N.J. Admin. Code § 13:34-2.6

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 21, November 4, 2024

Section 13:34-2.6 - Marriage and family therapist: credit towards licensure for education, training, and experience received while serving as a member of the Armed Forces

(a) An applicant who has served in the Armed Forces of the United States (Armed Forces) and who does not meet all of the training, education, and experience requirements for licensure under N.J.A.C. 13:34-2.3 and 2.4 may apply to the Board for recognition of the applicant's training, education, or experience received while serving as a member of the Armed Forces, which the Board shall consider, together with any training, education, and experience obtained outside of the Armed Forces, for determining substantial equivalence to the training, education, and experience required for licensure.

(b) The Board shall issue a license to the applicant, if the applicant presents evidence to the Board that:

1. The applicant has been honorably discharged from active military service;

2. The relevant training, experience, and education the applicant has received in the military, together with any training, education, and experience obtained outside the Armed Forces, is substantially equivalent in scope and character to the training, experience, and education required for licensure under N.J.A.C. 13:34-2.3 and 2.4.

i. An applicant seeking credit for military training and experience shall submit to the Board the applicant's Verification of Military Experience and Training (VMET) Document, DD Form 2586.

ii. An applicant seeking credit for education courses and/or training completed while in the military, who does not hold a master's degree in marriage and family therapy or a master's degree in social work or a graduate degree in a related field from a regionally accredited institution that provides the training and course work described in N.J.A.C. 13:34-2.3, shall submit to the Board a Joint Services Transcript of his or her education/training for a determination that the education courses and/or training completed are substantially equivalent in level, scope, and intent to the educational requirements described and required for licensure under N.J.A.C. 13:34-2.3. For the purpose of determining substantial equivalence of the applicant's military education and/or training, the Board shall consider only those courses relevant to the practice of marriage and family therapy that have been evaluated by the American Council on Education for substantial equivalence to civilian postsecondary curricula.

iii. An applicant seeking credit for education courses completed while in the military who does not hold a post graduate degree recognized by the Board, which includes the course work required in N.J.A.C. 13:34-2.3(b), or who has not completed a program of training and course work at an institute or training program accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Marriage and Family Therapy Education, shall submit to the Board a Joint Services Transcript of his or her education, for a determination that the education courses completed are substantially equivalent in level, scope, and intent to a post graduate degree or a program of training and course work, as described and required for licensure under N.J.A.C. 13:34-2.3. For the purpose of determining substantial equivalence of the applicant's military education and/or training, the Board shall consider only those courses relevant to the practice of marriage and family therapy that have been evaluated by the American Council on Education for substantial equivalence to civilian postsecondary curricula; and

3. The applicant complies with all other requirements for licensure as a marriage and family therapist including successful completion of the National Marriage and Family Therapy Examination administered by the Association of Marital and Family Therapy Regulatory Boards or its successor as set forth in N.J.A.C. 13:34-2.1.

(c) It is the applicant's responsibility to provide timely and complete evidence of the education, training and experience gained in the military for review and consideration.

(d) If the applicant's military training, education, and experience, or a portion thereof, is not deemed to be substantially equivalent to that required for licensure, the Board shall credit whatever portion of the military training, education, or experience that is substantially equivalent towards meeting the requirements under N.J.A.C. 13:34-2.3 and 2.4 for the issuance of the license.

(e) Satisfactory evidence of such education, training, and experience shall be assessed on a case-by-case basis.

N.J. Admin. Code § 13:34-2.6

Adopted by 52 N.J.R. 529(a), effective 3/16/2020