License by endorsement

1. The board shall issue a marriage and family therapist license to an applicant who holds a current license as a marriage and family therapist from another state or country if the board determines that the standards for licensure in effect when the individual was licensed in the other state or country are at least equivalent to or exceed the current requirements for licensure in North Dakota. If an applicant for licensure by endorsement was licensed in another state or country without passing the written examination specified in section 111-02-03-02, but meets all other North Dakota requirements, the applicant may submit an application for licensure by endorsement after passing the examination under subsections 1 through 3 of section 111-02-03-05. All applicants for licensure by endorsement must pass the state examination specified in subsection 4 of section 111-02-03-05. 2. An individual who holds a current license as a marriage and family therapist from another state or country must file a completed application for licensure by endorsement and must pay the fee for an original license in North Dakota. The application must be on a form provided by the board. The application must include a statement that the information in the application is true and correct to the best knowledge of the applicant and an agreement by the applicant that the applicant will conduct all professional activities according to the code of ethics in section 111-02-01-05. 3. If an applicant for licensure by endorsement has been licensed continuously as a marriage and family therapist in a United States jurisdiction for the five years preceding the application, the educational requirements for licensure are considered satisfied. If licensed for any period less than five years, the board will determine whether educational requirements are satisfied. 4. The applicant must direct the board of examiners of the state or country in which the license is held to send to the board directly a statement that the license is in effect and in good standing on a form provided by the board, and a copy of the state's current licensing law and rules. 5. The board may refuse to grant a license or may impose disciplinary action for: a. Revocation, suspension, restriction, limitation, or other disciplinary action against the applicant's license in another state or jurisdiction; b. Failure to report to the board that charges regarding the applicant's license have been brought in another state or jurisdiction; or c. Having been refused a license by another state or jurisdiction. 6. The burden is on the applicant to establish, by a preponderance of the evidence, that the standards for licensing in effect when the individual was licensed in the other state or jurisdiction are at least equivalent to or exceed the current licensing requirements in North Dakota.