Title Minnesota Statutes, Minnesota Statutes

148B.32 PROHIBITIONS AND PENALTY. § Subdivision 1.Unlicensed practice prohibited. No individual shall engage in marriage and family therapy practice unless that individual holds a valid license issued under sections 148B.29 to 148B.392. § Subd. 2.Appearance as licensee prohibited…

148B.33 REQUIREMENTS FOR LICENSURE. § Subdivision 1.Documentary evidence of qualifications. An applicant for a license shall furnish evidence that the applicant: (1) has attained the age of majority; (2) is of good moral character; (3) is a citizen of the United States, or is law…

148B.331 GUEST LICENSURE. § Subdivision 1.Generally. (a) A nonresident of the state of Minnesota who is not seeking licensure in Minnesota and intends to practice marriage and family therapy in Minnesota must apply to the board for guest licensure. An applicant must apply for gue…

148B.35 RECIPROCITY WITH OTHER STATES. The board shall issue a marriage and family therapist's license to an individual who holds a current license as a marriage and family therapist from another jurisdiction if the board determines that the standards for licensure in the other j…

148B.351 MALPRACTICE HISTORY. § Subdivision 1.Submission. Licensees or applicants for licensure who have previously practiced in another state shall submit with their application the following information: (1) number, date, and disposition of any malpractice settlement or award m…

148B.36 NONTRANSFERABILITY OF LICENSES. A marriage and family therapy license is not transferable. History: 1987 c 347 art 3 s 8

148B.37 REFUSAL TO GRANT LICENSE; SUSPENSION OR REVOCATION OF LICENSE; DISCIPLINARY ACTION. § Subdivision 1.Grounds for action. (a) The board may take disciplinary action as described under paragraph (b) against a licensee or applicant who the board, after a hearing under the con…

148B.371 COMPLAINTS; INVESTIGATION HEARINGS. § Subdivision 1.Discovery; subpoenas. In all matters relating to the board's lawful regulatory activities, the board may issue subpoenas and compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of all necessary papers, books, records,…

148B.372 PROFESSIONAL COOPERATION. A licensee who is the subject of an investigation by or on behalf of the board shall cooperate fully with the investigation. Cooperation includes responding fully and promptly to any question raised by or on behalf of the board relating to the s…

148B.38 EXCEPTIONS FROM LICENSE REQUIREMENT. § Subdivision 1.Other professionals. Nothing in sections 148B.29 to 148B.392 shall be construed to prevent qualified members of other licensed or certified professions or occupations, such as licensed physicians, registered nurses, lic…

148B.381 REPORTING OBLIGATIONS. § Subdivision 1.Permission to report. A person who has knowledge of any conduct constituting grounds for disciplinary action relating to licensure or unlicensed practice under sections 148B.29 to 148B.392 may report the violation to the board. § Su…

148B.382 IMMUNITY. § Subdivision 1.Reporting. Any person, health care facility, business, or organization is immune from civil liability or criminal prosecution for submitting in good faith a report under section 148B.381 or for otherwise reporting violations or alleged violation…

148B.385 DISCIPLINARY RECORD ON JUDICIARY REVIEW. Upon judicial review of any board disciplinary or adverse action taken under sections 148B.29 to 148B.392, the reviewing court shall seal the administrative record, except for the board's final decision, and shall not make the adm…

148B.39 PRIVILEGED COMMUNICATIONS; EXCEPTIONS. A person licensed under sections 148B.29 to 148B.392 and employees and professional associates of the person cannot be required to disclose any information that the person, employee, or associate may have acquired in rendering marria…

148B.391 DUTY TO WARN. § Subdivision 1.Definitions. (a) The definitions in this subdivision apply to this section. (b) "Other person" means an immediate family member or someone who personally knows the client and has reason to believe the client is capable of and will carry out …

148B.392 FEES. § Subdivision 1.Fees; Board of Marriage and Family Therapy. The board's fees, including late fees, for licenses and renewals are established so that the total fees collected by the board will as closely as possible equal anticipated expenditures during the fiscal b…

148B.50 DEFINITIONS. § Subdivision 1.Applicability. For the purposes of sections 148B.50 to 148B.593, the following terms have the meanings given. § Subd. 2.Approved supervisor. "Approved supervisor" means a licensed professional counselor, licensed psychologist, or other qualifi…

148B.51 BOARD OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND THERAPY. (a) The Board of Behavioral Health and Therapy consists of 13 members appointed by the governor. Five of the members shall be professional counselors licensed or eligible for licensure under sections 148B.50 to 148B.593. Five of the…

148B.52 DUTIES OF THE BOARD. (a) The Board of Behavioral Health and Therapy shall: (1) establish by rule appropriate techniques, including examinations and other methods, for determining whether applicants and licensees are qualified under sections 148B.50 to 148B.593; (2) establ…

148B.53 REQUIREMENTS FOR LICENSURE. § Subdivision 1.General requirements. (a) To be licensed as a licensed professional counselor (LPC), an applicant must provide evidence satisfactory to the board that the applicant: (1) is at least 18 years of age; (2) is of good moral characte…

148B.5301 LICENSED PROFESSIONAL CLINICAL COUNSELOR. § Subdivision 1.General requirements. (a) To be licensed as a licensed professional clinical counselor (LPCC), an applicant must provide satisfactory evidence to the board that the applicant: (1) is at least 18 years of age; (2)…

148B.531 POSTDEGREE COMPLETION OF DEGREE REQUIREMENTS FOR LICENSURE. An individual whose degree upon which licensure is to be based included less than 48 semester hours or 72 quarter hours, who did not complete 700 hours of supervised professional practice as part of the degree p…

148B.532 DEGREES FROM FOREIGN INSTITUTIONS. § Subdivision 1.Scope and documentation. In addition to meeting all other licensure requirements, an applicant for licensure whose degree was received from a foreign degree program that is not recognized by the Council for Accreditation…

148B.54 LICENSE RENEWAL REQUIREMENTS. § Subdivision 1.Renewal. Licensees shall renew licenses at the time and in the manner established by the rules of the board. § Subd. 2.Continuing education. (a) At the completion of the first four years of licensure, a licensee must provide e…

148B.56 RECIPROCITY. § Subdivision 1.Persons licensed in another jurisdiction for less than five years. The board may issue a license to an individual who holds a current license or other credential from another jurisdiction if the board finds that the requirements for that crede…

148B.561 RETALIATORY PROVISIONS. If by the laws of any state or the rulings or decisions of the appropriate officers or boards thereof, any burden, obligation, requirement, disqualification, or disability is put upon licensed professional counselors licensed and in good standing …

148B.58 NONTRANSFERABILITY OF LICENSES. A professional counseling license is not transferable. History: 2003 c 118 s 11

148B.59 DISCIPLINARY ACTION; RESTORATION OF LICENSE. (a) The board may impose disciplinary action as described in paragraph (b) against an applicant or licensee whom the board, by a preponderance of the evidence, determines: (1) has violated a statute, rule, or order that the boa…

148B.5901 TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OF LICENSE. (a) In addition to any other remedy provided by law, the board may issue an order to temporarily suspend the credentials of a licensee after conducting a preliminary inquiry to determine if the board reasonably believes that the licensee…

148B.5905 MENTAL, PHYSICAL, OR SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER EXAMINATION OR EVALUATION; ACCESS TO MEDICAL DATA. (a) If the board has probable cause to believe section 148B.59, paragraph (a), clause (9), applies to a licensee or applicant, the board may direct the person to submit to a m…

148B.591 PROHIBITION AGAINST UNLICENSED PRACTICE OR USE OF TITLES. § Subdivision 1.Practice. After October 11, 2005, no individual may engage in the practice of licensed professional counseling unless that individual holds a valid license or is exempt from licensure under section…

148B.5915 PROFESSIONAL COOPERATION; APPLICANT OR LICENSEE. An applicant or a licensee who is the subject of an investigation or who is questioned in connection with an investigation by or on behalf of the board shall cooperate fully with the investigation. Cooperation includes re…

148B.5916 IMMUNITY. § Subdivision 1.Reporting. A person, health care facility, business, or organization is immune from civil liability or criminal prosecution for reporting to the board violations or alleged violations of sections 148B.50 to 148B.593. All such reports are classi…

148B.592 EXCEPTIONS TO LICENSE REQUIREMENT. § Subdivision 1.Other professionals. Nothing in sections 148B.50 to 148B.593 prevents members of other professions or occupations from performing functions for which they are qualified or licensed. This exception includes, but is not li…

148B.5925 ASSESSMENT TOOL SECURITY. Notwithstanding section 144.292, subdivisions 2 and 5, a provider shall not be required to provide copies of assessment tools, assessment tool materials, or scoring keys to any individual who has completed an assessment tool or to an individual…

148B.593 DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION. (a) A person licensed under sections 148B.50 to 148B.593 may not disclose without written consent of the client any communication made by the client to the licensee in the course of the practice of professional counseling, nor may any employee …

148B.61 § Subdivision 1. MS 2008 [Repealed, 2003 c 118 s 29; 2004 c 279 art 5 s 10; 2005 c 147 art 8 s 3] § Subd. 2. MS 2004 [Repealed by amendment, 2005 c 147 art 8 s 2] § Subd. 3. MS 1994 [Deleted, 1995 c 233 art 2 s 57] § Subd. 4. MS 2008 [Repealed, 2003 c 118 s 29; 2004 c 279…

148B.75 LICENSED PROFESSIONAL COUNSELOR INTERSTATE COMPACT. The licensed professional counselor interstate compact is enacted into law and entered into with all other jurisdictions legally joining in it, in the form substantially specified in this section. ARTICLE I TITLE This st…