Title XXII — OCCUPATIONS AND PROFESSIONS

[Repealed or reserved.]

337.665. Information required to be furnished committee — certificate to practice independently issued, when — reciprocity. — 1. As used in this section, the following terms mean: (1) "License", a license, certificate, registration, permit, accreditation, or military occupational…

337.671. Temporary permits issued, when. — The committee may issue temporary permits to practice under extenuating circumstances as determined by the committee and defined by rule. ­­-------- (L. 2001 H.B. 567)

337.683. Violations, penalty — committee may sue, when — actions permitted to be enjoined. — 1. Violation of any provision of sections 337.650 to 337.689 shall be a class B misdemeanor. 2. All fees or other compensation received for services which are rendered in violation of sec…

337.689. Licensees may be compelled to testify. — Nothing in sections 337.600 to 337.689 shall be construed to prohibit any person licensed pursuant to the provisions of sections 337.600 to 337.689 from testifying in court hearings concerning matters of adoption, adult abuse, chi…

337.700. Definitions. — As used in sections 337.700 to 337.739, the following terms mean: (1) "Committee", the state committee for marital and family therapists; (2) "Department", the Missouri department of commerce and insurance; (3) "Director", the director of the division of p…

337.702. Criminal background check, fingerprint submission. — 1. The state committee of marital and family therapists may require that fingerprint submissions be made as part of an application seeking licensure as a licensed marital and family therapist or provisional licensed ma…

337.703. License required, exceptions. — No person shall use the title of "licensed marital and family therapist", "marital and family therapist", "provisional licensed marital and family therapist", or engage in the practice of marital and family therapy in this state unless the…

337.705. Discrimination prohibited, when. — No official, employee, board, commission, or agency of the state of Missouri, any county, municipality, school district, or other political subdivision of this state shall discriminate between persons licensed under sections 337.700 to …

337.706. License required, exception for persons licensed in other state. — 1. For a period of six months from September 1, 1995, a person may apply for licensure without examination and shall be exempt from the academic requirements of sections 337.700 to 337.739 if the division…

337.709. Laws not to be construed to require employment of marital and family therapists. — No provision of sections 337.700 to 337.739 shall be construed to require any agency, corporation or organization, not otherwise required by law, to employ licensed marital and family ther…

337.712. Licenses, application, oath, fee — lost certificates — fund. — 1. Applications for licensure as a marital and family therapist shall be in writing, submitted to the committee on forms prescribed by the committee and furnished to the applicant. The form shall include a st…

337.715. Qualifications for licensure, exceptions. — 1. Each applicant for licensure or provisional licensure as a marital and family therapist shall furnish evidence to the committee that: (1) The applicant has a master's degree or a doctoral degree in marital and family therapy…

337.718. License expiration, renewal fee — temporary permits. — 1. Each license issued pursuant to the provisions of sections 337.700 to 337.739 shall expire on a renewal date established by the director. The term of licensure shall be twenty-four months; however, the director ma…

337.727. Rulemaking authority. — The committee shall promulgate rules and regulations pertaining to: (1) The form and content of license applications required by the provisions of sections 337.700 to 337.739 and section 324.009 and the procedures for filing an application for an …

337.730. Refusal to issue or renew, grounds, notice, rights of applicant — complaints filed with administrative hearing commission. — 1. The committee may refuse to issue or renew any license required by the provisions of sections 337.700 to 337.739 for one or any combination of …

337.733. Violations of marital and family therapists law, penalty — attorney general, duties — injunctions — venue. — 1. Violation of any provision of sections 337.700 to 337.739 is a class B misdemeanor. 2. All fees or other compensation received for services which are rendered …

337.736. Confidentiality, exceptions. — Persons licensed under the provisions of sections 337.700 to 337.739 may not disclose any information acquired from persons consulting them in their professional capacity, or be compelled to disclose such information except: (1) With the wr…

337.739. Committee, members, qualifications, terms, meetings, expenses, removal. — 1. There is created and established the "State Committee of Marital and Family Therapists" which shall consist of four family and marital therapists and two voting public members. The committee sha…