1783944 Amendment to list the organizations the Board of Marriage and Family Therapy approves to provide continuing education courses to its licensees.

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

 

NOTICE OF FINAL RULEMAKING

 

 

The Director of the Department of Health, pursuant to the authority set forth in section 302(14) of the District of Columbia Health Occupations Revision Act of 1985, effective March 25, 1986 (D.C. Law 6-99; D.C. Official Code § 3-1203.02(14)(2007 Repl.); D.C. Official Code § 3-1202.17(2007 Repl.)); and Mayor’s Order 98-140, dated August 20, 1998, hereby gives notice of the adoption of  the following amendments to chapter 77 (Marriage and Family Therapy) of title 17 (Business, Occupations, and Professions) of the District of Columbia Municipal Regulations (DCMR).  The purpose of these amendments is to list the organizations the Board of Marriage and Family Therapy approves to provide continuing education courses to its licensees.

 

These rules were previously published in the D.C. Register as a proposed rulemaking on July 1, 2011, at 58 DCR 5471.  No written comments were received from the public in connection with this publication during the thirty (30)-day comment period and no changes have been made to the rulemaking.  These final rules will be effective upon publication of this notice in the D.C. Register.

 

Final action to adopt the rules took place on September 26, 2011.  These rules will be effective upon publication of the notice in the D.C. Register.

 

The following rulemaking action is final:

 

Chapter 77, MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPY, of title 17, BUSINESS, OCCUPATIONS, AND PROFESSIONS, of the DCMR is amended as follows:

 

Section 7707, Continuing Education Requirements, subsection 7707.8 is amended to read as follows:

 

7707.8             The Board shall accept for continuing education credit any credits or courses sponsored by the following organizations:

 

(a)        The American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT);

 

(b)        The National Association of Social Workers (NASW);

 

(c)        The American Psychological Association (APA);

 

(d)       The National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC); or

 

(e)        Other state Marriage and Family Therapy boards.

 

The current subsections 7707.8-7707.11 shall be re-numbered as 7707.9-7707.12.