New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY
Chapter 34 - BOARD OF MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPY EXAMINERS
Subchapter 9A - CUSTODY/PARENTING TIME EVALUATIONS AND/OR TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS EVALUATIONS
Section 13:34-9A.2 - Qualifications

Universal Citation: NJ Admin Code 13:34-9A.2

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024

(a) A licensee shall be qualified to perform custody/parenting time evaluations and/or termination of parental rights evaluations through education, training, and/or supervised experience in all of the following categories:

1. Child growth and development;

2. Parent-child bonding;

3. Scope of parenting;

4. Adult development and psychopathology;

5. Family functioning;

6. Child and family development;

7. Child and family psychopathology;

8. The impact of divorce or family dissolution on children; and

9. The impact of age, gender, race, ethnicity, national origin, language, culture, religion, sexual orientation/identity, disability, and socioeconomic status on custody/parenting time evaluations.

(b) When the topics in (b)1 through 5 below are involved, a licensee shall have education, training, and/or supervised experience in the specific topic(s) or the licensee shall refer the case to a licensed health care provider, or obtain a consultation with an expert who has the relevant education, training, and/or experience:

1. Physical, sexual, or psychological abuse of spouse or children;

2. Neglect of children;

3. Substance abuse or other addictions that impair the ability to parent;

4. Medical, physical, and/or neurological impairment that affects the ability to parent; or

5. Other areas beyond the licensee's expertise that are relevant to the custody/parenting time evaluation.

(c) Associate marriage and family therapists or interns shall not perform any part of custody/parenting time evaluations and/or termination of parental rights evaluations.

(d) A licensee shall maintain documentation that demonstrates the licensee's education, training, or supervised experience in the topics from (a) and (b) above.

(e) A licensee shall maintain documentation of the referral or the consultation, if a licensee refers a case to a licensed health care provider, or consults with an expert, pursuant to (b) above.

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