MADAM PRESIDENT:
I move
that Senate Bill 24 be amended to read as follows:
individual may:
(1) retain the hours accumulated before taking the examination;
(2) continue working; and
(3) not accumulate any additional hours toward licensure as a
marriage and family therapist until passing the examination.
(e) If an individual does not take the first available examination, the
individual may not begin accumulating any postdegree clinical
experience hours toward licensure as a marriage and family therapist
until the individual passes the examination.
(f) When obtaining the clinical experience required under
subsection (b), the applicant must provide direct individual, group, and
family therapy and counseling to the following categories of cases:
(1) Unmarried couples.
(2) Married couples.
(3) Separating or divorcing couples.
(4) Family groups, including children.
(g) A doctoral internship may be applied toward the supervised
work experience requirement.
(h) Except as provided in subsection (i), the experience requirement
may be met by work performed at or away from the premises of the
supervising marriage and family therapist.
(i) The work requirement may not be performed away from the
supervising marriage and family therapist's premises if:
(1) the work is the independent private practice of marriage and
family therapy; and
(2) the work is not performed at a place that has the supervision
of a licensed marriage and family therapist or an equivalent
supervisor, as determined by the board.".
Renumber all SECTIONS consecutively.
(Reference is to SB 24 as printed January 20, 2012.)