1999 Minnesota Statutes

     148B.32 Prohibitions and penalty. 

    Subdivision 1.    Unlicensed practice prohibited.  After 
 adoption of rules by the board implementing sections 148B.29 to 
 148B.39, no individual shall engage in marriage and family 
 therapy practice unless that individual holds a valid license 
 issued under sections 148B.29 to 148B.39. 

    Marriage and family therapists may not be reimbursed under 
 medical assistance, chapter 256B, except to the extent such care 
 is reimbursed under section 256B.0625, subdivision 5, or when 
 marriage and family therapists are employed by a managed care 
 organization with a contract to provide mental health care to 
 medical assistance enrollees, and are reimbursed through the 
 managed care organization. 

    Subd. 2.    Appearance as licensee prohibited.  After 
 adoption of rules by the board implementing sections 148B.29 to 
 148B.39, no individual shall be held out to be a marriage and 
 family therapist unless that individual holds a valid license 
 issued under sections 148B.29 to 148B.39, is a psychologist 
 licensed by the board of psychology with a competency in 
 marriage and family therapy, or is a person providing marriage 
 and family therapy who is employed by a hospital licensed under 
 chapter 144 and who is acting within the scope of the person's 
 employment.  

    Subd. 3.    Penalty.  A person who violates a provision 
 of sections 148B.29 to 148B.39 is guilty of a gross misdemeanor. 

    HIST: 1987 c 347 art 3 s 4; 1988 c 689 art 2 s 268; 1989 c 282 
 art 2 s 42; 1995 c 234 art 8 s 46