(a) A provisional license may be granted to a person who:
  (1) is licensed or otherwise registered as a marriage and family therapist by another state or other jurisdiction, whose requirements for licensure or registration, at the time the license or registration was obtained, were substantially equivalent to the requirements set out in §801.76 of this title (relating to Application for Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT));
  (2) has successfully passed a national examination relating to marriage and family therapy or an examination approved by the council;
  (3) is sponsored by a Texas LMFT with whom the provisional license holder may practice under this section;
  (4) provides documentation, on council prescribed forms, of the experience requirements set out in §801.142 of this title (relating to Supervised Clinical Experience Requirements and Conditions) and §801.143 of this title (relating to Supervisor Requirements); and
  (5) meets any other requirements set forth under the Act.
(b) Upon formal written request, the council may waive the requirement set out in subsection (a)(3) of this section, if the council determines that compliance with subsection (a)(3) of this section, would cause undue hardship to the applicant.
(c) The council will issue a license to a holder of a provisional license if:
  (1) the provisional license holder passes the examinations required by §801.174 of this title (relating to Licensure and Jurisprudence Examinations);
  (2) the provisional license holder provides official graduate transcripts meeting the requirements set forth in §§801.112 through 801.115 of this title (relating to General Academic Requirements, Academic Requirements, Academic Course Content, and Academic Requirements and Supervised Clinical Internship Equivalency for Applicants Currently Licensed as an LMFT in Another Jurisdiction, respectively);
  (3) the provisional license holder provides documentation, on council prescribed forms, of the experience requirements set out in §§801.142 and 801.143 of this title (relating to Supervised Clinical Experience Requirements and Conditions and relating to Supervisor Requirements, respectively); and
  (4) the provisional license holder meets any other requirements set forth under the Act.
(d) The council must complete the processing of a provisional license holder's application for an LMFT license within 180 days after the provisional license was issued. The council may extend the 180-day deadline to allow for the receipt and tabulation of pending examination results.

Source Note: The provisions of this §801.203 adopted to be effective October 5, 2020, 45 TexReg 7028