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Agency 102

Behavioral Sciences Regulatory Board

Article 5.—Licensing of Marriage and Family Therapists

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102-5-5. Examination for marriage and family therapist or clinical marriage and family therapist. (a) Each applicant for licensure with examination shall take a nationally administered, standardized written examination approved by the board.
(b)(1) Any applicant may submit an application for licensure as provided by K.A.R. 102-5-4a only if the applicant has completed the applicable academic degree requirements or is expected to complete those requirements within four months of the date on which the application is submitted. Each applicant who has not completed the applicable academic degree requirements on the date that the application is submitted shall arrange for the required transcripts to be sent to the board at the time the academic degree is awarded to the applicant.
(2) If the board determines that the applicant has met the applicable academic degree requirements or is likely to meet those requirements within four months of the date on which the application was submitted, the applicant shall be notified by the board that the applicant is eligible to register for the written examination with the examination service that administers the examination.
(c) The written examination may be waived by the board if the applicant successfully passed, at a level equal to or greater than the criterion-referenced cutoff score, a standardized written examination that the board deems to be substantially equivalent to the examination approved by the board.
(d) For an applicant to be licensed as a marriage and family therapist, the minimum passing score shall be a score of 12 items below the criterion-referenced pass point statistically established by the examination service, based on a 200-item examination.
(e) For an applicant to be licensed as a clinical marriage and family therapist, the minimum passing score shall be the criterion-referenced pass point statistically established by the examination service. (Authorized by K.S.A. 2004 Supp. 74-7507; implementing K.S.A. 65-6404; effective March 29, 1993; amended Dec. 19, 1997; amended Aug. 4, 2000; amended March 10, 2006.)
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