(a) A provisional license may be granted to a person
who:
(1) is licensed or otherwise registered as a marriage
and family therapist by another state or other jurisdiction, whose
requirements for licensure or registration, at the time the license
or registration was obtained, were substantially equivalent to the
requirements set out in §801.76 of this title (relating to Application
for Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT));
(2) has successfully passed a national examination
relating to marriage and family therapy or an examination approved
by the council;
(3) is sponsored by a Texas LMFT with whom the provisional
license holder may practice under this section;
(4) provides documentation, on council prescribed forms,
of the experience requirements set out in §801.142 of this title
(relating to Supervised Clinical Experience Requirements and Conditions)
and §801.143 of this title (relating to Supervisor Requirements);
and
(5) meets any other requirements set forth under the
Act.
(b) Upon formal written request, the council may waive
the requirement set out in subsection (a)(3) of this section, if the
council determines that compliance with subsection (a)(3) of this
section, would cause undue hardship to the applicant.
(c) The council will issue a license to a holder of
a provisional license if:
(1) the provisional license holder passes the examinations
required by §801.174 of this title (relating to Licensure and
Jurisprudence Examinations);
(2) the provisional license holder provides official
graduate transcripts meeting the requirements set forth in §§801.112
through 801.115 of this title (relating to General Academic Requirements,
Academic Requirements, Academic Course Content, and Academic Requirements
and Supervised Clinical Internship Equivalency for Applicants Currently
Licensed as an LMFT in Another Jurisdiction, respectively);
(3) the provisional license holder provides documentation,
on council prescribed forms, of the experience requirements set out
in §§801.142 and 801.143 of this title (relating to Supervised
Clinical Experience Requirements and Conditions and relating to Supervisor
Requirements, respectively); and
(4) the provisional license holder meets any other
requirements set forth under the Act.
(d) The council must complete the processing of a provisional
license holder's application for an LMFT license within 180 days after
the provisional license was issued. The council may extend the 180-day
deadline to allow for the receipt and tabulation of pending examination
results.
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