NO. 552
1 AMENDMENTS TO SECTION 1
2 On page 1 of the printed bill, in line 20, delete ", and" and insert:
3 "and"; and also in line 20, delete "and pastoral"; in line 21, delete "coun-
4 selors"; in lines 30 and 31, delete ", pastoral counselors".
5 AMENDMENT TO THE BILL
6 On page 2, delete lines 9 through 53, inclusive; and on page 3, delete
7 lines 1 through 16, inclusive; and renumber the subsequent section consecu-
8 tively.
9 CORRECTIONS TO TITLE
10 On page 1, in line 3, delete ", TO PROVIDE REFERENCES TO"; in line 4,
11 delete "PASTORAL COUNSELORS"; and delete lines 6, 7, 8 and 9, and insert:
12 "AND".
]]]] LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO ]]]]
Fifty-seventh Legislature Second Regular Session - 2004
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
HOUSE BILL NO. 552, As Amended
BY HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE
1 AN ACT
2 RELATING TO COUNSELORS AND MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPISTS; AMENDING SECTION
3 54-3404, IDAHO CODE, TO REVISE TERMINOLOGY AND TO AUTHORIZE THE BOARD TO
4 ADOPT RULES REQUIRING ANNUAL CONTINUING EDUCATION AS A CONDITION FOR THE
5 RENEWAL OF LICENSES; AND AMENDING SECTION 54-3405C, IDAHO CODE, TO REVISE
6 TERMINOLOGY AND TO DELETE CERTAIN CONTINUING EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS FOR
7 MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPISTS.
8 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
9 SECTION 1. That Section 54-3404, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
10 amended to read as follows:
11 54-3404. IDAHO STATE LICENSING BOARD OF PROFESSIONAL COUNSELORS AND MAR-
12 RIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPISTS -- POWERS. The board shall have the following
13 powers:
14 (1) To regulate the practice of licensed counselors and licensed profes-
15 sional counselors and licensed marriage and family therapists in the state of
16 Idaho.
17 (2) To pass upon the qualifications and fitness of applicants for
18 licenses and to adopt rules requiring annual continuing education as a condi-
19 tion for the renewal of licenses issued under this chapter.
20 (3) To adopt and from time to time revise such rules as may be necessary
21 to carry into effect the provisions of this chapter. Such rules shall include,
22 but not be limited to, a code of ethics for licensed professional counselors
23 and a code of ethics for marriage and family therapists in the state, which
24 shall be adopted in compliance with chapter 52, title 67, Idaho Code.
25 (4) To review the practice of professional counselors and marriage and
26 family therapists licensed under this chapter and charged with a violation of
27 the provisions of this chapter. This review may include the notes of the
28 license holder and other materials related to the practice. The review will
29 remain subject to disclosure according to chapter 3, title 9, Idaho Code,
30 unless the written consent of the client is received by the board.
31 (5) To establish a peer review system whereby each license holder's prac-
32 tice may be reviewed to ensure continuing practice in an appropriate and ethi-
33 cal manner.
34 (6) To examine for, deny, approve, issue, revoke, suspend and renew the
35 licenses of applicants pursuant to this chapter, and to conduct hearings in
36 connection therewith.
37 (7) To conduct hearings to suspend or revoke licenses for violations of
38 the law and rules adopted pursuant to this chapter and cause the prosecution
39 and enjoinder of all such violations.
40 (8) In any proceeding before the board authorized by this chapter, the
41 board or its designee may administer oaths or affirmations to witnesses
42 appearing before it.
43 (9) To authorize, by written agreement, the chief of the bureau of occu-
2
1 pational licenses as agent to act in its interest.
2 (10) To provide, by rule, licensed professional counselor and licensed
3 marriage and family therapist specialty standards.
4 SECTION 2. That Section 54-3405C, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
5 amended to read as follows:
6 54-3405C. QUALIFICATIONS FOR LICENSURE. Licensure as a "licensed "mar-
7 riage and family therapist" shall be restricted to persons who have success-
8 fully completed each of the following requirements:
9 (1) A graduate degree which consists of at least sixty (60) semester
10 hours or ninety (90) quarter credits in marriage and family therapy from a
11 program accredited by the commission on accreditation for marriage and family
12 therapy education, or a marriage and family counseling or therapy program
13 which is accredited by the council for accreditation of counseling and related
14 educational programs, or a graduate degree from a regionally accredited educa-
15 tional institution and an equivalent course of study as approved by the board.
16 The course of study for any graduate degree shall include a minimum of thirty-
17 nine (39) semester credits in the following areas:
18 (a) Marriage and family studies -- nine (9) semester credit minimum.
19 Studies in this area shall include:
20 (i) Theoretical foundations, history, philosophy, etiology and con-
21 temporary conceptual directions of marriage and family therapy or
22 marriage and family counseling;
23 (ii) Family systems theories and other relevant theories and their
24 application in working with a wide variety of family structures,
25 including families in transition, nontraditional families and blended
26 families, and a diverse range of presenting issues; and
27 (iii) Preventative Preventive approaches, including premarital coun-
28 seling, parent skill training and relationship enhancement, for work-
29 ing with couples, families, individuals, subsystems and other sys-
30 tems.
31 (b) Marriage and family therapy -- nine (9) semester credit minimum.
32 Studies in this area shall include:
33 (i) The practice of marriage and family therapy related to theory,
34 and a comprehensive survey and substantive understanding of the major
35 models of marriage and family therapy or marriage and family counsel-
36 ing; and
37 (ii) Interviewing and assessment skills for working with couples,
38 families, individuals, subsystems and other systems, and skills in
39 the appropriate implementation of systematic interventions across a
40 variety of presenting clinical issues including, but not limited to,
41 socioeconomic disadvantage, abuse and addiction.
42 (c) Human development -- nine (9) semester credit minimum. Studies in
43 this area shall include:
44 (i) Individual development and transitions across the life span;
45 (ii) Family, marital and couple life cycle development and family
46 relationships, family of origin and intergenerational influences,
47 cultural influences, ethnicity, race, socioeconomic status, religious
48 beliefs, gender, sexual orientation, social and equity issues and
49 disability;
50 (iii) Human sexual development, function and dysfunction, impacts on
51 individuals, couples and families, and strategies for intervention
52 and resolution; and
53 (iv) Issues of violence, abuse and substance use in a relational
3
1 context, and strategies for intervention and resolution.
2 (d) Psychological and mental health competency -- six (6) semester credit
3 minimum. Studies in this area shall include:
4 (i) Psychopathology, including etiology, assessment, evaluation and
5 treatment of mental disorders, use of the current diagnostic and sta-
6 tistical manual of mental disorders, differential diagnosis and
7 multiaxial diagnosis;
8 (ii) Standard mental health diagnostic assessment methods and
9 instruments, including standardized tests; and
10 (iii) Psychotropic medications and the role of referral to and coop-
11 eration with other mental health practitioners in treatment planning,
12 and case management skills for working with individuals, couples and
13 families.
14 (e) Professional ethics and identity -- three (3) semester credit mini-
15 mum. Studies in this area shall include:
16 (i) Professional identity, including professional socialization,
17 professional organizations, training standards, credentialing bodies,
18 licensure, certification, practice settings and collaboration with
19 other disciplines;
20 (ii) Ethical and legal issues related to the practice of marriage
21 and family therapy, legal responsibilities of marriage and family
22 therapy and marriage and family counseling practice and research,
23 business aspects, reimbursement, recordkeeping, family law, confiden-
24 tiality issues and the relevant codes of ethics, including the code
25 of ethics specified by the board; and
26 (iii) The interface between therapist responsibility and the profes-
27 sional, social and political context of treatment.
28 (f) Research -- three (3) semester credit minimum. Studies in this area
29 shall include:
30 (i) Research in marriage and family therapy or marriage and family
31 counseling and its application to working with couples and families;
32 and
33 (ii) Research methodology, quantitative and qualitative methods,
34 statistics, data analysis, ethics and legal considerations of con-
35 ducting research, and evaluation of research.
36 (2) Completion of a one (1) year practicum of supervised marriage and
37 family therapy experience, consisting of a minimum of three hundred (300)
38 direct client contact hours, of which one hundred fifty (150) hours shall be
39 with couples or families, as part of the graduate program.
40 (3) Supervised experience in marriage and family therapy of three thou-
41 sand (3,000) hours, acceptable to the board as defined by rule. A minimum of
42 two hundred (200) hours of supervision of the postgraduate experience. Super-
43 vision may be provided by a clinical member of the American association for
44 marriage and family therapy, by a licensed marriage and family therapist, or
45 another qualified licensed professional as determined by the board who has a
46 minimum of five (5) years experience providing marriage and family therapy,
47 including: a licensed professional counselor, private practice; psychologist;
48 certified social worker, private and independent practice; or psychiatrist.
49 (4) Successful completion of a written examination as approved by the
50 board and defined by rule.
51 (5) Once licensed, a licensed marriage and family therapist shall obtain
52 twenty (20) hours of continuing education per year as approved by the board.
53 (6) From the effective date of this section until June 30, 2003, any per-
54 son who meets the educational qualifications for an appropriate graduate
55 degree, as defined by the board, from an accredited educational institution so
4
1 recognized at the time of granting such degree, and who demonstrates three
2 thousand (3,000) hours of postgraduate experience providing marriage and fam-
3 ily therapy may upon application, finding of fitness, and payment of fees, be
4 issued a marriage and family therapist license. In determining if the educa-
5 tion and experience qualifications have been met, the board may consider a
6 current clinical membership in the American association of marriage and family
7 therapy or the national association of certified family therapy, or membership
8 in or certification by another appropriate professional organization, as
9 defined by the board, to be sufficient demonstration of the qualifications,
10 and may issue a marriage and family therapy license.
11 (76) A license or conditional license will not be allowed an individual
12 whose license, certification or registration has been revoked or suspended in
13 this or any other state and in this or any other related field. Such an indi-
14 vidual may not be licensed under this chapter unless the period of revocation
15 or suspension has been completed and the board has conducted a competency
16 review and determined that an acceptable degree of rehabilitation has been
17 accomplished.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
RS 13483
Amend section 54-3404, Idaho Code, to correct terminology, provide
references to pastoral counselors, and allow the board to adopt
rules requiring continuing education for renewal of license; amend
54-3405A, Idaho Code to delete continuing education requirement for
pastoral counselors; delete obsolete language; make a grammatical
change; and make technical corrections; amend 54-3405C, Idaho Code
to delete certain continuing education requirements; to delete
obsolete language and to make technical corrections.
FISCAL IMPACT
There is no fiscal impact to dedicated or General Funds.
CONTACT
Name: Rayola Jacobsen
Agency: Occupational License Bureau
Phone: 334-3233
Statement of Purpose/Fiscal Impact H 552