Title 45, Title 45: PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS

45:8B-18.1 License; fee. 9. All associate marriage and family therapist licenses shall be issued for a two-year period upon the payment of the prescribed fee, and shall be renewed upon filing of a renewal application, the payment of the fee, and presentation of satisfactory evide…

45:8B-18.2 Direct supervision for associate marriage and family therapist. 10. No licensed associate marriage and family therapist shall practice without direct supervision by a licensed marriage and family therapist or a supervisor acceptable to the board. The plan for supervisi…

45:8B-19. Examinations 19. The board shall conduct examinations at least once a year at a time and place to be designated by it. Examinations shall be written and, if the board deems advisable, oral. In any written examination each applicant shall be designated by a number so tha…

45:8B-2 Definitions. 2. As used in this act, unless the context clearly requires otherwise and except as in this act expressly otherwise provided: (a) "Licensed marriage and family therapist" means an individual who holds a current, valid license as a licensed marriage and family…

45:8B-2.1. Terms refer to "State Board of Marriage and Family Therapy Examiners," marriage and family therapist" 24. Whenever the term "State Board of Marriage Counselor Examiners" or "marriage counselor" occurs or any reference is made thereto in any law, contract or document, t…

45:8B-20. Failure of examination; waiting period for admission to subsequent examinations Any person who shall have failed an examination conducted by the board may not be admitted to a subsequent examination for a period of at least 6 months. L.1968, c. 401, s. 20, eff. Jan. 10,…

45:8B-21. Licensing of person licensed out-of-State 21. The board may issue a license by an examination of credentials to any applicant who presents evidence that he is licensed or certified as a marriage and family therapist in another state with requirements for that license or…

45:8B-24. Application for renewal; issuance of new license; fees for renewal of expired licenses On or before April 15 in each year the secretary of the board shall forward to the holder a form of application for renewal thereof. Upon the receipt of the completed form and the ren…

45:8B-24.1 Continuing education requirements. 1. a. The State Board of Marriage and Family Therapy Examiners shall require each marriage and family therapist, as a condition of biennial license renewal pursuant to section 1 of P.L.1972, c.108 (C.45:1-7) and each associate marriag…

45:8B-24.2 Waiver of continuing education requirement. 2. The board may, in its discretion, waive requirements for continuing education on an individual basis for reasons of hardship, such as health or other good cause. L.2000,c.119,s.2.

45:8B-24.3 Continuing education credits not required for initial registration. 3. The board shall not require completion of continuing education credits for initial registrations. The board shall not require completion of continuing education credits for any registration periods …

45:8B-26. Application for reinstatement 26. Application may be made to the board for reinstatement, at any time after the expiration of one year from the date of revocation of a license. The application shall be in writing and shall be accompanied by the reinstatement fee. The bo…

45:8B-29 Communication privileged, waiver. 29. A communication between a marriage and family therapist, or an associate marriage and family therapist, and the person or persons in therapy shall be confidential and its secrecy preserved. This privilege shall not be subject to waiv…

45:8B-3. Recognition of educational institutions 3. No educational institution shall be denied recognition as a recognized educational institution solely because its program is not accredited by any professional organization of marriage and family therapists, and nothing in this …

45:8B-30. Remission of fees, fines and penalties All fees, fines, penalties and other moneys derived from the operation of this act shall be paid to the board and by it remitted to the State Treasurer. L.1968, c. 401, s. 30, eff. Jan. 10, 1969.

45:8B-31. Severability If any provision of this act or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect any other provisions or applications of the act which can be given effect without such invalid provision or application, …

45:8B-33. Short title 33. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Practicing Marriage and Family Therapy Act." L.1968, c. 401, s. 33, eff. Jan. 10, 1969; amended 1995,c.366,s.17.

45:8B-34. Short title 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Professional Counselor Licensing Act." L.1993,c.340,s.1; per s.20 of 1993, c.340, act to expire if certain contingency met.

45:8B-35. Determinations 2. The professions of counseling and rehabilitation counseling in the State of New Jersey are determined to affect the public safety and welfare, and to be subject to regulation and control in the public interest in order to protect the public by setting …

45:8B-36. Definitions relative to counseling 3. As used in this act: "Board" means the State Board of Marriage and Family Therapy Examiners. "Committee" means the Professional Counselor Examiners Committee. "Counseling" means offering to assist or assisting, for a fee or other co…

45:8B-37. Professional Counselor Examiners Committee 4. There is established a committee of the board to be known as the Professional Counselor Examiners Committee. The committee shall consist of six residents of this State, four of whom shall be licensed professional counselors …

45:8B-38. Powers, duties of committee 5. The committee is authorized to: administer examinations required pursuant to this act; review the content and duration of courses of study offered by colleges and universities for degrees in counseling or rehabilitation counseling, and to …

45:8B-39. License required 6. a. No person shall engage in the practice of counseling as a licensed professional counselor or licensed associate counselor or represent or hold himself out as a licensed professional counselor or licensed associate counselor unless licensed pursuan…

45:8B-4. Practice of medicine and surgery not authorized by act Nothing in this act shall authorize the practice of medicine and surgery by any person not licensed so to do pursuant to chapter 9 of Title 45 of the Revised Statutes. L.1968, c. 401, s. 4, eff. Jan. 10, 1969.

45:8B-40. Requirements, application for licensure as professional counselor 7. Each person applying for licensure as a licensed professional counselor shall make application therefor to the board on the form and in the manner the committee prescribes and the board shall immediate…

45:8B-41. Requirements, application, for licensure as associate counselor 8. Each person applying for licensure as a licensed associate counselor shall make application therefor to the board on the form and in the manner the committee prescribes and the board shall immediately re…

45:8B-41.1. Requirements, application for licensure as rehabilitation counselor 9. Each person applying for licensure as a rehabilitation counselor shall make application therefor to the board on the form and in the manner the committee prescribes and the board shall immediately …

45:8B-41.2. Professional counselor, rehabilitation counselor, license issuance; alternate requirements 10. a. The board shall issue to any individual, upon application during the first 360 days after the effective date of this amendatory and supplementary act, a professional coun…

45:8B-42. Review by committee of applicants 9. The committee shall review the qualifications of each person who applies for licensure. No applicant shall be licensed by the board unless a majority of the full committee first determines that the applicant has met the education and…

45:8B-43. Addition of professional specialty designation to credentials 10. A professional specialty designation may be added by the board to the licensed professional counselor's credentials issued by the board upon demonstration to the committee that the applicant has met the r…

45:8B-44. Clinical mental health counselor 11. a. The board shall grant to any licensed professional counselor who has satisfied the requirements of this section, the professional specialty designation of clinical mental health counselor. A licensed professional counselor with th…

45:8B-45. Renewal of license, continuing education 12. Each applicant shall present satisfactory evidence when seeking license renewal that in the period since the license was issued or last renewed any continuing education requirements have been completed as specified by the com…

45:8B-45.1 Continuing education for certain professional counselors. 11. The Professional Counselor Examiners Committee shall require that the number of credits of continuing education required of each person licensed by the board as a condition of renewal include at least one cr…

45:8B-46. Granting of license to practitioner licensed, certified out-of-State 13. The board may grant a license to practice counseling or rehabilitation counseling to any person who at the time of application is licensed or certified by an agency located in another state, territ…

45:8B-47. Fees 14. The board may establish, change and collect application fees, renewal fees, examination fees, and any other fees for services required to be performed by the committee or the board pursuant to this act. L.1993,c.340,s.14; per s.20 of 1993, c.340, act to expire …

45:8B-48. Construction of act. 15. Nothing in this act shall be construed to apply to: a. The activities and services of qualified members of other professions, including physicians, psychologists, registered nurses, marriage and family therapists, attorneys, social workers or an…

45:8B-49. Confidentiality of communications 16. Any communication between a licensed professional counselor, licensed associate counselor or licensed rehabilitation counselor and the person or persons counseled while performing counseling or rehabilitation counseling shall be con…

45:8B-5 Licensure required for advertising, use of titles. 5. Except as provided in sections 6 and 8 of P.L.1968, c.401 (C.45:8B-6 and 8), a person who is not licensed under this act, shall not advertise the performance of marriage and family therapy services or represent himself…

45:8B-50. Supervision for associate counselor required 17. No licensed associate counselor shall practice without direct supervision by a licensed professional counselor or a supervisor acceptable to the committee. The plan for supervision of the licensed associate counselor shal…

45:8B-51 Short title. 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Art Therapist Licensing Act." L.2015, c.199, s.1.

45:8B-52 Regulation, control of profession of art therapy. 2. The profession of art therapy in the State of New Jersey is determined to affect the public safety and welfare, and to be subject to regulation and control in the public interest in order to protect the public by setti…

45:8B-53 Definitions relative to art therapy. 3. As used in this act: "Art therapist" means any person licensed to practice art therapy pursuant to the provisions of this act. "Art therapy" means the integrated use of psychotherapeutic principles with art media and the creative p…

45:8B-54 Art Therapists Advisory Committee. 4. There is created within the Division of Consumer Affairs in the Department of Law and Public Safety, under the State Board of Marriage and Family Therapy Examiners, an Art Therapists Advisory Committee. The committee shall consist of…

45:8B-55 Committee members reimbursed, provided with facilities, personnel. 5. Members of the committee shall be reimbursed for expenses and provided with office and meeting facilities and personnel required for the proper conduct of the business of the committee. L.2015, c.199, …

45:8B-56 Organization, officers, meetings. 6. The committee shall organize within 30 days after the appointment of its members and shall annually elect from its members a chairperson and a vice-chairperson, and may appoint a secretary, who need not be a member of the committee. T…

45:8B-57 Powers, duties of committee. 7. The committee shall have the following powers and duties: a. Issue and renew licenses to art therapists pursuant to the provisions of this act; b. Suspend, revoke or fail to renew the license of an art therapist pursuant to the provisions …