What the official sources support
Applicability and exclusions are shown with each finding. “Qualified” or “conflicting” findings are not simplified into an operational answer.
Authority, credentials, and scope
Regulator, governing authority, credential names, regulated titles, scope boundaries, exemptions, and prohibited activities.
Credential map
Published research · ConfirmedMarriage and family therapy has its own graduate and clinical credential path within the counseling board.
- Applies to
- Use for LGMFT, LCMFT research in MD.
- Known exclusions
- A payer, facility, employer, local government, or another professional board may impose additional requirements.
- Effective date
- No separate future date recorded
- Fact checked
- 2026-08-11
Application and practice status
Application, education, examination, background check, fees, temporary authority, endorsement, and supervised versus independent practice.
Supervised status
Published research · ConfirmedLGMFT supervision, setting, hours, and documentation must be evaluated under the MFT rules rather than counselor rules.
- Applies to
- Use for LGMFT, LCMFT research in MD.
- Known exclusions
- A payer, facility, employer, local government, or another professional board may impose additional requirements.
- Effective date
- No separate future date recorded
- Fact checked
- 2026-08-11
Supervision and workforce evidence
Supervisor qualifications, written agreements, settings, hours, reporting, license verification, and hiring or credentialing evidence.
Practice structure
Published research · ConfirmedEntity ownership, naming, advertising, and multidisciplinary practice require a separate review from individual licensure.
- Applies to
- Use for LGMFT, LCMFT research in MD.
- Known exclusions
- A payer, facility, employer, local government, or another professional board may impose additional requirements.
- Effective date
- No separate future date recorded
- Fact checked
- 2026-08-11
Cross-border and practice structure
Telehealth location rules, registration, compact privileges, ownership, entity naming, fee sharing, and multidisciplinary practice.
License maintenance
Published research · ConfirmedUse the Board’s current renewal, continuing education, inactive-status, reinstatement, complaint, and discipline routes for the credential held.
- Applies to
- Use for LGMFT, LCMFT research in MD.
- Known exclusions
- A payer, facility, employer, local government, or another professional board may impose additional requirements.
- Effective date
- No separate future date recorded
- Fact checked
- 2026-08-11
Client-facing operations and records
Disclosure, consent, telehealth, emergencies, advertising, confidentiality, access, retention, minors, subpoenas, closure, fees, billing, and termination.
Credential map
Published research · ConfirmedMarriage and family therapy has its own graduate and clinical credential path within the counseling board.
- Applies to
- Use for LGMFT, LCMFT research in MD.
- Known exclusions
- A payer, facility, employer, local government, or another professional board may impose additional requirements.
- Effective date
- No separate future date recorded
- Fact checked
- 2026-08-11
Maintenance, complaints, and monitoring
Renewal, continuing education, audits, inactive status, reinstatement, complaints, discipline, effective dates, exclusions, and unresolved interpretations.
Supervised status
Published research · ConfirmedLGMFT supervision, setting, hours, and documentation must be evaluated under the MFT rules rather than counselor rules.
- Applies to
- Use for LGMFT, LCMFT research in MD.
- Known exclusions
- A payer, facility, employer, local government, or another professional board may impose additional requirements.
- Effective date
- No separate future date recorded
- Fact checked
- 2026-08-11