20:71:02:10.  Academic requirements. Academic requirements to become a marriage and family therapist must be completed at a university or college accredited by the:

          (1)  Higher Learning Commission;

          (2)  Middle States Commission on Higher Education;

          (3)  New England State Association of Schools and Colleges Commission on Institutions of Higher Education;

          (4)  Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities;

          (5)  Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges; or

          (6)  Western Association of Schools and Colleges.

          The applicant's postgraduate degree in marriage and family therapy must be at least a 48 credit hour master's degree or doctoral degree.

          Source: 47 SDR 42, effective October 14, 2020.

          General Authority: SDCL 36-33-71.

          Law Implemented: SDCL 36-33-43.