LRB-3095/2
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1997 - 1998 LEGISLATURE
September 16, 1997 - Introduced by Representative Otte, by request of
Department of Regulation and Licensing Secretary Marlene A. Cummings.
Referred to Committee on Consumer Affairs.
AB509,1,4
1An Act to amend 457.16 (3) and 457.20 (2); and
to create 457.11 of the statutes;
2relating to: creating a marriage and family therapist training certificate and
3the eligibility requirements for taking the examination for a marriage and
4family therapist or professional counselor certificate.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, the professional counselor section of the examining board
of social workers, marriage and family therapists and professional counselors
(board) grants certificates that allow persons to use certain titles relating to
professional counseling. A person may not take the examination that is required for
the certificate until he or she completes certain application, education and
supervised clinical practice requirements.
This bill allows a person to take the examination before completing the
supervised clinical practice requirements.
Current law also prohibits a person from using a title related to marriage and
family therapy unless the marriage and family therapist section of the board has
granted a marriage and family therapist certificate to the person. This prohibition
does not apply to an independent clinical social worker who was certified on or before
May 31, 1995.
To qualify for a marriage and family therapist certificate, a person must pass
an examination. A person may not take this examination until he or she satisfies
application and education requirements and completes the equivalent of at least 2
years of full-time supervised clinical marriage and family therapist practice.
This bill allows a person to take the marriage and family therapy examination
before he or she completes the equivalent of at least 2 years of full-time supervised
clinical marriage and family therapy practice if he or she satisfies the application
and education requirements.
This bill also creates a marriage and family therapist training certificate
(training certificate) that is granted by the marriage and family therapist section.
A person is eligible for a training certificate if he or she submits an application, pays
a fee and satisfies the same education requirements that are required for a marriage
and family therapist certificate. In addition, he or she must be employed part time
or full time, or have an offer of part-time or full-time employment, as a marriage and
family therapist in a supervised clinical marriage and family therapist practice, or
in a position in which he or she will receive training and supervision that is
equivalent to the training and supervision received in a supervised clinical marriage
and family therapist practice.
Under the bill, the training certificate is valid for 24 months or until the person
who holds the training certificate is no longer employed as a marriage and family
therapist in a supervised clinical marriage and family therapist practice or an
equivalent position, whichever is earlier. A person who holds a training certificate
may use the titles "marriage and family therapist", "marriage and family counselor"
or any similar title, and is considered to be certified as a marriage and family
therapist for the purpose of any law governing marriage and family therapists.
Finally, the bill provides that a training certificate cannot be renewed.
For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as
an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
AB509, s. 1
1Section
1. 457.11 of the statutes is created to read:
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2457.11 Marriage and family therapist training certificate. (1) The
3marriage and family therapist section shall grant a marriage and family therapist
4training certificate to any individual who does all of the following:
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(a) Submits an application for the certificate to the department on a form
6provided by the department.
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(b) Pays the fee specified in s. 440.05 (6).
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(c) Satisfies the requirements in s. 457.10 (2).
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1(d) Submits evidence satisfactory to the marriage and family therapist section
2that he or she is employed part time or full time, or has an offer of part-time or
3full-time employment, as a marriage and family therapist in a supervised clinical
4marriage and family therapist practice or in a position in which the applicant will,
5in the opinion of the marriage and family therapist section, receive training and
6supervision equivalent to the training and supervision received in a supervised
7clinical marriage and family therapist practice.
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8(2) A marriage and family therapist training certificate is valid for 24 months
9or until the date on which the holder of the certificate ceases to be employed in a
10position specified in sub. (1) (d), whichever occurs first, and may not be renewed by
11the marriage and family therapist section.
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12(3) (a) A marriage and family therapist training certificate authorizes the
13holder to use any title specified in s. 457.04 (5) during the period in which the
14certificate is valid.
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(b) A marriage and family therapist training certificate holder is a marriage
16and family therapist certified under this chapter for purposes of any law governing
17marriage and family therapists certified under this chapter.
AB509, s. 2
18Section
2. 457.16 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
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457.16
(3) An individual is not eligible for examination unless he or she
20satisfies the requirements for certification under s. 457.08 (1) (a) and (b), (2) (intro.),
21(a) and (b), (3) (intro.) and (a) to (c) or (4) (intro.) and (a) to (c), 457.10 (1)
to (3) and
22(2), or 457.12 (1)
to (3) and (2), and, at least 30 days before the date of the
23examination, submits an application for examination to the department on a form
24provided by the department and pays the fee specified in s. 440.05 (1).
AB509, s. 3
25Section
3. 457.20 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
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1457.20
(2) The renewal dates for certificates granted under this chapter, other
2than certificates granted under ss.
457.09, 457.11, 457.13 and 457.14, are specified
3under s. 440.08 (2) (a).
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(1) The treatment of section 457.16 (3) of the statutes first applies to
6applications for examinations submitted to the department of regulation and
7licensing on the effective date of this subsection.
