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# Exemptions from licensure as marriage and family therapists

Nothing in this Chapter shall prevent qualified members of other professional groups as defined by the board including but not limited to clinical social workers, psychiatric nurses, psychologists, physicians, licensed professional counselors, or members of the clergy, including Christian Science practitioners, from doing or advertising that they perform work of a marriage and family therapy nature consistent with the accepted standards of their respective professions. However, no such persons shall use the title "licensed marriage and family therapist" or "provisional licensed marriage and family therapist".