AB450

Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of marriage and family therapists and clinical professional counselors by the Board of Examiners for Marriage and Family Therapists and Clinical Professional Counselors. (Chapter 641A of NRS) Existing law sets forth procedures by which a marriage and family therapist or clinical professional counselor who is licensed in the District of Columbia or any state or territory of the United States may obtain a license by endorsement to practice in this State. Under existing law, the Board is authorized to issue such a license by endorsement to an applicant who submits to the Board, among other things, proof satisfactory to the Board that the applicant has not been disciplined or investigated by the corresponding regulatory authority of the District of Columbia or the state or territory in which the applicant holds a license as a marriage and family therapist or clinical professional counselor, as applicable. (NRS 641A.242) This bill instead requires, rather than authorizes, the Board to issue such a license by endorsement to an applicant who meets the applicable requirements. This bill additionally eliminates the requirement that an applicant submit proof to the Board that the applicant has not been investigated by the corresponding regulatory authority, thereby making a person who has been investigated by the corresponding regulatory authority, but who has not been disciplined by the authority, eligible to obtain a license by e