The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
NOTE: The Vermont Statutes Online is an unofficial copy of the Vermont Statutes Annotated that is provided as a convenience.
(Cite as: 26 V.S.A. § 4037)
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§ 4037. Eligibility
To be eligible for licensure as a marriage and family therapist, an applicant:
(1) Shall have successfully:
(A)(i) completed a graduate degree program in marriage and family therapy at an institution
that is accredited by both a regional educational accrediting body and the Commission,
or a post-graduate training institute that is accredited by the Commission; or
(ii) obtained a graduate degree focusing on marriage and family therapy, as defined by
the Board by rule, at an institution that is accredited by a regional or national
educational accrediting body recognized by the U.S. Department of Education and approved
by the Board; and
(B) met specific graduate credit and course requirements for licensure as set forth by
the Board by rule.
(2) [Repealed.]
(3) Shall have successfully completed a two-calendar-year work experience in marriage
and family therapy under the supervision of either a licensed marriage and family
therapist or licensed clinical social worker in this State or a marriage and family
therapist or licensed clinical social worker in another state who would meet the license
requirements. The Board may, when a qualified marriage and family therapist is not
reasonably available, permit a person licensed as a clinical mental health counselor,
clinical social worker, psychologist, or licensed physician certified in psychiatry
by the American Board of Medical Specialties, to serve as a supervisor. Persons engaged
in the work experience shall be entered on the Roster of Psychotherapists who are
Nonlicensed and Noncertified and shall comply with the laws of that profession. The
Board shall adopt rules establishing standards and procedures for satisfying the requirements
of this subdivision.
(4) Shall have passed an examination as provided in section 4038 of this title. (Added 1993, No. 222 (Adj. Sess.), § 13; amended 1997, No. 40, § 62; 1997, No. 111 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; 1999, No. 52, §§ 32, 35; 2001, No. 129 (Adj. Sess.), § 29a, eff. June 13, 2002; 2005, No. 27, § 97; 2005, No. 148 (Adj. Sess.), § 42.)