No. SB 768
Filed under Healthcare.
Marriage and Family Therapist Licensure by Endorsement; Requiring the Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy, and Mental Health Counseling to issue a license by endorsement to certain applicants, etc.
Plain English Summary
AI-GENERATEDFlorida's licensing board must now issue a marriage and family therapy license to any applicant who already holds an active, unencumbered license from another state, Washington D.C., or a U.S. territory.
The applicant must submit a complete application and pay the required fee, and must disclose every mental health license they hold anywhere, not just the marriage and family therapy one.
They must also attest they are not currently under disciplinary proceedings anywhere for their therapy practice, and must have gone 5 years without any disciplinary action taken against them.
AIThe board must issue a Florida marriage and family therapy license, with no discretion to deny, to any applicant who meets all five listed conditions -- a mandatory duty, not a discretionary decision.
AIAn applicant qualifies only by holding an active, unencumbered marriage and family therapy license in good standing from another state, the District of Columbia, or a U.S. territory.
AIThe applicant must provide proof of all mental health licenses they hold in any other jurisdiction, not only the marriage and family therapy license used to qualify.
AIAn applicant must attest they are not, at the time of applying, the subject of a disciplinary proceeding anywhere related to the practice of marriage and family therapy.
AIAn applicant is disqualified if they have had any disciplinary action taken against them, in any jurisdiction, within the 5 years immediately before applying.