Marriage and family therapy in the State of Mississippi is declared to be a professional practice that affects the public safety and welfare and requires appropriate regulation and control in the public interest.
It is the purpose of this chapter to establish a regulatory agency, a structure, and procedures that will ensure that the public is protected from unprofessional, improper, unauthorized and unqualified practice of marriage and family therapy. This chapter shall be liberally construed to carry out these policies and purposes.
Structure Mississippi Code
Title 73 - Professions and Vocations
Chapter 54 - Marriage and Family Therapists
§ 73-54-3. Declaration of policy and purpose
§ 73-54-13. Licensure prerequisites
§ 73-54-23. Licensure of persons holding out-of-state license or certification
§ 73-54-29. Grounds for disciplinary sanction
§ 73-54-33. Use of expert witnesses in proceedings before the board
§ 73-54-35. Disciplinary sanctions
§ 73-54-37. Confidentiality and privileged information; exceptions