A.  The board shall issue, upon recommendation of the advisory committee, a license to any person who has been licensed as a marriage and family therapist for at least five years in another state, province, territorial possession of the United States, District of Columbia, or Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and has passed the Association of Marital and Family Therapy Regulatory Board‘s examination in Marital and Family Therapy, provided the applicant submits an application on forms prescribed by the board and upon payment of the required licensure fee.

B.  The board shall issue, upon recommendation of the advisory committee, a license to any person licensed as a marriage and family therapist for less than five years in another state, province, territorial possession of the United States, District of Columbia, or Commonwealth of Puerto Rico whose requirements for the license are substantially equivalent to or exceed the requirements of this state, provided the applicant submits an application on forms prescribed by the board and upon payment of the required licensure fee.

Acts 2001, No. 1195, §1; Acts 2010, No. 613, §1.