SB-0959, As Passed Senate, September 29, 2004                               

SUBSTITUTE FOR

SENATE BILL NO. 959

                                                                             A bill to amend 1978 PA 368, entitled                                             

"Public health code,"                                                       

by amending sections 16901 and 16903 (MCL 333.16901 and                     

333.16903), as added by 1995 PA 126.                                        

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

1       Sec. 16901.  (1) As used in this part:                                      

2       (a) "Advertise" means issuing or ordering the printing or                   

3   distribution of a card, sign, or device or causing, permitting,             

4   or allowing a sign or marking on or in a building or structure,             

5   or placing material in a newspaper, magazine, or directory, or on           

6   radio or television.  Advertise does not include unpaid public              

7   awareness campaigns or educational or promotional materials by              

8   individuals exempted from this part by section 16905.

9       (b) "Marriage and family therapist" means an individual                     

10  licensed under this article to engage in the practice of marriage           

1   and family therapy.                                                         

2       (c) "Practice of marriage and family therapy" means the                     

3   providing of guidance, testing, discussions, therapy,                       

4   instruction, or advice that is intended to avoid, eliminate,                

5   relieve, manage, or resolve individual, marital, or family                  

6   conflict or discord, to create, improve, or restore individual,

7   marital, or family harmony, or to prepare couples for marriage.             

8   Practice of marriage and family therapy does not include the                

9   administration and interpretation of psychological tests except             

10  for those tests that are consistent with the individual's                   

11  education and training and with the code of ethics for licensed             

12  marriage and family therapists.                                             

13      (2) In addition to the definitions of this part, article 1                  

14  contains general definitions and principles of construction                 

15  applicable to all articles in this code and part 161 contains               

16  definitions applicable to this part.                                        

17      Sec. 16903.  (1) An individual licensed under this part as a                

18  marriage and family therapist shall use only the title "licensed            

19  marriage and family therapist" or "licensed marriage counselor"             

20  or the abbreviation "l.m.f.t."  in representing his or her                  

21  services in the practice of marriage and family therapy to the              

22  public.                                                                     

23      (2) Unless exempt under section  16905(3) 16905(4), only an                

24  individual licensed under this part may advertise that he or she            

25  offers marriage and family therapy; marriage or family counseling           

26  service or advice; marriage or family guidance service or advice;           

27  marriage or family relations service or advice; marriage or                 

1   family problems service or advice; marriage or family relations             

2   advice or assistance; service in the alleviation of a marital or            

3   family problem; or service of similar import or effect that is              

4   included in the practice of marriage and family therapy.  This              

5   part does not prohibit an individual exempted by section 16905              

6   from issuing unpaid public awareness campaigns or educational or            

7   promotional materials.

8       (3) The board may grant a limited license to an individual                  

9   who has met the requirements of section  16909(a) and (b)

10  16909(1)(a) and (b) in order to permit that individual to obtain            

11  the experience required under section  16909(c) 16909(1)(c).               

12  The board shall not renew a limited license for more than 6                 

13  years.  A limited licensee shall do all of the following:                   

14      (a) Use only the title "limited licensed marriage and family                

15  therapist" or "limited licensed marriage counselor".                        

16      (b) Not represent that he or she is engaged in the                          

17  independent practice of marriage and family therapy.                        

18      (c) Practice only under the supervision of a fully licensed                 

19  marriage and family therapist.                                              

20      (d) Confine his or her practice to an organized health care                 

21  setting or other arrangement approved by the board.                         

22      (4) An individual engaged in obtaining experience required                  

23  under section  16909(b) 16909(1)(b) may use the title "marriage            

24  and family therapist intern" or "marriage and family therapist              

25  trainee" during the training period.  The board shall not require           

26  an individual obtaining experience required under section                   

27  16909(b) 16909(1)(b) to hold a limited license.                           

1       Enacting section 1.  This amendatory act takes effect                       

2   October 1, 2004.                                                            

3       Enacting section 2.  This amendatory act does not take                      

4   effect unless House Bill No. 5474 of the 92nd Legislature is                

5   enacted into law.