Minnesota Administrative Rules
Agency 152 - Marriage and Family Therapy Board
Chapter 5300 - MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPY
Part 5300.0250 - RECIPROCITY

Subpart 1. Other states or countries recognized.

The board shall issue a marriage and family therapist license to an individual who holds a current license as a marriage and family therapist from another jurisdiction if the board determines that the standards for licensure in effect when the individual was licensed in the other jurisdiction are at least equivalent to or exceed the current requirements for licensure in Minnesota.

If an applicant for licensure by reciprocity has been licensed continuously as a marriage and family therapist in a United States jurisdiction for the five years preceding the application, the educational requirements for licensure are considered satisfied. If licensed for any period less than five years, the board will determine whether educational requirements are satisfied.

If an applicant for licensure by reciprocity has been licensed continuously as a marriage and family therapist in a United States jurisdiction for the five years preceding the application, and the jurisdiction has taken no adverse action against that license, the postgraduate, supervised clinical experience requirements are considered satisfied. If licensed for any period less than five years, or if adverse action against the license has been taken, the board shall determine whether the experience requirements for licensure are satisfied.

If an applicant for licensure by reciprocity was licensed in another jurisdiction without passing the national examination specified in part 5300.0240, subpart 3, but meets all other Minnesota requirements, the applicant may submit an application for licensure by reciprocity , and must also pass the national examination according to part 5300.0240, subpart 6, before the reciprocity application may be approved. All applicants for licensure by reciprocity must pass the state examination specified in part 5300.0240, subpart 4.

Subp. 2. Application required.

An individual who holds a current license as a marriage and family therapist from another jurisdiction must file a completed application for licensure by reciprocity and must pay the fee for application for licensure by reciprocity specified in Minnesota Statutes, section 148B.17, subdivision 2. The application must be on a form provided by the board. The application must include a notarized statement that the information in the application is true and correct to the best knowledge of the applicant and an agreement by the applicant that the applicant will conduct all professional activities according to the code of ethics in part 5300.0350.

Subp. 3. Verification from other jurisdiction required.

The applicant must direct the licensing entity in the jurisdiction in which the license is held to send to the board directly a statement that the license is in effect and in good standing on a form provided by the board, and a copy of the state's current licensing law and rules.

Subp. 4. Discipline in another jurisdiction; effect on licensing.

The board may refuse to grant a license or may impose disciplinary action as described in Minnesota Statutes, section 148B.37, subdivision 1, for:

Subp. 5. Proof of equivalency.

The burden is on the applicant to establish, by a preponderance of the evidence, that the standards for licensing in effect when the individual was licensed in the other jurisdiction are at least equivalent to or exceed the current licensing requirements in Minnesota.