No. HB 631
Filed under Healthcare.
Marriage and Family Therapists Licensure by Endorsement; Requires Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage & Family Therapy, & Mental Health Counseling to issue license by endorsement to certain applicants.
Plain English Summary
AI-GENERATEDFlorida's therapy licensing board must issue a marriage and family therapy license to anyone who already holds an active, unencumbered license in good standing from another state or U.S. territory.
The applicant must also submit a complete application and pay the fee, disclose every other mental health license they hold anywhere, and attest they aren't currently under discipline in another jurisdiction.
Anyone disciplined anywhere in the past 5 years does not qualify for this automatic path and would have to seek Florida licensure through some other route.
AIThe board must issue a marriage and family therapy license to any applicant who meets all five listed criteria -- this is a mandatory duty, not discretionary approval.
AIThe applicant must hold an active, unencumbered marriage and family therapy license in good standing from another state, DC, or a U.S. territory, and disclose every other mental health license held anywhere.
AIAn applicant who has had any disciplinary action taken against them in the 5 years before applying does not qualify for licensure by endorsement.
AIThe applicant must attest they are not currently the subject of a disciplinary proceeding anywhere related to marriage and family therapy practice, separate from the 5-year clean-record requirement.