Vermont § 4040 - Renewals

§ 4040. Renewals

• (a) Licenses shall be renewed every two years upon payment of the required fee, provided
  the person applying for renewal has completed at least 20 hours of continuing education,
  approved by the Board, during the preceding two-year period. (1) The Board shall establish, by rule, guidelines and criteria for continuing education
  credit. Synchronous virtual continuing education credits shall be approvable and accepted
  as live in-person training. Continuing education requirements shall include requiring
  one or more continuing education units in the area of systematic oppression and anti-oppressive
  practice, or in related topic areas, consistent with the report recommendations from
  the Health Equity Advisory Commission required pursuant to 2021 Acts and Resolves
  No. 33, Sec. 5 for improving cultural competency, cultural humility, and antiracism
  in Vermont’s health care system. (2) The continuing education requirement shall not apply for the first renewal period.
  If the licensee is licensed in one or more other mental health professions under this
  title, continuing education units completed for one mental health profession shall
  count toward the required continuing education units for the other mental health profession
  or professions for which the licensee is licensed under this title. (b) Biennially, the Board shall forward a renewal form to each licensed marriage and family
  therapist. Upon receipt of the completed form and the renewal fee, the Board shall
  renew a license. (c) Any application for renewal of a license that has expired shall be accompanied by
  the renewal fee and late fee. A person shall not be required to pay renewal fees for
  years during which the license was lapsed. (d) [Repealed.] (Added 1993, No. 222 (Adj. Sess.), § 13; amended 1997, No. 40, §§ 64, 73(a); 1999, No. 52, § 33; 2013, No. 27, § 45; 2021, No. 117 (Adj. Sess.), § 5, eff. July 1, 2023.)