C-26, r. 292 - Order in Council respecting the integration of marital and family therapists into the Ordre professionnel des travailleurs sociaux du Québec

Section 27 Disposition versions

2012-09-01

27. A person who, on the day before the effective date of the integration, is a member of the Ordre professionnel des travailleurs sociaux du Québec may obtain a marital and family therapist’s permit provided that the following requirements are met:

(1)  the person completes an application for a marital and family therapist’s permit in the form prescribed by the board of directors of the Order, before the expiry of the 4 years following the effective date of the integration; and

(2)  the person demonstrates to the board of directors of the Order that he has completed the following training and supervision:

(a)  theoretical training in family and couple studies, in marital and family therapy, in human development and in couple and family ethics of at least 360 hours or 24 credits, completed with a trainer or an organization in the marital and family therapy field, each credit representing 45 hours of attendance in class and personal work. At least 240 of the 360 hours or 16 of the 24 credits shall be broken down as follows:

i.  60 hours or 4 credits in family and couple studies;

ii.  90 hours or 6 credits in marital and family therapy; and

iii.  90 hours or 6 credits in human development and couple and family ethics;

(b)  at least 500 hours of practical training in marital and family therapy, under the supervision of a person meeting the requirements for admission as a clinical member and certified supervisor to the Association des psychothérapeutes conjugaux et familiaux du Québec or the Quebec Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, as they read during supervision or, if supervision is exercised after the effective date of the integration, as they read on that date; and

(c)  100 supervised hours with the supervisor referred to in subparagraph b completed during the practical training referred to in that subparagraph.

O.C. 1274-2001, s. 27; O.C. 560-2004, s. 2.