New Mexico Register / Volume XXXIV,
Issue 1 / January 18, 2023
This is an amendment to
16.27.6 NMAC, Sections 2, 6, 9, 11 and 12, effective 1/18/2023.
16.27.6.2 SCOPE: All
individuals applying for licensure by examination as professional
marriage and family therapists.
[16.27.6.2 NMAC - Rp 16 NMAC
27.5.2, 6/15/2001; A, 1/18/2023]
16.27.6.6 OBJECTIVE: The objective
of Part 6 is to state the minimum requirements for licensure by examination
as a marriage and family therapist and to list the documentation required for
application.
[16.27.6.6 NMAC - Rp 16 NMAC
27.5.6, 6/15/2001; A, 1/18/2023]
16.27.6.9 APPLICANTS
FOR LICENSURE BY EXAMINATION: As a
marriage and family therapist (LMFT) must possess the following qualifications
and provide the required documentation with the application:
A. Age
requirement. Be at least 21 years of
age.
B. Applicant
must sign a statement provided in the application indicating the applicant has
read the code of ethics and agrees to be bound and governed by the code of ethics.
C. Hold
a master's or doctoral degree from an accredited institution in marriage and
family therapy, meets the requirements of the core curriculum in marriage and
family therapy.
D. Experience
requirements.
(1) A
minimum of two years' postgraduate marriage and family therapy experience.
(2) Evidence of having participated in a
total of at least 1,000 hours of postgraduate marriage and family clinical
client contact.
(3) 200 hours of appropriate postgraduate
marriage and family supervision, including at least 100 hours of individual
supervision. The appropriate supervision
must be received from an individual who has education, clinical experience and supervisory experience in the field of
marriage and family therapy.
E. Application
fee of $75.00.
[16.27.6.9 NMAC - Rp 16 NMAC 27.5.8, 6/15/2001; A, 7/1/2004; A,
2/10/2006; A, 11/30/2021; A, 1/18/2023]
16.27.6.11 DOCUMENTATION
REQUIRED FOR LICENSURE BY EXAMINATION:
A. A
completed application as specified in 16.27.3.8 NMAC.
B. Proof
of education and experience requirements:
(1) the
applicant is required to submit an official transcript in a sealed envelope
from each institution contributing to the applicant's master or doctoral
degree; the transcript must be submitted with the application; applicants
educated in foreign institutions who are unable to submit certified official
transcripts shall submit a statement explaining why such transcripts are not
available and shall submit certified copies of the degree certificates granted,
information on the curricula offered, and any other documentation requested by
the board [and]. Applicants who
have just graduated with an appropriate degree field, and whose degrees have
not yet been conferred by their university, may submit the following
documentation in while awaiting official transcripts to become available:
(a) A
verification letter from a university official verifying
(i) their degree program;
(ii) that
all courses have been completed and they have earned passing grades;
(iii) their
degrees will be conferred by the university; and
(b) A
receipt verifying that they have ordered their transcripts to be sent to the
board office once their degree is conferred;
(2) a
statement from each supervisor in a sealed envelope on a form provided by the
board (attachment B) verifying the applicant's supervised experience and
setting forth the nature and extent of such supervision must be submitted with
the application; the statement shall verify that the applicant's performance
was in accordance with adequate counseling and therapy standards of practice;
if a supervisor's statement is not available, the applicant may submit
documentation explaining why the supervisor's statement is not available and
sworn affidavits from other individuals verifying that supervision took place
and describing the nature and the extent of the supervision;
(3) documentation of 1,000 hours of
postgraduate direct client contact hours in marriage and family therapy and 200
hours of appropriate postgraduate supervision in marriage and family therapy;
(4) if an applicant has been previously
licensed, registered or certified in another state, territory or foreign
nation, documentation of the applicant’s licensure, registration or
certification status shall be submitted on form A of the application;
[16.27.6.11 NMAC - Rp 16 NMAC
27.5.10, 6/15/2001; A, 7/1/2004; A, 2/10/2006; A, 11/30/2021; A, 1/18/2023]
16.27.6.12 [LICENSURE
BY CREDENTIALS:
A. A
completed application as specified in 16.27.3.8 NMAC.
B. Verification
(attachment A) that the applicant holds and has held a current independent
license for two years issued by the appropriate examining board under the law
of any other state or territory of the United States, the District of Columbia or any foreign nation.
C. Verification
that the applicant is in good standing with no disciplinary action pending or
brought against the applicant within the past two years.
D. Holds
masters or doctoral degree in marriage and family therapy, counseling
or a counseling-related field from an accredited institution.
E. Application
fee of $75.00 as provided for in Part 17.
F. Applicants
who do not meet the licensure by reciprocity must meet the current licensure
requirements.] [RESERVED]
[16.27.6.12 NMAC - Rp 16 NMAC 27.9.8&9, 6/15/2001; A, 7/1/2004; A,
2/10/2006; A, 1/15/2007; A, 11/30/2021; Repealed, 1/18/2023]